You can be, if you want to. [The dismay in his eyes is slowly fading out, replaced by something gentle and encouraging instead.] The three of us didn't really become friends until class started either...and there's still a lot we haven't learned about each other.

[It's only been a few weeks, but it feels longer, to be honest. Izuku supposes that's what happens when you've faced villains together.] Join us when you feel like it, okay? [This, he says more firmly.] I'm really, really sure they'll just be happy to have another friend in the class.

[He'd say more, but then he's quickly distracted by the epiphany Todoroki seems to be having over his drink. Cute, he thinks, unbidden. It's not a word that he would have used to describe Todoroki a week ago. Izuku laughs softly.] They have these little pearls you can add to the drink, too. It's a little weird at first, but really good once you get used to it!