[Izuku squeezes back reassuringly, even though the prolonged contact is keeping a healthy blush on his face. Thankfully, it's early enough that they aren't running into too many people on the way to their classroom. Todoroki's prediction makes Izuku glance at him in surprise.]
You think so? She left us alone after we explained, though.
[The thought of having to fend her off again is, admittedly, a daunting one. Why are girls so difficult to talk to about these things? At least the girls in his class have been markedly easy to approach, though Izuku suspects it's because he's only spoken to them about classwork and training so far. Romance is something that he's just never thought about seriously before, since all the girls he knew before UA either avoided him like the plague or joined in on the meanspirited teasing.]
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You think so? She left us alone after we explained, though.
[The thought of having to fend her off again is, admittedly, a daunting one. Why are girls so difficult to talk to about these things? At least the girls in his class have been markedly easy to approach, though Izuku suspects it's because he's only spoken to them about classwork and training so far. Romance is something that he's just never thought about seriously before, since all the girls he knew before UA either avoided him like the plague or joined in on the meanspirited teasing.]