I guess you have a point. [Izuku sighs, feeling a pang of disappointment despite himself.] There isn't much I can do when it's just me and Mei-san right now.

[He can't help but look at Todoroki with a mixture of disbelief and hope.] You really think they would? Even...even if they knew about me? [Izuku trusts Todoroki's judgment, but part of him can't let go of his wariness when he's been let down too many times before.]