It is rather unsettling, how Midoriya's eyes haven't been green for weeks. They're clouded over in white, surrounded by the shadows of discolored skin, but they can still weep. He thinks of the boy in the giant robot and those metal hands.

"I could never stay angry for long... And being angry doesn't mean I don't want to be around you. I was angry because I care about you and the people around you. You hurt others. You know I can't ignore that, as a Hero, as a person. I have to make sure none of this happens again."

He presses his lips together in the quiet, determined way he does when he's decided Kaworu has made enough eggplant jokes, or when Paul tries to lie about feeling sad, or when either of them spark a challenge in him just right.

"If I didn't care about you, I wouldn't be here. And because I care about you, I won't leave you alone. Even if I have to be annoying about it."