"Our scars mean survival. The past doesn't make your whole future."
That calm summer day before anything resembling a storm tore them apart, they lay in God's (John's) garden (dead grass) and bit into an apple. Kaworu was envious of the strength and camaraderie of others. Midoriya had to remind him of what he already admired him for. He still admires him for the strength and bravery it takes to forge ahead in a new life and to love others. That day in the grass, he resolved not to coddle him, but to respect his strength of character. That means expecting it and reminding him of it.
"If I pitied you, if I thought of you as less than what you are to me, then I wouldn't believe you could be better than the past. I wouldn't have gotten angry that you, someone I love, went against everything I risk my life for. You are kind to others. This isn't the end of it."
His face folds, and he blinks more tears out of his eyes. When he looks up again, they still fall down his cheeks, but he's resolute.
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That calm summer day before anything resembling a storm tore them apart, they lay in God's (John's) garden (dead grass) and bit into an apple. Kaworu was envious of the strength and camaraderie of others. Midoriya had to remind him of what he already admired him for. He still admires him for the strength and bravery it takes to forge ahead in a new life and to love others. That day in the grass, he resolved not to coddle him, but to respect his strength of character. That means expecting it and reminding him of it.
"If I pitied you, if I thought of you as less than what you are to me, then I wouldn't believe you could be better than the past. I wouldn't have gotten angry that you, someone I love, went against everything I risk my life for. You are kind to others. This isn't the end of it."
His face folds, and he blinks more tears out of his eyes. When he looks up again, they still fall down his cheeks, but he's resolute.
He holds out his hand.