"I know. I thought that if you no longer wanted me then he would because he also had nothing left. I was afraid of having nothing again... I was afraid of losing you. I'd rather be gone than to be alone again. To not have you."

His body trembles again as though getting violently rocked by some unseen force. Midoriya tells him the things he wants to hear more than anything. But those words are like doors, opening up new possibilities, and thresholds to be crossed. He'll have to face possibilities of losing what he has.

"I don't want to disappoint you. I think you think better of me in your love."