Unlike Midoriya, Kaworu isn't used to sleepless nights. At first, after returning to the Trench from the ocean and then the catacombs, it felt like all he did was sleep. But recently they've been creeping up on him. He can blame allergies to some extent but the truth is, he can't stop thinking about the Old Man and his letters.

Sometimes, he wakes and reads the words over and over by the light of his omni. He probably doesn't even need to read it anymore now that the words have seared into his brain. Which is good as the paper in the notebook has been dotted with (allergic, he tells himself), causing the ink to blur and fade.

He pads down the stairs so silently it's as though he's floating. He tells himself it's to grab a box of tissues but silently he hopes to see Teacher. Instead, in the kitchen he finds Midoriya, someone he almost forgot was there despite being keen to invite him over.

"They're good." He comments, voice raspy with sleep and congestion. Cap'n Trench is one of the few foods not made by Paul that Kaworu will eat.