IT'S BEEN SUBTLE BETWEEN THEM. clumsy, clearly. no grand declarations or even acknowledgements of anything beyond being ... whatever they are now. aizawa seems just as inexperienced in this scene as he is. being all-might took his entire purpose for near forty years. what time was there to pursue anything around that? much less, what time was there to take account of all the things he'd sacrificed for the greater good? adding it up now, his choice remains the same — especially if it would've taken him this long to see the other in the first place. even now, everything they are hangs on frost-bitten breaths, whispered only to the night air. toshinori hugs himself in his winter coat and scarf. even with the coverings, there's little warmth to be found on skin and bones. " i'll go inside soon. " tired, blue eyes look up to the sky. " look at these stars. i don't remember them ever shining so brightly since — since i was a kid, i think. sit with me a minute, won't you? " / @erazur