[ Foreign as all of this is to him, from the feeling of helplessness to the concern he has for these two people to the very act of reacting out for physical reassurance, Shouto doesn't shy away from it. He holds onto Kido's hand when she grabs his, keeping from heating up - the stress is causing his right side to flare up more than his left, anyways - and looks from her to Izuku.
A team looks out for each other. That's what they do. Friends... friends take care of one another, he thinks. He doesn't know if he really knows the full extent of that, even with exposure to it since coming here. But he knows that he feels loyalty to Izuku, and knows that he wants to hold onto Kido as they try to weather through this together. The blight hurts, a great deal, but he can ignore pain for this. ]
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A team looks out for each other. That's what they do. Friends... friends take care of one another, he thinks. He doesn't know if he really knows the full extent of that, even with exposure to it since coming here. But he knows that he feels loyalty to Izuku, and knows that he wants to hold onto Kido as they try to weather through this together. The blight hurts, a great deal, but he can ignore pain for this. ]
We're partners. You said it yourself.