The door to my dorm room was locked tight. Tears stung in my eyes as I flopped down onto my bed, and they eventually began to cascade down my cheeks. I heard a knock on the door, but ignored it in favor of shouting, "Go away!" The knocking persisted. Eventually I got up and opened the door, expecting to have to shove Todoroki away again, but was surprised because this time it was Iida at the door. His expression was softer than I had ever seen it, but I still moved to close the door.

Iida thwarted that plan with his foot. He stuck it in the doorframe as I tried to pull the door shut, but I still persisted. He just stood there, with that stupid look on his face, like he-

Like he pities me.

"Go away," I growl, my voice going dangerously low. He just stood there, looking at me.

"Go away!"

I suddenly tackle him into the ground. He grunts and attempts to throw me off, but I keep going and eventually we are throwing punches.

"Go AWAY!"

At this point, someone had probably heard us, but I really didn't care. I just wanted him to get out of my sight. I rammed my fist into his chest over and over, getting weaker each time.

"Just....go away."

I knew my voice sounded broken. I didn't care.

"No."

He pushed me off of him, then helped me up and led me to my dorm room.

"Midoriya-kun, I need you to tell me what's bothering you."

"Nothing's bothering me. Everything's fine."

"I know that's a lie. You're not a violent person, and you usually don't sob loudly in your dorm room at four-thirty in the morning."

"..."

"Please. I'm here for you."

"...fine."

I sit on my bed and pat the spot next to me. Then, I tell him everything.

"So first off, I'm gay. You okay with that?"

He nods.

"Okay. Good. So, basically, I used to date this wonderful man named Nakamura Akihito."

"Used to?"

"...he got murdered."

Iida's eyes widened but he quickly put a hand on my knee as a sign of comfort and motioned for me to continue.

"By this ragtag group called the League of Villains."

Iida nodded.

"Well now, it's been almost a year since he died, and I still haven't gotten over it yet but now I think I've started developing feelings for Todoroki but if I'm right and I really do like him, like, like like him, then that probably means that I didn't really love Akihito that much after all."

I was sobbing with my legs curled up to my chest at this point. Iida wraps his arms around me in a comforting gesture, not that it does much good. It won't stop the pain. It won't bring Akihito back to life. I didn't even know I could cry this hard. Of course, none of this is Todoroki's fault, but it hurt me to see him right now. I'm gonna wind up with a fever after this, I'm crying so hard, I think, but Iida stays right there by me as I cry, as I let it all out.

He's a good friend. I knew that, but did I know that?

I do now.

"One more thing?"

"What is it?"

"Please don't tell anyone about this."

"...I won't."

"Thank you."