His heart aches, because oh, what these children have done. He couldn’t be there, he couldn’t save them all-
He sits next to the boy with a small sigh, glancing over with soft eyes and a bleeding heart.
“Do you want to talk about it?”
Tetsu considers just brushing it off again, like he has so many other times. Part of him is loath to admit he’s so... weak, especially in front of his homeroom teacher and mentor- The one person he wanted to impress most of all.
But Kan-sensei had been there, had more than likely been feeling the same amount of oppressive guilt over his students and the aftermath of the second League of Villains attack.
It couldn’t hurt to maybe just... vent a little, right?
Sighing roughly, the boy fiddles with his hands in his lap for a lack of better things to do. Even if he’s willing to talk about what has been haunting him, he feels the weight of his teacher’s concerned gaze and the discomfort of that self-awareness makes his chest feel tight.
“Ever since the training camp, I just... haven’t felt the same. Noises sometimes just set me off, like if they’re sudden and I can’t really figure out what caused it. Most of the time I just get spooked for a bit, but... I was making some deliveries around our neighborhood and a tire blew out somewhere-”
He closes his eyes at the memory, the sudden ‘bang’ that had sent his heart rate into overdrive. It was like some adrenaline fueled haze had taken over in his mind, sending him back to that time and place. All he could see was that toxic purple mist surrounding him as he stared down the barrel of a revolver, waiting with dread at the click of the hammer being pulled back to load the cartridge.
“It was my fault that even happened. Kendou even warned me not to go running off on my own and she almost died because I had to go and prove something... What if I hadn’t managed to reach her in time? We got lucky and I was too stupid to even recognize how much danger we were in. I think that’s the worst part, knowing that now. And I can’t stop thinking about what might have happened, what could have gone even more wrong.”