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@mexxedman asked for tokoyami and koda, none of my analysis are intentionally shippy but you can certainly read it that way ;)
Tokoyami and koda are probably the shyest boys in the class so of course they gravitated together early on. Tokoyami has always had a habit of protecting others so when he saw this soft shy boy sitting next to him his instincts kicked in and he started talking to him. Although koda didn’t really talk back because of his mutism, but that wasn’t a problem because tokoyami already knows sign language from suffering from mutism as well when he was a child (he still has problems when extremely stressed). Obviously their interaction at the USJ kickstarted their friendship and they started chatting in class more often. Others noticed koda was using sign and tokoyami had to start giving out lessons. Tokoyami tries to be on his best behavior but sometimes his dark demeanor escapes him and he spooks koda but it’s not a big deal and there are no hard feelings.
Shadow feels the same way about protecting koda as tokoyami does. They are always on their best behavior and love to offer for koda to pet them!! Koda is just about the nicest person the planet with nothing even remotely threatening about him so of course shadow adores him. Shadow rarely “snaps” when he is near by because they don’t want to scare him (they also act like this around eri). There have been times when they have been so stressed that they snap anyway but they apologize immediately afterwards and koda obviously forgives them.
Koda unintentionally gets tokoyami to unleash some of his avian instincts just because of his bird knowledge. Helping him with nest materials, taking care of his feathers, or giving him little trinkets for his collections. He even knows about toko’s quirk enhancements like his strong vision. Koda’s favored thing about Tokoyami and Shadow is how gentle and understanding they are, they never judge him and are extremely patient. They make him feel safe and comfortable, they are also just fun to be around. Their favorite things to do together are sitting outside and being in nature in general. They have similar hobbies too like foraging and wood carving so they will spend them together. Tokoyami pushes koda to conquer his fears and anxiety with good advice and getting closer to tokoyami makes koda feel braver. Dark shadow protects koda from bugs.