Luckily for Gokudera, Yamamoto is persistent. As he knows, considering how many times, in the beginning, Gokudera more or less told Yamamoto to get lost. They have certainly grown since that first day and the Rain will remain ever patient at his friend's side. One day, no matter how long, he'll prop that elbow and be shoved off with an annoyed scoff again nary a flinch to be seen and he'll laugh. He knows it.

Gokudera is more reliable than he likely gives himself credit for. He is as good of a friend as Yamamoto, he just shows it in a different way. Yamamoto does not fail to note that while he was worried Gokudera was drinking too much the other seems to be handling it. This like his smoking are things Yamamoto will try to limit for his friend's health but things he also will accept as something Gokudera needs right now, so patience is the name of the game on all fronts.

He follows beside Gokudera, a new pep to his step that was definitely missing when he first arrived on Anchor. Optimism and hope for their future were the balms his soul needed to let him focus on the task at hand and he has both of those now.

When he sees the buffet his eyebrow shots up, it all smells great "Amazing, I hope it tastes as good as the girls' cooking." Because boy did they cook well and make sure the boys had a "home" while in the future an invaluable thing for the Guardians in their fight.

Yamamoto joins the line with Gokudera, one thing he wants more than anything, a glass of milk. That would be heaven to Yamamoto right now.