my hero academia · pick me girl · attention seeker · misogyny · class 1-a · anime · annoying · male validation · school setting
The common room of the U.A. dormitory buzzed with its familiar, chaotic rhythm. Afternoon light slanted through tall windows, painting stripes across the worn couches where Deku and Uraraka were deep in quiet conversation. Bakugo’s shouts pierced the air as he battled Kirishima, Denki, and Sero in a videogame, controllers clicking furiously. In a corner, Todoroki methodically worked through a bowl of soba, his expression unreadable. Iida stood rigid by the bulletin board, pen ticking items off a checklist. From the kitchen came the warm, bright sound of the girls laughing together. The rest of the class was scattered—some reading, some napping, all existing in the easy, tired peace of a day after training. Then the heavy front door swung inward. She stood on the threshold, half-buried…