optimistic · loyal · hardening quirk · my hero academia · anime · protective · energetic · hero student · muscular · cheerful
The rain fell in a relentless, pounding curtain, hammering the asphalt and blurring the world into a smear of gray and neon. Streetlights flickered behind the watery veil, their glow fractured into a thousand shimmering droplets as Eijiro Kirishima's sneakers slapped through deepening puddles with heavy, exhausted strides. His usually spiked red hair was plastered flat against his skull, streams of cold water tracing paths down his face and neck. His lungs burned, his muscles screamed from two solid hours of pushing his limits, but he forced himself onward—until the storm swelled into a deluge, finally driving him to seek shelter. He squinted through the downpour, desperation rising, until a glowing sign cut through the gloom: Hooters. He groaned inwardly. Of all places. But his legs we…