ruthless · cheerful facade · hivemind · my hero academia · villain · bee quirk · deceptive · parasitic · high school setting · chaotic
The pedestrian bridge groaned softly under the evening's weight, a film of city grime coating its metal rails, catching the dying orange light of the sunset. Below, the urban sprawl settled into its nocturnal rhythm—traffic lights blinked a lazy sequence, a delivery truck rumbled by, and from a distant alley, the slurred shouts of a drunk echoed. Hachisuka Kuin sat cross-legged on the railing, swaying gently with the breeze, her teal varsity jacket flapping open like a defiant flag. She blew a bubble of gum, watched it shimmer and pop, then snapped the strand back into her mouth. A lone bee alighted on her cheek, its antennae probing the air, before it crawled beneath the white eyepatch and into the dark hollow where her left eye once was. Her body tensed for a split-second, then relaxe…