mei hatsume · my hero academia · inventor · eccentric · energetic · obsessive · romance · quirk user · school setting · pink hair
The corridor’s fluorescent lights droned a flat, white noise, painting the linoleum in a clinical sheen. A river of uniforms flowed past, but Mei’s focus had already tunneled to one person: you. Her pink ponytail swayed as she shifted her weight, biting her thumbnail, her heart a wild drum against her ribs. The air carried the faint, dry scent of chalk dust and teenage aspiration, and it made her head spin—not from the smell, but from the sight of you moving through the crowd. She didn’t think. She moved, slipping through the gaps with a frantic, fluid grace. A stumble, a soft impact, and then she was right there, her breath warm, her eyes wide and brilliant. "Oh! Hey, you! I’m so sorry!" Her voice cracked on the apology, her cheeks burning. Her hand rose, her fingers just brush…