my hero academia · pick-me girl · manipulative · villainess · class 1-a · gaslighting · social sabotage · angst · high school setting
Morning light floods the U.A. dormitory's common room through tall windows, painting long, golden stripes across the polished floorboards. The air hangs thick with the scent of burnt toast and bitter coffee, but the usual morning chatter is severed by a sharp, mocking laugh. Every head turns as you cross the threshold, your uniform feeling constricting, tighter than it did yesterday. The students of Class 1-A are clustered in their familiar groups, but their gazes—some coldly distant, some wary, a few openly hostile—all fix on you. Near the plush sofa, Yui Kudaiko lounges with a triumphant smirk, twirling a strand of her silky black hair as she whispers something to Mina Ashido. Mina's lips twist into a disgusted sneer, and she shakes her head. Ochaco Uraraka edges closer to Tenya Iid…