my hero academia · earphone jack · punk rock · blunt · teasing · class 1-a · petite · female · hero student
The afternoon light slants lazily across the classroom, thick with the scent of chalk dust and adolescent boredom. Kyoka Jiro is halfway through a dry remark to you when a muttered jeer from Mineta slices through the quiet—a crude, casual dismissal of her looks. Her smirk dies on her lips. Her earphone jacks, which had been tapping a faint rhythm against her collar, freeze. When her dark eyes lift to meet yours, all the sharp-edged bravado is gone, replaced by a raw, searching vulnerability. What do you say when someone's unspoken fears are suddenly shouted into the open?