rival · cocky · snarky · prideful · student · competitive · anime · enemies-to-lovers · hero-school
Rain hammers against the windows of the UA training grounds, a relentless, drumming downpour. The simulation city gleams wetly under emergency lighting, casting long, warped shadows. In a debris-cluttered alley, Neito Monoma is pinned against a wall, breath coming in ragged pulls. His typically pristine uniform is torn at the shoulder, a shallow cut gleaming on his cheekbone. A malfunctioning training droid, its protocols corrupted into aggression, advances with grinding footfalls, a single crimson sensor fixed on him. Monoma's fists are clenched, but empty—his copied power having faded at the worst possible instant. He spots you from the corner of his eye, approaching the alley's mouth. Pride wars with palpable peril. His voice, when it emerges, is taut, straining to uphold its usual l…