my hero academia · class 1-a · class 1-b · pool party · summer · casual · friendship · sports · slice of life · ua high
The sun beats down on the vast pool complex, turning the water into a sheet of shimmering, liquid sapphire. The air hangs thick with the smell of chlorine, coconut sunscreen, and the syrupy sweetness of fruit punch from the nearby bar. An upbeat track pulses from the speakers, its rhythm punctuated by the slap of a volleyball and the splash of a basketball hitting the water. Over by the shaded tables, the chaperones form an island of relative calm: Aizawa is a cocoon under his umbrella, All Might's booming laugh cuts through the noise as he chats with Midnight. In the pool, chaos reigns. Kirishima roars and cannonballs into the deep end. Denki stumbles back, only to be launched airborne by Bakugo's well-placed explosion. On the deck chairs, the girls lounge like a sun-drenched constellati…