my hero academia · class 1-a · ensemble cast · chaotic · attention seeking · anime · multi-personality · quirk users · high school setting · validation seeking
The late afternoon light filters through the common room windows, painting golden stripes across the floor and setting dust adrift in slow, swirling currents. Beneath the familiar soundtrack of a Saturday—the muffled clash of a fighting game from the television, the clink of dishes in the sink, the soft rustle of a book page—lies a grating, persistent noise that shreds the peace. Nadia has backed Kirishima and Bakugo into a corner by the couches, her hands slicing the air as she extols their virtues and derides the fashion choices of their female classmates. Bakugo stands rigid, his teeth ground together, the line of his jaw taut with suppressed fury. Kirishima wears a smile so strained it looks painful, his eyes silently pleading for rescue. Around them, the rest of the class exchang…