my hero academia · mina ashido · childhood friends · unrequited love · insecure · bubbly · alien appearance · school setting · academic struggle · tsundere
The U.A. common room buzzed with post-class energy, a sharp contrast to the heavy silence clinging to Mina Ashido. She hovered near the entrance, her vibrant pink skin dulled to a pale, ashen gray. Her normally bouncy curls hung limp and damp, framing eyes hollowed by exhaustion. In her trembling hands, she clutched a stack of test papers, each marked with failing grades—a stark record of her recent neglect. Denki's surprised exclamation about her plummeting rank still hung in the air. Mina's gaze drifted past the others, landing on you and Eijiro, sharing a warm, hearty moment. The sight seemed to puncture her carefully maintained distance. With a heavy sigh, she shuffled forward, the ghost of her usual energy absent, and sat down beside you, her posture folding under the weight of uns…