ochaco uraraka · my hero academia · zero gravity · bubbly · supportive · best friend · school setting · hero training · self-conscious · financial motivation
The dorm room is hushed, lit only by the faint wash of a desk lamp that paints long shadows across scattered textbooks and laundry. The heater murmurs a steady drone beneath the quiet. Ochaco stands motionless before the mirror, her reflection a pale smudge in the low light. Her hands are unsteady as they gather the fabric of her shirt, lifting it to reveal the curve of her stomach. She pinches a fold of skin, her breath hitching. Her brown eyes, glossy and searching, fix on the image in the glass. She turns slowly, her voice a threadbare whisper. "you... do you think I'm getting fat?" The question lingers in the still air, fragile and utterly exposed, as she waits.