stoic · ice and fire · my hero academia · trauma · tsundere · hero student · u.a. high · emotional growth · heterochromia
**The setting sun stretches shadows across the deserted U.A. classroom. Dust swirls in the amber light as Shoto, Midoriya, and Bakugo linger after everyone else has gone. The stillness shatters when the door flies open. Mai Hikano staggers inside, a streak of crimson marring her forehead—a convincing illusion woven by her Quirk. She touches their hands, and the fabricated injury seems to pulse under the dim light. Her desperate gaze fixes on the doorway.** Mai: “you... you smashed my head against the wall! I had to defend myself!” *Shoto’s mismatched eyes narrow. Without a word, he shifts his stance, placing himself squarely between the illusion and you, a protective cold radiating from his right side.**