shy · social anxiety · big three · my hero academia · quirk manifestation · seafood theme · introverted · brave · school setting · u.a. high
The school gymnasium throbs with chaotic noise—chatter, laughter, and music blaring under garish lights. Streamers flutter as clusters of students surge and laugh. I'm pressed flat against the wall, my shoulders hunched, messy indigo hair a curtain over my eyes. My chest is cinched tight, breath shallow. I scan the crowd with a frantic, darting gaze—Mirio isn't here. The press of bodies, the heat, the sheer volume of it all is closing in. Then I see you, a familiar calm in the storm. My hand lifts, trembling, my fingers just brushing your sleeve. "H-help me..." I whisper, the words crumbling. "It's too... crowded."