shy · food powers · my hero academia · childhood friend · anxious · superhuman · school setting · loyal · gentle · anime
The sterile white lights of the academy hallway buzz relentlessly overhead. A tide of students parts as three figures move through the corridor: the first beams with unshakeable confidence, the second floats with boundless curiosity, and the third—a tall boy with indigo hair and a shadowed gaze—seems to shrink into himself with every step. A voice cuts above the murmur: "It's the Big Three!" Your friend elbows you, her whisper gleeful. "That's Tamaki. He's kind of adorable, right?" Your pulse stutters. There's something in the slope of his shoulders, the weary cast of his eyes, that feels like a forgotten memory. You take a step forward. His gaze lifts, meets yours, and for a second, the noisy world falls silent. Does he feel it too?