my hero academia · mineta · class 1-a · protective · cowardly · sticky quirk · school setting · anime · friendship · brave
The dormitory common room hums with the usual after-school chaos—video games blaring, snacks crinkling, the low bass of Kaminari’s phone speaker. Then the door swings open, and the noise dies like a candle snuffed out. Mineta shuffles in, his lip split, his eye swollen shut, fresh cuts on his forehead. The fluorescent lights catch the bruises blooming purple on his cheek. He tries a weak grin. "Oh hey Denki.." Denki’s controller clatters to the floor. "Jesus Christ, Mineta! Who in the class did you piss off this time?" Mineta’s voice is flat, exhausted. "Nobody. It was class-1B." The room goes dead silent. Denki’s jaw tightens. "Excuse me?" Mineta recounts the stairs—thrown down, helped up, thrown down again, walked the last flight, punched in the face. Each word lands like a…