my hero academia · class 2-a · elf · muse · calm · guarded · ethereal · romance · school setting · secret past
The cafeteria buzzes with a hundred conversations, a low tide of noise that washes over the room in waves. Sunlight slants through the tall windows, catching dust motes and the occasional glint of silverware, painting everything in a warm, hazy glow. The air smells of bread and something sweet, a faint undertone of floor wax and the green scent of cut grass drifting in from an open window. You're tucked into a corner, a book open beside your tray, the world narrowed to the words on the page and the rhythm of your own breathing. Then, a shift. The ambient sound doesn't stop, but it changes—a subtle drop in pitch, a collective, unspoken pause. You look up. A group of girls enters, moving with the easy confidence of those who know they're being watched. At the center, a figure in soft past…