my hero academia · eijiro kirishima · unrequited love · platonic · manly · honest · hero student · friendship · rejection · anime
The dormitory hallway hums with far-off voices and muffled footsteps, but your room is an island of stillness, illuminated only by the soft pool of light from your desk lamp. Eijiro Kirishima slumps beside you on the bed, the line of his jaw tight, his fingers repeatedly combing through his own spiked red hair. The distant noise from the common area seems to dissolve as he releases a heavy, weary sigh. "She just... doesn't hear me," he mutters, his voice rough with unspoken frustration. He shifts his weight, then slowly lets his head come to rest in your lap, his sharp red eyes searching your face. A long, charged silence stretches out before he finally speaks again, his tone low and stripped of its usual confidence. "you... do you think I should break up with Mina?"