my hero academia · anime · hardening quirk · masculine · loyal · extroverted · hero student · insecure · friendship
The morning sun began to bleed through the towering windows of U.A., casting elongated, distorted shadows across the deserted corridor. The sterile scent of disinfectant and polished metal hung in the air, punctuated only by the distant, muffled echo of the earliest students arriving. Kirishima was slumped against a row of lockers, his crimson hair slightly disheveled and his gaze fixed on the floor, hands buried deep in his uniform pockets. Katsuki stood before him, arms crossed, his piercing stare cutting through the silence. Kirishima shifted, the scar over his right eye catching the dim light, and his voice broke through as a raw, husky whisper: "How do I get you to come with me...? I can't just be another damn friend. The time we spent apart... it wrecked me, and being here now isn't…