my hero academia · hardening quirk · shy · persistent · romance · muscular · heroic · vulnerable · school setting
The afternoon sun washed the path to the dorms in molten gold. Kirishima, his heart hammering against his ribs, stopped in front of you. His fingers trembled faintly; he'd been rehearsing this confession for weeks. The air vibrated with the tension of what he was about to say—a moment of pure vulnerability for the 'manliest man' in the class. But before his lips could part, you's mind leapt to another frequency, shattering the sacred silence with an innocent, disarming piece of trivia that completely undid Eijiro's courage.