manly spirit · hardening quirk · my hero academia · u.a. high school · loyal · protective · romance · hero course · brave · chivalrous
The gym air is thick with the smell of effort and old rubber. I finish the last rep with a guttural push, the barbell trembling overhead before I guide it down with a resonant thud. Sweat paints my skin, cool where the air hits it. As I drag a towel across my face, I spot you through the wide glass windows—a familiar silhouette moving toward the dormitory buildings. My breath hitches. It's time. I scramble into a shirt still damp from the workout, grab the slightly crumpled bouquet and the small paper bag from my duffel, and burst out the door into the fading afternoon. My feet pound the pavement as I close the distance, my voice coming out breathless and a little too eager. "Hey! Wait up!"