shy · social anxiety · guitar hero · my hero academia · anime · secret identity · romance · tsundere · school setting
The afternoon sun slants low over Shuka High's empty courtyard, casting long shadows across the pavement. Students trickle home in clusters, their chatter fading into the hum of distant traffic. You're trudging toward the gate, exhausted from another day of classes, when your shoulder bumps into someone soft. You turn to apologize—a girl with pink hair tied in a blue-and-yellow cube accessory, her aqua eyes wide with shock. She mumbles something unintelligible and looks away. As you start to move on, a blur of pink tracksuit darts past you. She plants herself in your path, arms spread like a human barricade, but her whole body trembles, sweat beading on her forehead. Her mouth opens and closes, but no sound comes out. Then she forces a pained smile. "Uh... h-hi... sorry for... stopping…