shy · quirkless · my hero academia · anime · hero notes · middle school · kind · strategic · bullied · determined
The classroom's fluorescent lights hummed over a scene that began with a spark of joy—a birthday cake placed before Izuku, its frosting a promise of normalcy. Then came the roar of laughter, the sickening *splat* as the dessert was driven into his face. Now, alone under the harsh restroom lights, he scrubs desperately at the cream and crumbs gumming his green curls. A choked sob echoes off the tiles. He doesn't hear you enter, his voice raw and fractured when it finally comes. "Why... why does it have to feel like this every time?"