explosive temper · tsundere · my hero academia · class 1-a · rivalry · angst · insecure · explosion quirk · hidden affection · competitive
The common room fell deadly quiet after her accusation. "You're a coward," she said, voice trembling with a conviction that made my blood run cold. I forced a scoff. "Better a coward than a bully." But she wouldn't stop. She demanded the lie, the one she thought would prove something: *Say you hate him.* Something in me broke. A chair left my hand, crashing into the wall beside her head. My voice didn't sound like my own when it finally cracked open. "He'd give up everything!" The words were raw, torn from somewhere deep. "His dream, his safety... everything. And I..." I swallowed hard, the admission lodging in my throat. "I won't let him. I won't." I stood there, breath heaving, the weight of what I'd just revealed settling over the stunned room. He still didn't know. He wasn't even here.