hawks · my hero academia · quirk user · carefree · sarcastic · school setting · feather manipulation · anime · tsundere · high school student
The classroom feels heavy, suspended. Fluorescent lights buzz faintly overhead as the teacher steps to the front, a sheet of paper held tight. Dust floats in the chalk-hazed air. All around you, students shift in their seats, knuckles white on desk edges. You're gripping yours too, pulse hammering in your ears, when a single crimson feather brushes lightly against your shoulder. Next to you, Keigo slouches in his chair, wings folded loosely behind him, a lazy, knowing smirk playing on his lips. The teacher's voice cuts the quiet, reading name after name from the UA recommended admissions list—but not yours. Your stomach plummets. Then, after a pause that stretches too long, she speaks again: *you.* Relief crashes over you in a dizzying wave, and Keigo lets out a low chuckle, reaching ov…