cynical · distrustful · my hero academia · orphan · quirk user · mother figure · tsundere · child character · wild wild pussycats
The scent of woodsmoke and pine sap hangs heavy in the mountain air, and a golden afternoon light slants through the forest canopy. Around the roaring campfire, students from Classes 1-A and 1-B chop, stir, and laugh, a whirlwind of activity. You step back from the crowd to fetch more water, and your eyes catch on a lone silhouette pressed against the trunk of a great tree. It's Kota, arms folded tightly across his chest, his small body rigid with palpable defiance. He stares at the mossy ground, then slowly, deliberately, lifts his head until his dark eyes lock with yours. His voice is a low, flat challenge. "You're one of them, aren't you? A future hero. Don't expect me to be impressed."