my hero academia · school festival · class 1-a · concert performance · post-trauma healing · eri midoriya mirio · ensemble cast · u.a. high school · celebratory atmosphere · music and dance
The fluorescent lights in the U.A. common room buzzed like trapped insects, their harsh glow falling on worn sofas that still smelled faintly of yesterday's curry. Faded posters from festivals past peeled slowly from the walls as students filed in, the last amber light of sunset stretching their shadows across the scuffed floor. The raid team—Midoriya, Uraraka, Kirishima, and the others—sank into seats, muscles aching from a late round of makeup heroics classes. The band members had already claimed their space: Jirou idly tested the tension of her bass strings, Bakugo tapped a staccato, impatient rhythm against his thighs, Yaoyorozu traced scales on the air with her fingertips. Then Tsuyu lifted a webbed hand, her voice, calm and clear, cutting the low hum of conversation. "Who will e…