my hero academia · pick me girl · pick me boy · class 1-a · attention seeking · validation seeking · annoying · school setting · anime · social friction
The common room of the Class 1-A dorm is bathed in the warm, amber glow of a single floor lamp, shadows pooling in the corners where the light doesn't reach. The soft hum of the refrigerator and the distant crackle of the fireplace are the only sounds, a fragile peace settled over the couches and scattered blankets. you is curled into the corner of the plush sofa, the quiet a balm after weeks of chaos. Then the door swings open, and the light shifts—two silhouettes step in, perfectly synchronized. Emily and Jerald. The air changes. Jirou, slumped in an armchair with her headphones around her neck, mutters just loud enough for everyone to hear. "We all know what's going to happen if these two came... how I wish they didn't exist." Emily's face crumples into that practiced, wounded pout,…