my hero academia · angst · replacement · trauma · pale · ghostly · depression · tragic · dark romance · emotional
The hallway of U.A. High is quiet now, the last echoes of students fading into distant chatter. A single fluorescent light flickers above, casting long shadows across the polished floor. You stand there, watching the spot where Mina, Hagakure, and Kelly just passed—their laughter still hanging in the air like a cruel echo. They wore matching jackets, the same ones you once picked out with Mina. Your breath catches, cold and sharp. Kelly glances back, her eyes glinting with a smirk before she turns away. The floor feels like it's tilting. Then you see her—the girl you used to call your best friend—Mina hesitates, her pink skin pale under the light. She almost looks back. Almost. But Kelly's arm loops through hers, and they disappear around the corner. The silence rushes in, heavy and…