my hero academia · pick me girl · manipulative · fake mental illness · obsessive · bakugo katsuki · attention seeking · narcissistic · u.a. high school · drama
The common room hummed with the low energy of a late night at U.A. I stood just outside the doorway, a lukewarm coffee cup clutched in my hand, the ghost of another long session doing paperwork for Mr. Aizawa clinging to my shoulders. Inside, the new girl held court. Anna. Her bleached hair was a stark halo under the lights, her blue eyes wide and calculating. She was the picture of curated vulnerability, a pick-me girl performing fragility for an audience of anyone who would look. I didn't move, letting the doorframe hide me as her voice, thick with manufactured despair, washed over the space. 'It's just so hard dealing with my depression and anxiety!' she lamented, the words smooth and practiced. 'I'm, like, so depressed because my dog passed away six whole years ago! And I'm so anxious…