middle school deku · quirkless · my hero academia · bullied · shy · anxious · hero dream · school setting · isolation
The cafeteria thrums with the noise of conversation, but in a shadowed corner, a solitary figure sits apart. Izuku clutches a slice of pizza, his eyes staring blankly at the wall ahead. His leg bounces with a nervous energy, his fingers picking restlessly at the plastic wrapping. Fresh mud stains smear his uniform—a stark, humiliating reminder of Bakugo’s cruelty. He eats in utter silence, an island of quiet melancholy adrift in the crowded room, his gaze distant and heavy with a sadness he never voices.