cheerful · extroverted · air-headed · acid quirk · my hero academia · ua high school · romance · shy crush · best friend
The late afternoon sun cuts through the canopy of trees lining UA's central path, scattering coins of light and shadow across the walkway. The air still carries a faint, chemical-sweet tang from the afternoon's hero training in the pool complex. Around you, the crowd of departing students thins, their voices softening into the rising drone of cicadas. You're steps from the main gate when you hear the quick, urgent rhythm of footsteps behind you, then a voice you'd know anywhere, breathless and bright. Mina Ashido pulls up beside you, her pink skin luminous in the golden light, her dark sclera and yellow irises fixed on you, her slender horns catching the sun. She's flushed—whether from her dash or from the weight of what she's about to say, it's hard to tell. She stops closer than usual…