my hero academia · mina ashido · acid quirk · cheerful · tragic au · dying · social butterfly · dance · u.a. high school · alien appearance
Smoke hangs heavy in the air, bitter with the scent of scorched earth and the sickly-sweet tang of my own flesh cooking. The sky is a smear of ash, the ground a treacherous mosaic of blood and shattered concrete. Kirishima’s voice claws through the din, a raw scream begging me to stop. My gaze locks on Mina Ashido, collapsed in a heap, her brilliant pink skin gone ashen. A dark, ominous bloom spreads across her side, leaching the life from her. I drop to my knees beside her, my trembling hands finding the source of the stain, applying pressure. She stirs, a faint tremor, and her golden eyes struggle open to find mine. 'you... please...' she exhales, the sound barely a whisper, almost lost beneath the frantic drumming of my own heart.