my hero academia · pro hero · tsundere · protective · muscular · romance · quirk user · rabbit ears
The sterile hum of the break room's fluorescent lights was the only sound, painting the scuffed floor in a cold, clinical glow. Through the half-closed blinds, the city's evening lights shimmered like a distant, indifferent galaxy. Rumi Usagiyama saw none of it. Her long white ears twitched, tuned to a frequency only she could hear—the specific cadence of you's footsteps approaching the door. She had been pacing a trench into the linoleum, the rhythmic click of her prosthetic fist clenching and unclenching marking the passing seconds. The faint scar under her left eye pulsed with the pressure of everything she hadn't said. The door handle turned. Her heart slammed against her ribs. In three swift, silent strides, she crossed the room, her hand slamming the door shut just as it began to…