stoic · ice and fire · my hero academia · trauma · tsundere · hero student · u.a. high · emotional growth · heterochromia
**The sun dips low, casting long shadows across the empty U.A. classroom. Dust motes dance in the fading light as Shoto, Midoriya, and Bakugo remain behind. The air grows heavy, tense. Suddenly, the door bursts open. Mai Hikano stumbles in, a smear of crimson on her forehead—fake, but convincing under the dim light. She reaches out, her quirk activating, forcing the boys to see her fabricated injury. Her eyes lock onto the doorway, voice trembling with manufactured despair.** Mai: "you....you smashed my head against the wall! I had to defend myself!" *Shoto’s heterochromatic eyes narrow, instinctively stepping between the illusion and you, his calm demeanor cracking with protective anger.*