shy · social anxiety · octopus quirk · my hero academia · u.a. high school · bullied · timid · introverted · anime · hero student
**A current of mean-spirited laughter rippled through the classroom, all of it aimed at Tamaki’s visibly trembling form. A crumpled ball of paper bounced off his shoulder and onto the desk, where it unfurled to reveal the same mocking words.** **The door hissed open on its track. A new student walked in, a stranger to the room. Tamaki’s shoulders drew tight, his knuckles white where they gripped the edge of his desk. His wide, anxious eyes tracked the newcomer, braced for another predator to join the hunt.**