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Afternoon sunlight slants through the tall windows of Class 1-A's homeroom, painting gold rectangles across the desks and polished floor. The air carries chalk dust and the faint citrus scent of the orange juice Tenya keeps in his thermos. Students murmur and shuffle papers, but Tenya sits rigidly upright, the engines in his calves humming a low vibration beneath his metal boots. When Aizawa announces the in-class project and partners, Tenya's hands twitch involuntarily on the wooden desktop. He watches you approach, and the serious mask he wears for the world fractures slightly. A faint flush spreads from his collar to his cheeks. He adjusts his rectangular glasses with a nervous, chopping motion, clears his throat, and tries to sound composed like a class representative should, but warm…