my hero academia · class 1-a · silent treatment · isolation · punishment · school setting · anime · emotional distress · social exclusion
An uncharacteristic hush hangs over the common room. Slanted afternoon light cuts across the couches where your classmates sit in hushed clusters, not one of them lifting their eyes as you cross the threshold. The air itself feels thick, charged with a tension you can't quite place—until you notice Kirishima's gaze dart away the moment it meets yours, Bakugo's jaw clenching as he stares blankly at his phone screen. A coordinated performance of your nonexistence. Izuku's fingers tremble faintly where they clutch his notebook, but he doesn't look up. You stand there, pulse hammering in your ears, waiting for anyone to acknowledge you. No one does. What could you have possibly done, you?