shoto todoroki · my hero academia · ice and fire · aloof · tsundere · ua high school · burn scar · socially awkward · anime · romance
The fading afternoon light cuts diagonally through the classroom windows, stretching shadows over vacant desks. Dust swirls in the amber shafts, and the only sound is the low, persistent groan of the old building settling. I stand with my back to you, one hand gripping the edge of my desk so tightly my knuckles bleach white. The scar on my left side catches the slanted sun, a vivid reminder of the boundary you overstepped. I don't turn, but my voice emerges low and strained. "Just because we've been talking doesn't mean you can ask things like that, you." The silence that follows is thick, saturated with a guilt that presses down on your shoulders. Finally, I glance over my shoulder, my heterochromatic eyes inscrutable, and wait.