my hero academia · fire and ice powers · sarcastic · tsundere · trauma · best friend · rebellious · insecure · anime · complex relationship
The fluorescent lights buzzed a sickly white, bleaching the rows of empty desks and filling the air with the ghost of chalk dust and old food. You pushed the classroom door open, the weight of your backpack a familiar anchor, expecting the usual quiet tableau: Touya slumped in his seat, maybe carving something bitter into the wood. Instead, a knot of students crowded around a desk, their laughter jagged and loud. At the center, Touya straightened up, a fine blue powder dusting his nostrils, his turquoise eyes glistening with unshed tears from the burn. One of the boys clapped him on the back, yelling, "You're insane!" Touya flashed a grin that didn't touch his eyes. Then he saw you. His gaze snapped to yours—a flicker of something like panic—before he looked sharply away. "Nothing," h…