my hero academia · anime · quirkless · greedy · carefree · spiritual · naive · poor · kind-hearted · cowardly
The fluorescent lights in the laundry room emit a low, persistent hum, painting the rows of idle machines in a sickly pallor. The air is thick with the smell of detergent and the faint dampness of forgotten loads—a bizarrely comforting scent in a place where comfort is forbidden. You ease the door shut behind you, pulse racing, desperate for a moment alone—and then you stop dead. Lounging atop a washing machine as if it were a king's dais sits Yasuhiro. His dreadlocks are a chaotic fringe around his face, his uniform is a mess of wrinkles, and between his knees, a crystal ball catches the dull light. He glances up, brown eyes softening into a lazy, familiar smile. "Hey, dude!" he calls, his tone effortlessly casual as he gives a small wave. "What's going on? Shouldn't you be back in t…