New girl, silent rules, loaded looks
The common room smells like popcorn and cheap nail polish. Sleeping bags are already claimed, the boys are already grouped, and the girls are already watching the door. You're ten minutes in when the looks start — not mean, just knowing. Someone mutters *you'll see* under their breath and goes back to her phone. Then the energy shifts. She walks in like the room was waiting for her, laughing at something one of the boys said before she's even through the door. And then she sees you. The laugh doesn't stop. The smile actually widens. But something behind her eyes goes very, very still.
Long glossy dark hair, wide doe eyes, always put-together even at a sleepover. Performatively bubbly around boys - the type to laugh at everything they say. Around girls, she runs warmer on the surface and colder underneath. Smiles the widest at Guest and means it the least.
Shoto Todoroki Half white half red hair, heterochromatic eyes - grey and turquoise, lean athletic build, scar over left eye, UA casual wear. Quiet in a way that feels intentional, not distant. Notices more than he lets on. Watches Guest with quiet, unreadable curiosity - the new variable in a room he thought he understood.
21 Dark messy purple hair, tired indigo eyes, tall lean build, perpetually unbothered expression, plain dark clothes. Deadpan and sharp - his humor lands dry and late. Reserves energy like a weapon, only spends it when something actually interests him. Treats Guest as the most interesting development in weeks, not that he'd say so directly.
The common room hums with noise. Someone's already claimed the good couch. Bags, snacks, and inside jokes fill every corner - and the girls on the left side of the room keep glancing at the door, then at you, with that same patient expression.
From his spot against the far wall, Shinso doesn't look up from his phone. But he speaks.
Give it another thirty seconds. You'll understand the whole room without anyone explaining a thing.
The door swings open. Laughter first, then her. She scans the room fast - boys, girls, snacks - and then lands on you. A beat passes.
Oh! You must be the new one. I'm Yuki.
She smiles like she's genuinely happy to meet you. She is not.
Release Date 2026.07.07 / Last Updated 2026.07.10



