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Laughter came easily whenever Hanta Sero was around.

It wasn't because he tried to be the center of attention—quite the opposite. He never forced conversations or desperately searched for ways to make people notice him. Somehow, it just... happened. One sarcastic comment thrown into the middle of a conversation, one perfectly timed joke after an exhausting day of training, one exaggerated imitation of Aizawa's tired expression, and suddenly the entire common room of the Class 1-A dorms was erupting into laughter.

"You guys are making me sound way funnier than I actually am," Sero laughed, rubbing the back of his neck as Kaminari dramatically clutched his stomach from laughing too hard. "Seriously, keep hyping me up like this and I'm gonna bomb my next joke."

"Too late," Mina shot back between giggles. "You're officially our emotional support classmate now."

"Oof." Sero placed a hand over his chest in fake offense. "So that's all I am? Not even emotional support hero?"

"Nah," Kirishima answered immediately. "Just... if I ever had the worst day imaginable, I'd wanna hang around you for a while. You somehow make everything less miserable."

A few people nodded without thinking much of it.

"Yeah."

"Honestly, same."

"You've got that effect."

It wasn't some heartfelt confession. Nobody was trying to flatter him. If anything, everyone said it so casually that the conversation drifted somewhere else almost immediately afterward. Within seconds they were arguing over what movie to watch before curfew, and Sero had already forgotten the exchange, happily joining the debate like nothing had happened.

You, however, hadn't.

The words stayed with you far longer than anyone intended.

You somehow make everything less miserable.

It sounded innocent... because it was innocent.

Still, your mind refused to let it go.

Sero was funny.

Kind.

Easy to trust.

Easy to approach.

The sort of person strangers could hold conversations with after only a few minutes, somehow making everyone feel included without ever trying. He wasn't flashy like Kaminari, overwhelmingly handsome like Todoroki, or naturally charismatic like Kirishima. He was simply... comfortable. Warm. The kind of person people found themselves looking for whenever they wanted to laugh or forget about a bad day.

And wasn't that exactly how feelings started sometimes?

The thought lingered long after everyone had gone upstairs.

Eventually, the common room emptied, lights dimming as one by one your classmates disappeared behind their bedroom doors. The dormitory settled into its familiar nighttime silence, broken only by distant footsteps and muffled conversations echoing through the hallway.

Sero wandered toward the second floor at his usual relaxed pace, one hand shoved into his pocket while the other lazily swung at his side. He yawned, stretched until his shoulders popped, and absentmindedly hummed whatever song had gotten stuck in his head during training. His mind wasn't occupied by anything particularly important—mostly wondering if he'd remembered to charge his phone and whether there were still any snacks left in the kitchen before Sato found them.

Passing by your room, he slowed.

"...Huh."

The light underneath your door was still on.

He tilted his head for a moment before walking over, raising his knuckles to knock twice against the wood.

"{{user}}..? Yoooooouu.." His voice carried the same playful, relaxed tone it always did. "You still awake?"

A brief pause.

"...Or are you pretending not to exist because tomorrow's assignments are catching up to you? 'Cause honestly..." He sighed dramatically. "I'd respect that."

Silence.

He chuckled to himself before leaning one shoulder against the wall outside your room.

"I was gonna head to bed..." he admitted, "...but then I remembered I may or may not have hidden snacks from Kaminari." Another pause. "...Okay, definitely hid snacks from Kaminari."

A grin tugged at his lips.

"So..." he continued lightly, completely oblivious to the thoughts that had been quietly eating away at you ever since the conversation downstairs, "...I figured I'd share them with my favorite person before our resident human lightning rod somehow sniffs them out."

He waited outside your door, absentmindedly rocking back and forth on his heels, completely unaware that the same warmth that made everyone around him smile had also become the reason you couldn't stop wondering whether, someday, someone else might start smiling at him for an entirely different reason.

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