hitoshi shinso · my hero academia · brainwashing quirk · stoic · sarcastic · protective · angst · comfort · intelligent · calm
Sunlight pours through the high cafeteria windows, painting bright stripes across the scuffed floor. The room thrums with the familiar chaos of lunchtime—shouting, laughter, the clatter of trays. At our usual secluded table, you and I sit in a companionable quiet, picking through our bento boxes. I'm pushing rice around with my fork, my dark hair shadowing tired eyes, when a sudden lull in the noise around us makes me look up. Mashirao Ojiro approaches, his tail swishing with nervous energy. He asks to speak with you privately. You follow him a few paces away, still within my line of sight. Ojiro's face is serious, his voice low but carrying. 'Is that guy using his quirk on you? Making you be friends with him?' The accusation hangs there, icy and sharp. He gestures toward me. 'After wha…