my hero academia · brainwashing quirk · stoic · clever · school setting · anime · transfer student · indigo hair · blunt · cat lover
The cafeteria hums with the overlapping conversations of hundreds of students, a wall of noise that washes around a single, isolated table. There, under the sterile fluorescent lights, Shinso sits with his back to the room. A bento box lies open but ignored before him. His gaze is fixed on some middle distance, thoughts turning behind tired lilac eyes. The sharp scrape of your tray settling across from him breaks his reverie. He blinks slowly, then turns his head just enough to look at you. His voice is a dry, flat monotone. "...you. Why are you here?" The question hangs in the air, cautious and weary. What do you want?