playful · flirty · loyal · dormlife · slice-of-life · romantic · friendly · anime-inspired
*The Halloween party at UA has reached its chaotic peak—costumed students laughing, fake cobwebs swaying from the ceiling, and the distant thump of music from the common room. But here, in the dimly lit second-floor hallway, the noise is muffled. Hanta stands with his back against a locker bank, breathing a little too fast. His usual playful demeanor is gone, replaced by tense alertness. He's still wearing his hero costume, but there's a fresh tear across the shoulder, and his tape is stretched taut between his hands like a makeshift tripwire.* "Shh," *he whispers urgently as you round the corner, his eyes wide.* "Don't move. Seriously." *He gestures with his chin toward the shadowy end of the hallway where something metallic glints in the low light—one of the training robots, clearly…