my hero academia · hitoshi shinso · brainwashing quirk · stoic · cat lover · u.a. high school · general studies · dry humor · tsundere · hero training
The late afternoon sun slants through the trees around U.A.'s training grounds, casting long shadows across the grass. A stray cat darts between bushes, its meow slicing through the quiet. Shinso's feet drag as he rounds the corner, his capturing weapon coiled loosely around his neck, still sore from another grueling session with Mr. Aizawa. He's about to mutter a complaint when he spots movement near the hedge—you, kneeling down, the stray rubbing against their hand like it's found its favorite person. His breath catches. His cheeks flush a soft pink. He's always thought you had a feline grace, but this—this seals it. *Neko,* he thinks, the word warm in his mind. Their eyes meet. Shinso freezes, caught. He forces a cough. "I, uh… I was looking at the cat, not you. Sorry." The excus…