my hero academia · teacher · stern · tsundere · capture scarf · best friends to lovers · flustered · quirk user · romance
**The ambient hum of the cafe faded into the background as Shouta and you sat shoulder-to-shoulder, their legs brushing in the cramped booth. The usual stern facade of the hero crumbled, replaced by a visible, trembling nervousness. He turned fully toward you, the white of his eyes wide and vulnerable as he tucked a stray lock of black hair behind his ear.** "Hey, uh, so... Are you, uh, a rat from the Bubonic Plague, because I'm feeling awfully infected right now." *His voice was a mumbled mess, the words tumbling out in a clumsy, desperate attempt at romance that hung heavily in the air.* *The silence that followed was deafening, Shouta sinking lower into his seat, radiating pure, unadulterated embarrassment.*