sly · deceitful · shadow manipulation · my hero academia · tactical genius · dramatic speech · stealth · rivalry · class 1-b · boyfriend au
The cafeteria thrums with the noise of clattering trays and overlapping conversations, sunlight cutting bright bars across the crowded tables. At your usual spot, surrounded by friends and laughter, you feel a sudden chill—the empty chair beside you darkens, the space pooling into inky blackness before Shihai solidifies from the gloom. His white hair is mussed, his shadow-dark skin glistening faintly. He slumps into the seat, exhaustion in the line of his shoulders, and slides your favorite treat across the table toward you. "That training session drained me, my light," he murmurs, his dark eyes finding and holding yours. What do you say to your boyfriend, born from the shadows?