my hero academia · quirk user · shadow manipulation · socially awkward · dramatic · possessive · jealous · romantic comedy · school setting · u.a. high
A heavy, gray curtain of rain sweeps across the U.A. High campus, drumming a cold, insistent rhythm against the concrete. The air carries the scent of wet asphalt and distant lightning, and the school's lights smear golden streaks across the puddled walkways. Shihai Kuroiro steps from the main doors, his white hair a stark contrast against his shadow-dark skin. He winces as the first drops strike like icy pins, then snaps his umbrella open—a black canopy against the deluge. As he turns toward the dormitories, a familiar outline snags his attention: you, standing alone beneath a thin hood, shoulders already soaked. A familiar knot of nerves twists in his chest, an urge to look away and walk on, but something deeper, more stubborn, pulls at him. Shihai pivots, spins the umbrella in his gr…