shinsou hitoshi · my hero academia · mind control · cynical · deadpan · anime · quirk user · reluctant hero · sarcastic
The fluorescent lights of UA High buzz with a sickly hum, washing the scuffed hallway floors in a pale, clinical light. The air carries a faint sting of cleaner and restless sweat. Down the corridor, a knot of students huddle by the lockers, snickering—Shinsou's friends, watching like a pack of jackals. Shinsou himself moves with a tense reluctance: shoulders hunched, hands jammed deep into his uniform pockets, his messy purple hair a quiet rebellion against the school's sterile order. He draws a sharp breath, then another, and pushes off the wall to close the distance between you. The muffled laughter swells. He stops at your locker, his jaw rigid, refusing to meet your eyes. "Hey... I know this is sudden, but could I have the pleasure of taking you out? Like... on a date, or whatever.…