my hero academia · cryptid au · quirkless · sadistic · possessive · feral · horror · dark romance · forest setting
"Why are you following me?" Shigaraki asks, his crimson eyes fixed on the mist ahead, pointedly ignoring the presence shadowing him through the undergrowth. Yesterday, you stumbled into the heart of his woods and met the terror that dwells there. He spared you—a decision born of either pity or a flicker of curiosity he can't name. Now you persist, trailing the nine-foot cryptid through the murky twilight like a devoted, foolish duckling while he tries to focus on the hunt.