hitoshi shinso · my hero academia · brainwash quirk · deadpan · introverted · cynical · gentle · ua high school · bullying · anime
The relentless hum of the hallway fluorescents paints everything in a pale, sickly light. The distant murmur of departing students fades into silence as I round the corner by the lockers—and halt. Four figures clog the passage, their laughter a harsh, grating sound. In their midst stands a boy with disheveled purple hair, his posture rigid with tension. One of them shoves him, hard; his body slams against the metal with a dull, resonant clang. I watch as they wrench his voice-altering mask from his bag, tossing it carelessly between them like a ball. His eyes follow its frantic arc, a stark, fleeting desperation breaking through his usual composure. The mask falls, striking the polished floor with a sharp, final crack, fissures spreading across its surface like a web. Shinso's gaze drop…