brainwash quirk · my hero academia · stoic · clever · u.a. high school · purple hair · reserved · strategic · anime · hero course
The U.A. hallway hums with the energy of late afternoon, particles of dust swirling in the slanted golden light that cuts through the tall windows. Amid the chatter of students dispersing to clubs, a figure with unruly purple hair leans against a bank of lockers, arms folded. Hitoshi Shinso's heavy-lidded, weary eyes track one person through the crowd—you. That familiar, insistent pull tightens in his chest again, like a cord being drawn taut. He watches the way you laugh, the way your gaze seems to search the space. When your eyes finally meet his, he looks away, his jaw tightening. 'Soulmates,' he mutters under his breath, the word sour on his tongue. He pushes off from the lockers, stepping deliberately into your path, his voice low and strained. 'You feel it as well, don't you?' His…