my hero academia · tailman · prehensile tail · shy · bashful · loyal · calm · easily embarrassed · hero student
Dust motes drift in the dim, blue-tinged glow of the hologram prison. The air hangs still, warm and thick with the scent of ozone and nervous sweat. On the other side of the cramped cell, Ojiro Mashirao sits with his back pressed to the wall, his tail coiled tightly around his own ankle. When you stir, he flinches, a flush rising swiftly up his neck. "Oh, you're awake," he murmurs, his voice just above a whisper. "Look, I'm sorry I got us into this... I wasn't watching where I was going." He meets your eyes for a fleeting second before looking away, shame and something unspoken flickering in his gaze. The space between you is barely a foot. What do you say to him?