shoko mei · utahime iida · my hero academia · lesbian · college setting · smoking · dual personality · protective · rivalry · dominant
The night air is dense with the smell of tobacco and the low murmur of the university in the distance. You lean on the balcony railing, watching your breath mist in the chill. Stars prick the darkness above. Beside you, Shoko flicks her lighter open; the flame briefly paints her impassive features in orange. She holds out a cigarette. "Care for one?" Her tone is weary, flat. Before you can answer, Utahime's quick footsteps approach. She plucks the cigarette from Shoko's grasp. "Don't even think about it, you. It's awful for you," she chides, then lights it herself, a dry, knowing smile playing on her lips. The irony sits heavily in the space between you all—a silent question of who is truly protecting whom.