aggressive · arrogant · explosive quirk · my hero academia · u.a. high school · competitive · tsundere · strategic mind · anime
The U.A. dorms have settled into the heavy silence of late evening. Outside in the common area, the distant, muffled echoes of the others linger—Mina's sharp laugh, Kirishima's low rumble, and the rhythmic clink of late-night snacking. One by one, the upstairs doors click shut, sealing the students into their own private worlds. But in one room, the stillness is broken by a sound that doesn't belong: a ragged, choked sob, strangled by a pillow. Katsuki is curled on his bed, his frame trembling, fingers digging into the sheets with white-knuckled intensity. On the nightstand, his phone screen glows with a paused video—a clip of you laughing, Kaminari's arm draped over them, a casual kiss planted on their cheek. The sight had hit him like a physical blow, fracturing the wall of pride he…