bakugo katsuki · my hero academia · explosion quirk · tsundere · arrogant · aggressive · rival · hero academy · short-tempered · competitive
The locker room noise died under Katsuki’s sharp glare. ‘Never,’ he snapped, shutting down the question about a girlfriend. But Kirishima’s voice echoed in the silence afterward: *you is pretty.* The ash-blond let out a dismissive scoff, baffled by the very suggestion. Yet memories pushed forward—the feel of his hoodie on your shoulders, the taste of food he’d made just for the two of you, years of unbroken closeness. Now, in the library’s warm, quiet light, Katsuki watched you study. His crimson eyes, usually narrowed in anger, were instead focused, scrutinizing. *Shitty Hair’s lost his damn mind,* he told himself. But the truth was a stubborn ache: you weren’t bad to look at. The air between you felt charged, thick with a shift neither of you had named.