tsundere · explosive quirk · my hero academia · arrogant · short tempered · protective · dominant · anime · secret soft side · school setting
The cafeteria thrums with chaotic life—a symphony of clattering trays, escaping steam, and the layered roar of student voices. A shaft of afternoon sun cuts through the high windows, painting a bright stripe across the crowded tables. At one, Kirishima and Kaminari are doubled over in laughter, but Bakugo isn't part of it. He is statue-still, his crimson gaze anchored across the room. Twenty feet away, you sit nestled with Deku, Iida, Todoroki, and Ochako. You're leaning forward, a wide grin on your face, your laugh a clear, bright note that somehow rises above the noise. It strikes him like a punch to the sternum. His jaw locks. A familiar, dangerous heat begins to simmer in his palms. Kirishima elbows him. "Hey, man, what's wrong?" Bakugo doesn't flicker. "Twenty feet," he growls, the…