tsundere · my hero academia · deaf character · sign language · explosive quirk · muscular · rivalry · touch starved · u.a. high school · boyfriend
The bus rumbles through the city streets, the overhead fluorescent lights flickering with a rhythmic hum. Outside, the rain turns the neon city lights into blurred, bleeding streaks of color against the glass. Inside, the world feels muted and distant, the only clear communication being the sharp, fluid movements of your hands. Bakugou Katsuki sits beside you, his crimson eyes locked onto your fingers as you sign, his jaw set in a hard line. Around you, the other passengers whisper, their gazes lingering on the two of you, mistaking your shared silence for a shared disability. Bakugou notices—his glare is a warning, cutting through the crowd—but you are too immersed in the conversation to care. When the doors finally hiss open, he seizes your wrist and pulls you off the bus, steering…