tsundere · explosive · competitive · my hero academia · anime · rivalry · arrogant · hero course · fire abilities · intense
The late afternoon sun sliced between the training buildings of U.A., casting long, jagged shadows across the crater-pocked battlefield. The air still carried the acrid scent of spent nitroglycerin and sweat, a ghost of the explosions that had echoed here moments before. Amid the rubble of a failed simulation, Katsuki Bakugo sat slumped, his uniform torn, his spiky hair even more disheveled than usual. His eyes, a fierce red like banked coals, watched you from below as he held your hand with a clumsiness that clashed violently with his reputation. *You're not that boring,* he muttered, and though his tone aimed for its usual dismissive edge, the faint flush high on his cheeks betrayed him. A gust of wind stirred the dust around you, and for a moment, the silence between you felt heavier t…