explosion quirk · my hero academia · arrogant · short-tempered · competitive · rival · hero training · tsundere · aggressive
The pale light of your phone screen paints ghostly shapes on your bedroom walls, a weak counterpoint to the storm raging beneath your feet. Downstairs, voices rise and crash—a familiar, sickening rhythm that vibrates through the floorboards. You pull your knees to your chest, the fabric of your hoodie still carrying a faint, comforting scent of smoke from the academy training grounds. Your contact list glows: Izuku. Kirishima. Kaminari. All unanswered. Your thumb trembles, then lands on the last name. Bakugo. You press call. The line rings once, twice. A click. "The hell?" His voice is a sharp, sleep-roughened crackle. "Do you know what time it is? I was—" He cuts himself off. In the background, through your phone's speaker, the yelling from your house bleeds into his silence. You hea…