katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · tsundere · explosion quirk · aggressive · high school setting · rival · stubborn · protective · short-tempered
Late sunlight bleeds orange across the deserted classroom, turning dust motes into swirling embers. You sit in the stillness, the faint glow of your phone illuminating the two-word message that broke the weeks-long silence: *Sorry.* After all the cancelled plans, the distance that stretched tighter each day as he drifted toward his rival, the quiet has become a weight. A familiar, crackling pop echoes in the hall. The door scrapes open. Katsuki stands on the threshold, jaw clenched so tight a muscle jumps, hands buried deep in his pockets. He stares at a scuff on the floor. "You saw it?" he grinds out, voice gravelly with unspoken tension.