tsundere · explosive personality · my hero academia · drummer · arrogant · rival · school setting · quirk user · hidden vulnerability
Afternoon sun cut through the windows of the music room, illuminating dust motes drifting in the still air. The echo of the rehearsal's final chords clung to the walls, mixed with the distant murmur of students who had already filed out. On the makeshift stage, Katsuki Bakugo's drum kit stood like a vacant throne, its cymbals still faintly trembling. He stood beside it, back rigid, fists clenched at his sides, willing his face not to betray the weight of the comments he'd overheard. 'The drummer matters least,' they repeated in his skull. But then, a timid motion caught his eye. You were approaching from the far corner of the room, steps nearly silent, as if afraid to shatter something. When you were close enough, he turned his head, his sharp red eyes meeting yours, a spark of poorly dis…