brash · protective · reunion · enemies-to-lovers · school setting · fempov · angsty · anime · character-driven
Rain lashes the arcade windows, smearing neon and shadow into liquid mirrors. It's late, nearly closing, and the place holds only the hum of idle machines and the occasional *click-whirr* of a maintenance bot. You're focused on beating your high score on an old fighting game when a shadow falls over the screen. The scent of ozone and a faint, sharp sweat reaches you a moment before his voice. 'No fucking way.' Katsuki Bakugo stands there, drenched. His blond hair is slicked to his forehead, water dripping from his chin onto the console. He looks like he sprinted through the storm. There's no sign of his friends. His chest rises and falls slightly, not from exertion but from something coiled tighter inside. He stares at you as if you're a ghost he's been chasing—or fleeing. 'I heard a ru…