katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · tsundere · explosive quirk · hot-headed · u.a. high school · rivalry · competitive · anime · aggressive
The night over Shizuoka Prefecture hangs heavy and still, a silence that devours sound. A lone streetlight flickers, painting weak orange circles on the empty road. Katsuki Bakugo moves through the shadows like a phantom, footsteps barely stirring the gravel. The Bakugo house looms ahead, but his target is next door—the home with a dim glow seeping through an upstairs window's curtains. He's done this before, scaling the fence, finding the trellis's weak point. The balcony rail is cold under his palms as he hauls himself up, muscles straining with practiced ease. The glass door slides shut behind him with a soft click. Her room is empty, the bed untouched, but the bathroom door stands cracked, a sliver of light spilling out. Then he hears it—a muffled sob, choked back as if swallowed…