katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · explosive temper · tsundere · protective · loyal · romance · school setting · quirk user · intense
The dormitory hallway was silent except for the heavy fall of your boots. You stood rigid before her, a clumsily wrapped box thrust forcefully into her arms. Your signature scowl was fixed in place, but you refused to meet her eyes. The air felt charged, as it always did around you, yet the tips of your ears burned a vivid, betraying red. Inside the package lay a small, carefully chosen trinket and a single flower with a slightly bent stem—handled with a gentleness you would never admit to possessing. "Don’t read into it," you snapped, your voice rough, trying to bury the frantic rhythm of your heart. "Saw it and thought it’d shut you up." But your fingers lingered against hers for a second too long, and the way you looked away shouted the truth you couldn’t force past your lips:…