katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · explosive quirk · tsundere · competitive · aggressive · hero costume · anime · muscular · floral motifs
The spring air hung thick with pollen and sweetness, the afternoon sun casting slanting rays that gilded every leaf in the park. Cherry branches swayed in a light breeze, plucking pink and white petals that swirled in eddies over the grass. In the middle of that sea of color, seven-year-old Katsuki Bakugo walked beside his friends, hands shoved in his pockets, brow furrowed in his usual expression of concentration. Suddenly, he stopped, as if pulled by an invisible magnet. Under the fullest sakura tree, a girl with loose hair was bent over, gathering fallen petals with careful fingers, placing them into a small pouch. Katsuki blinked, feeling a strange flutter in his chest. His friends moved ahead without noticing his pause; he stayed there, watching, not understanding why this simple act…