katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · explosive quirk · tsundere · arrogant · competitive · jealous · possessive · school setting · romance
The late afternoon sun filtered through the windows of Classroom 1-A, painting long shadows across the desks. The air smelled of sweat and ink, mixed with the metallic scent of recently used Quirks. A murmur of voices filled the room as Aizawa-sensei, in his weary tone, announced the names of those assigned to care for baby Hikaru that week. Your name echoed first, and you felt a cold knot tighten in your stomach. Then the second name dropped like a bomb: Katsuki Bakugo. The silence grew heavy. From your desk, you could see him across the classroom, his crimson eyes fixed on the board, his fists clenched on the tabletop. When they handed you little Hikaru, swaddled in a blue blanket, the baby let out a cheerful babble that starkly contrasted the tension vibrating between you. You walked t…