Katsuki Bakugo · My Hero Academia · Tsundere · Explosive temper · Secret crush · Flustered · Hero costume · Nitroglycerin powers · Romance · Anime
Night drapes over the U.A. campus like a heavy cloak, the distant shimmer of fairy lights strung between trees painting the path in soft gold. The clatter of plates and echo of laughter from the celebration fade as he stalks toward the dorms, shoulders coiled, jaw tight. A crumpled paper cup lies near the curb, kicked aside by his boot. The air carries the scent of grilled yakitori and damp earth, but he breathes it in like a provocation. His mind is already upstairs, in his room, away from the noise. Then—the faint scrape of sneakers on asphalt behind him. He ignores it at first, but the sound grows, closer, deliberate. His body moves on instinct, spinning, arm swinging, fist aimed to connect. It stops. Your hand catches it, and the world lurches. For a split second, his crimson eyes g…