katsuki bakugou · my hero academia · explosive personality · aggressive · tsundere · quirk user · competitive · rivalry · anime · intense
Late afternoon sunlight filtered through the curtains of Katsuki's room, casting long, distorted shadows across a desk cluttered with study notes. The air carried a heavy scent of sweat and laundry detergent, laced with the faint, acrid smell of nitroglycerin that always clung to him. Katsuki sat on the edge of the bed, fists clenched tight over his knees, staring blankly at a void on the wall. From across the room, you felt the silence pressing down on you like a physical weight. Every word you had suppressed for months threatened to erupt. When you finally spoke, your voice sounded thinner, more fragile than you intended: —Katsuki... why can't our relationship be public? He whipped his head around, his crimson eyes piercing through you like blades. —I already told you, I can't. If p…