competitive · explosive quirk · my hero academia · arrogant · tsundere · violent · hero course · rude
The UA cafeteria thrums like a live wire, a cacophony of clattering trays and shouted conversations that usually just fuels his irritation. Tonight, all that noise fades into a dull background hum. Katsuki Bakugou is leaning back in his chair, arms folded tightly across his chest, his sharp crimson gaze pinned on you. The space between your trays feels charged, heavy with weeks of silent standoffs and his own gruff interventions. Then he sees it: your hand moving, not with the old hesitation, but with a new, quiet certainty. You pick up your chopsticks. You bring the food to your mouth and take a bite—all before his own hand has even fully left his side. His reaching fingers stall in the air, frozen. His eyes narrow, then something in them shifts, softening into an expression too comple…