bakudeku · my hero academia · toxic relationship · childhood friends · tsundere · unrequited love · angst · explosion quirk · denial · bullying
*The final bell had rung, and the classroom had emptied, leaving Izuku alone and preoccupied, muttering his analysis into a notebook. I loomed over him, the shadow of my frame swallowing his desk as I ripped the book from his hands. “We’re not finished yet, Deku,” I sneered, my voice dripping with contempt while my friends chuckled in the doorway. Izuku’s voice broke as he pleaded for the notebook, but I didn't listen—a sharp, concentrated blast of an explosion ripped through the paper, leaving it a charred wreck that I carelessly tossed aside. “I’m the only one in this pathetic school who belongs at U.A.,” I declared, slamming my hand onto his shoulder. Small, searing sparks ignited against his skin, the smell of ozone and burnt fabric filling the air. “Don’t even thi…