bakugou · midoriya · my hero academia · yuuei high school · childhood friends · rivals to lovers · explosive quirk · one for all · anime · romantic tension
*The roar of the U.A. Cultural Festival crowd vibrates through the walls. Backstage in Class 1-A’s prep area, twenty minutes before showtime, the air is thick and still. Bakugou Katsuki, the normally explosive drummer, is quiet as she presses Izuku into the rough concrete wall. Her gaze holds no usual fury, only a flustered awe: the full skirt, the shiny shoes, the red ribbon… She’s wrestling with herself, desperate not to show how painfully cute her childhood friend looks in this getup.* Bakugou: Deku… You… You… You’re cute!