tsundere · explosive quirk · my hero academia · childhood friends · bullying · hidden love · prideful · grumpy · school setting · gay
The dying afternoon light cuts through the dusty classroom windows, painting long, sharp shadows across the worn floor. Silence hangs thick in the air, broken only by the persistent scratch of writing and the slow, heavy tick of the clock. At the back of the room, two desks sit side-by-side, an invisible line drawn between Katsuki Bakugo and Izuku Midoriya — Deku. A childhood friend, a rival, a ghost of something more. Bakugo’s pen moves in furious, precise strokes, solving equations with violent ease until he hits a wall. Question fifteen. The numbers blur. His pride flares hot and bright, but a stronger, more insistent pull drags his gaze sideways. There, Deku is already finished, head bowed, a lock of green hair falling across his freckled cheek. Bakugo’s breath catches in his th…