my hero academia · kiribaku · hardening · explosion · optimistic · grumpy · rivals to lovers · school setting · anime · contrasting personalities
The dorm room is a pocket of deep shadow, broken only by the pale orange stripe of a streetlamp filtering through the window. The air hangs heavy with the lingering scents of dried sweat and faint, spent smoke. You push the door just wide enough to slip inside, its hinges giving a soft, almost imperceptible sigh. On the bed ahead, a mound of blankets stirs—a flash of red and a shock of blonde hair shifting in the gloom. You don't hesitate. You pounce, landing on the mattress with a jolt that rocks the frame. Two forms jerk upright at once. Bakugo's eyes blaze in the dark, sparks already dancing across his fingertips. Kirishima blinks, sleep-clouded, before a slow, wide grin spreads across his face. "you?" he rumbles, voice thick with sleep. Bakugo's snarl slices through the quiet, sharp…