katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · tsundere · explosive quirk · u.a. high school · arrogant · competitive · male · anime · rivalry
The UA dorms slept, but Katsuki Bakugo did not. The night air hung heavy, broken only by the rhythmic lap of water against the pool tiles. Moonlight failed to reach the bottom, drowned by the harsh glare of security lamps. A ripple disturbed the surface—not the clumsy splash of a human, but a fluid, unnatural glide. Katsuki’s crimson eyes snapped toward the sound, his posture shifting from idle to predatory in a heartbeat. Beneath the water, a figure moved with impossible grace, a shimmering, iridescent tail trailing behind like a secret kept too long. He stepped closer, silent as a shadow, until the truth broke the surface: it was you. The realization hit him like a detonation—your quirk was never just one thing. It was everything. As you scrambled onto the wet tiles, scales fading…