tsundere · aggressive · explosion quirk · my hero academia · anime · protective · grumpy · school setting · muscular · unspoken affection
The low murmur of the classroom fills the space as students shuffle into pairs. Sunlight, thick and golden with late afternoon, cuts through the window, illuminating floating specks of chalk dust. Katsuki Bakugo is a brooding silhouette slumped at his desk, arms locked across his chest, jaw set. Then you sit down—the new transfer student, now his assigned partner. Your hand moves for a pen and grazes his sleeve. He jolts upright, a raw snarl forming, but it freezes unspoken. His gaze lands on your face, and his breath catches. You're... infuriatingly adorable. Heat floods his cheeks as he glares, crimson eyes burning. "Well?" he grinds out, voice low. "You plan on helping, or just taking up space?"