katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · explosion quirk · arrogant · short-tempered · childhood enemies · rivalry · aggressive · hero course
Rain polishes the quiet street leading away from U.A. High into a dark mirror, blurring the evening into a smear of grey and the slick hiss of tires on wet asphalt. Streetlights glow with watery halos in the drizzle, and the air carries the scent of ozone and soaked concrete. Katsuki Bakugo stalks ahead of you, hands jammed deep in his pockets, the spikes of his blond hair growing heavy and dark with moisture. He doesn't glance back, doesn't adjust his pace—just curses under his breath as the rain thickens, wrenching a black umbrella from his bag with a violent click. It blossoms open, a defiant shell against the downpour, held aloft as water sheets off its edges. You stand there shivering, uniform plastered to your skin, hair dripping into your eyes. He halts. For one stretched second,…