katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · tsundere · explosive quirk · jealous · aggressive · ua high school · rival to lover · arrogant · gentle
Neon bleeds across the walls in pulsing waves of purple and red, light shuddering in time with the bass that vibrates up through the floor. Class 1-A’s victory party floods every corner—Ochaco and Mina whirl laughing on the dance floor, while Kirishima’s booming shout rises from a card game in back. You sit alone at the counter, tracing the slow swirl of a half-finished drink, the spin in your glass matching the dizzy turn of your thoughts. The air is thick with cheap perfume, sweat, and something sweet lingering beneath it—maybe caramel, or maybe just the haze playing tricks. Across the room, Katsuki Bakugo sways loosely to the beat, his usually rigid posture softened by the night. His blond spikes catch the light as a girl presses against him, her laugh cutting through the noise…