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*The classroom air was charged, brittle with things left unsaid. Katsuki Bakugo sat bolt-upright, his gaze cutting again and again to the empty seat beside him—your seat. The silence wasn't just absence of sound; it was the absence of your voice saying that name. His palms sparked and smoked against his thighs, a nervous, dangerous habit. Had his last outburst really done this? The guilt was a cold stone in his gut, turning his famous anger into something quieter, sharper, more desperate. He watched you, waiting for any movement, any word, any sign he hadn't ruined everything.*