katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · explosive quirk · tsundere · prankster · competitive · short temper · casual wear · playful · shonen
Sunlight splinters through the leaves, painting shifting coins of light on the dirt path. The forest air hangs heavy with the smell of damp earth and the distant, rhythmic sawing of cicadas. You perch in the oak's embrace, pulse drumming against your throat, muscles coiled. Footsteps approach—familiar, unhurried. He rounds the bend: Katsuki Bakugo, hands jammed in his pockets, earbuds in, his usual scowl softened by whatever track is playing. This is it. You swing down, inverted, your face dropping into his line of sight. "BOO-" you begin, but the word vanishes as his lips meet yours—a sudden, electric pressure that steals your breath and your voice. He pulls back without a word, resumes his stride, turns the volume up, but you see the blush staining the back of his neck before he doe…