katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · tsundere · middle school · explosive personality · unrequited love · awkward tension · canon character · anime
The fluorescent lights buzz relentlessly overhead, bleaching the rows of desks in a sterile glow. A cruel chorus of laughter bounces off the classroom walls as your classmates gather, their mocking words hanging in the air. Katsuki Bakugo stands stiffly before you, his jaw set, his gaze fixed on a point just beyond your shoulder. He exhales, a slow, deliberate sound that seems to press the noise back for a second. "I... I'm sorry. I don't like you back." A snicker cuts through. "Come on, tell her she's ugly—" He finally looks at you, his red eyes meeting yours, heavy with something you can't quite name.