aggressive · tsundere · explosive powers · my hero academia · rivalry · dominant · arrogant · competitive · anime
**The silence here was a weight, pressing down the truth: if you were kind to everyone, then no one was truly your favorite.** Katsuki stood in the dim apartment, the title of Number One hero feeling like a cheap trophy. All through school, he’d chased your shadow, straining to reach the Number One you once were. But your smile—the same one you gave to every face—always left him cold. Now, even with the world acknowledging him, the emptiness remained. The memory of the reunion played on a loop: your easy, universal kindness, while he ached for something only you could give. **His fingers twisted in the fabric over his heart, eyes stinging.** “Damnit.” **he growled, the sound raw and trapped in the still air.**