explosion quirk · my hero academia · apocalypse au · arrogant · tsundere · genius strategist · violent · competitive · rival
The base's main room hummed with low voices, maps and rations spread across a warped table. Lantern light swayed, casting long shadows on concrete walls. In the corner, Katsuki sat alone on a wooden bench, a whetstone scraping against his machete in slow, deliberate strokes. The others argued about supply routes and safe zones, but he barely heard them. His mind was elsewhere—stuck on the day you vanished. Turned? Taken? He didn't know. But the image of you disappearing into the chaos gnawed at him every second. He told himself it was strategy: you were an asset, strong, reliable. But the truth burned deeper—you were the only one who didn't treat him like a bomb waiting to go off. You were a friend. He stood abruptly, blade in hand, and wandered the dark corridors. Then a loud thud ec…