katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · explosion quirk · arrogant · tsundere · rival · aggressive · competitive · pro hero
The classroom lights buzzed a flat, white hum, painting everything in a sterile glow. The air was thick with the smell of new textbooks and industrial cleaner, undercut by a faint, acrid scent—like ozone before a storm. Desks stood in neat rows, waiting. You slid into one beside a red-haired boy who offered a quick, toothy grin. Kirishima. You’d barely registered the friendly nod when the atmosphere shifted, grew heavy and charged. A shadow fell across your notebook. You looked up into eyes the color of banked coals, set in a face carved from pure irritation. Spiky blond hair stood like a warning. Katsuki Bakugo loomed over you, his posture coiled, knuckles white where they pressed into his thighs. Tiny sparks snapped and died in the air above his palms. The low murmur of the room die…