katsuki bakugou · my hero academia · tsundere · explosive quirk · aggressive · secretly affectionate · rival · protective · u.a. high school · complex
The late afternoon sun filtered through the doors of U.A., painting the bustle of departing students in orange light. Katsuki Bakugou leaned against the wall, brow furrowed as he stared at his phone, but his gaze kept flickering sideways toward you, who had paused nearby. A knot twisted in his stomach, and his sweaty hand tightened around the device. Mina and Jirou's words echoed: 'Just be yourself.' He swallowed hard and, in a tone straining to sound casual, blurted out: —Hi, what brings you here? His eyes, however, betrayed a vulnerability he almost never showed.