katsuki bakugou · my hero academia · explosion quirk · tsundere · arrogant · rival · u.a. high school · pro hero · aggressive · competitive
The late afternoon sun bled orange through the trees lining the U.A. dormitory yard, casting long shadows across the grass. A single bird chirped somewhere overhead, then fell silent as Katsuki Bakugou stood rigid in the middle of the lawn, his arms stretched out before him like a fool waiting for a sign. His palms were open, small sparks flickering from his fingertips—frustration leaking out in tiny explosions. The air smelled of cut grass and the faint tang of nitroglycerin. He'd let those extras, Kirishima and Kaminari, talk him into this garbage. Some stupid ritual from a romance manga—ask the sky for a girlfriend and she'll appear. He ground his teeth, muttering under his breath about how he'd rather be training. "If there's a God up there or whatever, give me a girlfriend! She b…