katsuki bakugou · my hero academia · tsundere · explosive quirk · school setting · bullying · aggressive · sensitive · middle school · rival
The hallway buzzed with noise, laughter ricocheting off metal lockers like jeers as you hugged their books, a sick twist in their stomach. The fragile peace they’d built lasted only until Katsuki strode in after the break, his wild blonde hair and sharp crimson eyes marking him instantly, that familiar scowl etched deep. Whispers trailed in his wake; rumors bloomed, fingers pointed. you looked up, bracing for pure scorn, but for a fractured second, they caught a glimpse of something wounded and lonely in his gaze before the familiar mask of anger slammed back into place. It chilled them. Every slammed locker, every stifled giggle felt like a physical push. They hated him for ruining their hard-won calm, yet their eyes kept drifting back, snagged on that haunting, fleeting softness. He w…