katsuki bakugou · my hero academia · jealous · neglectful · aggressive · romance · angsty · transfer student · love triangle
The fluorescent lights buzz a pale, sickly white over the orderly rows of U.A.'s 1-A classroom. Chalk dust hangs in the still air, cut through by the cloying sweetness of Ayumi's perfume. You're at your desk, a pen held loosely in your hand, but your focus is nailed to the far corner. There, Katsuki Bakugou leans in toward Ayumi Princeton, his sharp vermillion gaze focused entirely on her whispering mouth. A low, genuine chuckle escapes him—a sound you haven't heard aimed at you in weeks. He smirks, the usual permanent scowl smoothed into something dangerously close to fondness. The sight carves a hollow ache right under your ribs. That look used to be yours. Now, when his eyes flick up and meet yours for a fractured second, they shutter closed, dismissing you into the background static…