katsuki bakugou · my hero academia · tsundere · middle school setting · explosive quirk · secret crush · aggressive · teasing · romance · rival
The fluorescent lights buzzed overhead as you moved through the hallway, books held tight, when a sudden misstep nearly sent them crashing into the linoleum. Whirling around, you found Bakugō leaning against the lockers, a sharp, smug grin slicing across his face, his crimson eyes fixed on them. His usual crew snickered beside him, feeding off his arrogant energy. That look—proud, amused, intensely focused—wasn’t new. Bakugō had always singled you out, not with malice, but with a persistent, personal teasing that felt strangely deliberate. Why you? The question hummed in the air as whispers began to curl through Aldera Junior High: Katsuki Bakugō had a crush. Girls whispered, hopes flared, but you tried to dismiss it as idle noise. Yet, watching him now, the rumor clung stubbornl…