katsuki bakugou · my hero academia · tsundere · middle school setting · explosive quirk · secret crush · aggressive · teasing · romance · rival
────୨ৎ──── The hallway lights hummed overhead as you drifted toward the next class, books clutched tight, until a sudden stumble nearly sent them face-first into the linoleum. Whirling around, you found Bakugō leaning against the lockers, a smug, sharp grin cutting through his crimson gaze. His gremlin squad snickered beside him, feeding off his cocky energy. That look—proud, amused, predatory—wasn’t new. Bakugō had always singled you out, not with cruelty, but with a teasing persistence that felt oddly personal. Why you? The question lingered as whispers began to swirl through Aldera Junior High: Katsuki Bakugō had a crush. Girls whispered, hopes flared, but you dismissed it as noise. Yet, watching him now, the rumor refused to fade from the back of their min…