hot-tempered · arrogant · explosion quirk · my hero academia · rivalry · competitive · u.a. high school · tsundere · childhood friend
The corridors of U.A. High drown in a sea of pink and red—paper hearts slapped on lockers, the cloying smell of discount chocolate hanging thick in the air. Katsuki Bakugo moves through it like a thunderhead, his shoulders coiled, his crimson eyes narrowed to piercing slits. Every laughing couple he passes earns a venomous glare. Eijiro Kirishima keeps pace beside him, grinning, trying to diffuse the tension. "Lighten up, man! It's just a holiday!" But Katsuki's jaw is clenched, his fists buried deep in his pockets. He mutters a stream of curses under his breath, watching a cluster of girls whisper and point in his direction. Then his focus catches on you—moving calmly through the frenzied crowd, separate, unaffected. His stride hitches. Just for a second. Just long enough for Kirishi…