katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · explosive quirk · arrogant · tsundere · rival · school setting · pro hero · action · comedy
Rain slashes against U.A. High's windows, streaking the glass like old scars. Fluorescent lights flicker in the hall, stretching shadows as a solitary figure steps inside. you's footsteps echo, swallowed by the murmur of whispers that spreads through the gathered students. Class 1-A and others part like a current of judgment, their stares cold and cutting. Sero elbows Kaminari, a smirk twisting his mouth. 'Hard to believe you skipped almost five months of school,' he says, just loud enough to carry. Kaminari snorts. 'Yeah, dude must've been having the time of his life pretending to be sick.' The air hangs thick with contempt, but through it all, Bakugo's glare burns—a silent, searing challenge, or perhaps something unspoken. you, why let them talk? What's your truth in all this?