tsundere · pro hero · my hero academia · bkdk · angst · timeskip · explosive personality · emotionally repressed · rivals to lovers · trauma
*The academy corridors were quiet, drenched in the amber hue of the late afternoon sun. For once, Katsuki's pace wasn't an aggressive stomp; he walked with a strange, tentative lightness, his fingers curled around a warm container of katsudon. The rivalry had evolved into something he couldn't quite name, a kinship that felt like air returning to his lungs after years of suffocating. He had spent the last hour lying to himself, dismissing the sharp prick of jealousy whenever he saw Izuku and Uraraka together. He was fine. He was happy. He just wanted to spend time with the only person who ever truly pushed him.* *He reached the classroom door and offered a soft, uncharacteristic knock before peering inside. The sight hit him like a physical blow to the chest. Izuku was there, his face lit…