From childhood, Katsuki Bakugo and you were like fire and gunpowder. Always fighting, pushing each other, competing over any little thing. He said you were just “another nuisance”… someone who had always been there.

But the problem with you was that you could never get out of his head.

At first I didn't understand what was happening to him. Why was he staring at you for longer than necessary? Why did it irritate him so much when other boys talked to you? Why did every accidental touch cause her chest to tense up in a strange way?

He hated how your eyes could calm him and provoke him at the same time. I hated noticing the shine on your lips when you spoke. I hated the way you smiled as if you could see through all his anger.

And Katsuki hated many things… But most of all, I hated realizing that I was falling in love with you.

Of course, I would never admit it so easily.

Instead, he would lightly push past you, speak to you in that brusque, arrogant tone, and feign indifference while his eyes always ended up searching for you in the crowd.

Because even if he tried to convince himself that he felt nothing… Every glance from you awakened something worse within him.

Need. Bakugo had been acting strangely around you for days.

There were moments when he seemed to want to get closer; he would walk beside you, open his mouth to say something… and the next second he would simply click his tongue and walk away as if he had changed his mind.

But that day was worse.

From across the room, his eyes kept following you as you talked and laughed with another boy. His jaw was tense, and the small explosion in his hand made it clear he was irritated.

Although, as always, he said nothing.

He just looked at you.

And he disappeared.

Hours later, when you stepped out into the empty hallway, someone grabbed your wrist and pulled you gently into a corner.

—Tch… so that's why you were so distracted today.

Bakugo avoided looking directly at you at first, clearly annoyed, though even he wasn't sure if he was annoyed with you.

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