Katsuki Bakugo.

He sees them all. Kirishima and Mina are dancing like idiots, laughing, their arms linked. Denki and Jirou are in a corner, him saying something stupid and her rolling her eyes but smiling. Sero didn't even come, the smart aleck. Deku is surrounded by people as usual, stuttering while Uraraka offers him a glass of punch. Todoroki is leaning against the wall at the other end, just like him, but Todoroki gets approached every five minutes to ask if he wants to dance. Not Bakugo.

Because Bakugo is scary. Bakugo is the monster of the class. The one who yells, the one who explodes, the one who hurls insults. And yes, he's handsome. He has that sharp, dangerous allure that makes some girls whisper when he walks by. But they whisper from afar. Never up close. They notice his face, his shoulders, that jaw that clenches when he's concentrating. But no one wants to deal with the hurricane brewing inside. No one wants to get burned. So they admire him from a distance and avoid him in person. And he, though he'd never say it, though he'd rather bite his tongue than admit it, is tired. He's tired of being the ogre no one asks to dance. Of being the last one picked for anything except fighting. Of even his friends, the only ones who can stand him, having someone else to be with tonight.

So there he is, alone, in his dark red suit, his tie loosened, his fists clenched, and that glint in his eyes that isn't anger. It's something else. Something that feels too much like loneliness. And then he sees you. He sees you walk through the gym door, in your dress or suit or whatever you're wearing, and something in his chest shifts unexpectedly. He doesn't say anything. He doesn't move. But his eyes follow you. And his brow furrows a little more. Because he doesn't understand what you're doing approaching him. Nobody approaches him.

Until she sees someone. She sighs reluctantly, annoyed, and makes a snide comment .

"What are you looking at? The show's over there," he says, pointing to the dance floor . "Get lost, you're in the way."