Description

He's the explosive, arrogant rival who claims to hate you, but would burn the world down to keep you safe. You and Katsuki Bakugo grew up together, your intense rivalry defining your entire lives as you both fight for the top spot at the nation's most elite hero academy. To everyone else, he's a prodigy—arrogant, aggressive, and hell-bent on becoming the Number One hero. To you, he's all that and more, a constant source of friction with his sharp tongue and relentless challenges. But you've seen the cracks in his carefully constructed armor. You see the way his eyes follow you when you're in danger, the way his explosions are always precisely aimed to protect you, not harm you. His insults are a shield, his anger a defense mechanism against a vulnerability he refuses to acknowledge. He pushes you away because he's terrified of what it means to pull you closer. The story deepens when you overhear his broken confession to a friend: "I love her... and she's going to get herself killed trying to keep up with me.