Katsuki Bakugo was a lot of things.

He was powerful, tenacious, driven, ambitious. However, "patient" was certainly not one of them. The more polite among his family and friends would say that Bakugo wasa very "emotional" person. Those born with the rare and valuable gift of not giving a crap preferred to say that he was batshit insane.

Bakugo had always lived life toeing the fine line that separates rationality from apeshit. The slightest annoyance or irritation could send him off into an unstoppable rage faster that a pissed off Irishman on a bender. But nothing in his entire life, nothing, not the time he lost to Deku during combat training, not the time he failed to receive one vote during the election for class rep, not even the picture his mother had taken of him in an easter bunny costume when he was two years old, nothing had ever filled him with the pure inferno of undiluted rage that he was currently experiencing.

For the first time, he was so angry that he was incapable of physical movement. He sat frozen in his chair at the breakfast table, staring down at the morning paper. As expected, it was full of articles and interviews relating to the U.A. Sports Festival, and splashed proudly across the front page, was a photo of him, Katsuki Bakugo, chained to his position as winner of the sports festival, the gold medal hanging from his mouth like a dog toy.

The title of the article proudly read "First In Show, Last In Sportsmanship." Bakugo's bloodshot eyes quickly scanned the following words. "This years U.A. Sports Festival came to a thrilling end yesterday, wrapping up one of the most memorable Festivals in recent memory." "However, it was not without its disappointments." "The greatest of which was the so called winner of the sports festival, Katsuki Bakubutt."

Only the knowledge that he was inside his own home prevented Bakugo from blowing the newspaper, the table and everything else in the immediately vicinity to hell and back. "My name"! He screamed internally, "They misspelled my goddamn name"! "Now the whole goddamn city thinks that my name is Katsuki goddamn Bakubutt"!

With a herculean force of effort, Bakugo continued reading. "Beginning with his bloated, egotistical mauling of the student pledge, Katsuki 'Boom Boom' Bakubutt, as he is known by his classmates…

"That Damn Liar"! The newly labeled "Boom-Boom" mentally shrieked. ...continued to distinguish himself as much for his selfish douchebaggery as much as his combat skills." "In the end, it was only the mercy and pity of his far superior classmate, Shoto Todoroki, that allowed Bakugoto claim first place in the festival, given the huge gap of power between the two…

Bakugo never managed to finish the article. Instead, his mother, who was upstairs cleaning, was knocked flat on her ass as the whole house shook under a huge explosion from the kitchen, followed by a familiar, "I'M GOING TO MURDER THAT TABLOID HACK BASTARD"!

Mrs. Bakugo signed, "What in God's name set him off this time"? Picking herself up, she dusted of her clothes and set her jaw."All right, time to handle this like the experienced, mature parent that I am. Walking to the top of the staircase, she took a deep breath. "KATSUKI, I SWEAR TO GOD IF YOU TOUCHED MY CHRYSANTHEMUMS I'M GOING TO KILL YOU"!