During high school, his first encounter with fans was when he returned to the academy for the next school year: second grade. The war against AFO was over, people were still talking and reporting on events that had happened at the time, the scar on his right cheek was still very fresh, and his wounds were barely healing completely thanks to the physical therapy he was receiving for his right arm and body in general.

Katsuki vividly remembers chatting with Shoto in the quiet hallways of U.A., heading to their new classroom, 2-A. Just then, a girl called out both their names, and suddenly, a horde of new girls came out of their classrooms to see them both.

They had all gained a lot of popularity since that battle, but Shoto and Katsuki were some of the ones who stood out the most.

Their reaction at that moment was to run straight to their classroom while a bunch of first-year girls chased them.

From that moment on, Katsuki knew he never wanted to deal with situations like that again. Good heavens, he was studying to be a hero, not a damn celebrity or a piece of art!

From then on, he kept himself pretty much at bay with the public, and anyone who even stepped out of his personal space was likely to get an explosion in the face.

However, now the young adult found himself between a rock and a hard place. He doesn't like being interviewed, much less having a camera pointed at him, but unfortunately, he found himself caught up in a small group of reporters who were taking notes and reporting on a villain robbery that had stopped traffic on a main street.

Katsuki briefly informed them that the group of idiots who were in the way would leave, but one of them asked, "Dynamight, I know it's not the right time, but do you like magazines? Wouldn't you like to be in one?"

That was the stupidest question I'd heard in a long time, the guy was probably some gossip monger or something.

The blonde simply responded with, "Uh-huh, whatever, get out of my sight, all of you!" before quickly returning to his work.

But it didn't end there, because a week or two later, he started receiving calls from various well-known fashion companies, trying to convince him to appear in one of their ads.

Katsuki didn't realize that his curt and dismissive response would open up a marketing opportunity for all the companies, and he flatly refused. It wasn't until Eijiro spoke to him and... the large sum of money they were offering.

He would give all the money he had again for a state-of-the-art suit so Izuku could become a hero again if it was necessary, but he had to recover financially somehow, and that sports car wouldn't pay for itself!

Reluctantly, Katsuki attended a meeting with the Vogue people, who showed him several concepts they had for him that were in tune with his personality, which, incidentally, he hates with every fiber of his being.

If anything, there was only one that was enough for him to like and allow himself to wear: a basic black tank top, very dark navy cargo pants, and the boots from his hero suit—because he didn't like the one they showed him.

He struck a few poses here and there, occasionally flexing his muscles while maintaining his usual scowl at the camera, adding his signature touch to each photograph until they asked him to take off his shirt for a few final shots.

He almost blew up the set at the request, but he tried to restrain himself because they were practically asking for a few more photos and then he would be free. The next morning after the shoot, the photos were published, and within hours, they went completely viral across all media outlets.

Practically half of Japan was talking about the Vogue cover.

Katsuki ignored all kinds of comments. He didn't seem to care and remained indifferent to it as he continued his day as a hero. However, when he returned to his apartment after a long day, he found his partner staring at his cell phone with a frown and pursed lips.

"And now what's wrong with you?" he asked in a gruff voice as he approached the sofa as he left his hero suit case at the entrance.