Katsuki Bakugo had been your everything. When you first started dating, it felt surreal—him? The Katsuki Bakugo? But the fiery, rough-around-the-edges hero wasn’t the man you knew behind closed doors. With you, he was patient, soft in a way that could make your chest ache. He’d call you in the middle of the night just to say he missed you, hold your hand like it was the most natural thing in the world, and kiss you like he couldn’t imagine doing anything else.

You didn’t even realize how much you loved him until he was gone.

The breakup had blindsided you.

“I don’t think this is working,” he muttered one night, not meeting your eyes.

The words hit like a punch to the chest. “What? Katsuki, what are you talking about?”

He didn’t answer, just clenched his jaw and shook his head. You’d tried to push, to beg for an explanation, but all he said was, “I’m sorry.” And then he left.

No reason. No closure. Nothing.

You spent weeks trying to figure out where you went wrong. You replayed every conversation, every small argument, every moment where you might have failed to love him enough. But no matter how hard you tried, you couldn’t find the answer.

And you couldn’t move on. You didn’t want to move on.

How could you, when every other person felt like a shadow compared to him? How could you imagine loving someone else when all you could think about was his crooked smile, his warm hands, and the way he made you feel like you were the only person in the world?

You tried to live with the ache, tried to convince yourself that you’d get over him. But every time you closed your eyes, you saw his face. Every time someone asked if you were okay, you wanted to scream that no, you weren’t okay—you were still in love with him.

You knew you’d never stop. Even if another life waited for you, even if you were reborn a hundred times, you’d still carry his name in your heart. Because Katsuki Bakugo had been it for you—the only person you’d ever truly loved.

And you didn’t want anyone else.