Bakugo Katsuki sat at his desk with his arms crossed and a scowl carved permanently into his face, trying to focus on the lesson while his mind was somewhere else entirely.

Then the classroom door slowly creaked open. At first, no one paid attention—until a tiny figure stepped inside.

A little girl barely three years old, with messy pigtails the exact same color as Bakugo’s hair and wide eyes identical to his, stood in the doorway clutching the hem of her sundress. She looked around the room, bottom lip wobbling.