Chapter 1: Yaoyorozu
Katsuki Bakugo was a lot of things, brash, loud, and a bit arrogant, just a little bit but he liked to think of himself as a half decent person. All of his life since his quirk developed he has always wanted to become a hero, the number one hero to be more exact. He wasn't going to let anyone stand in his way of accomplishing that goal, but he had a secret he dare not tell anyone.
He actually was starting to like his peers, at the beginning of the school year. He was rather...abrasive. The reason why this was the case was that he only saw them as roadblocks on his journey to number one, but due to recent events he's been opening up to them a bit more. Not that he would ever admit that, he mostly blames Spiky Hair for even becoming his friend in the first place.
Katsuki sighs as he walks into the school, he trudges down the hall until he reaches the classroom. Class 1-A, he walks into the classroom and heads directly to his seat. He throws his stuff under his desk and takes a seat.
He exhales as footsteps approach his seat, "Good Morning Bakugo!" the class rep Iida says to Katsuki who just looks at him and grimaces.
"The hell do you want Four Eyes?" Katsuki says as Iida pushes up his glasses, "I was simply saying good morning since you arrived in the classroom, rather early if I may add" Iida says as Katsuki release small explosions.
"You calling me fucking late!?" Katsuki yells at Iida causing them to bicker a bit much to the displeasure of another classmate that was in the room.
"Fine Fine, good fucking morning now stop bothering me Four Eyes!" Katsuki says to Iida who has a smirk on his face.
Katsuki lets out a small groan before looking toward the back of the classroom, he spots the black haired girl.
Momo Yaoyorozu, the rich girl. The smartest in the class with a highly useful quirk. The black hair, the grey eyes, her fair porcelain skin. She was a beauty Katsuki wasn't going to deny that.
However she looks bothered like she's stressing out about something, was it his bickering with Iida? Katsuki groans getting sick of the worried look she had on her face.
"Oi, earth to Ponytail!" Katsuki yells as Momo snaps out of her look before turning toward Katsuki. She looks for a moment before putting on a forced smile.
"Oh uh hello Bakugo, Good Morning." Momo says calmly as Katsuki glares at her, "Cut the bullshit, is something bothering you?" Katsuki asks taking Momo off guard.
Katsuki wasn't known for acts of kindness much less caring about other, Momo scrambles trying to find a response.
"I'm fine Katsuki, thank you for your concern." Momo says hoping to get Katsuki to stop worrying about her, however he was not convinced and started getting mad.
"Stop lying Ponytail! You're breaking a sweat and you look stressed. It's not a good look and you and you need to cut it out." Katsuki calls out
Momo looks at him with surprise, she takes a moment to speak but is cut off by the rest of the class pouring in. Tooru and Mina along with Tsuyu walk over to her.
Katsuki groans as he spots Kyoka walking into the classroom toward Momo. He clears his throat getting her attention. He nods his head and she nods hers walking over to him.
"What's up Kacchan?" Kyoka says smugly ticking Katsuki off.
"Don't call me that dumbass nickname earplugs!" Katsuki yells causing Kyoka to laugh, she takes a seat at the edge of his desk as he looks up at her.
Kyoka Jirou, one of the extras he could actually tolerate. She had a good taste in music, was talented and was quite tough and easy to work with. Out of everyone he could relate with her the most.
"What's going on with Ponytail?" Katsuki asks causing Kyoka to give him a strange look. She peers over at Momo who seems like she is having a lot of fun talking with the others.
"Doesn't look like anything is going on with her, why do you ask?" Kyoka says as Katsuki looks back at her before looking at Kyoka again.
"She's putting up an act, earlier she was freaking out about something" Katsuki says as Kyoka as she gets a sly look on her face.
"I don't have a clue...even if I did, what makes you think I would tell you?" Kyoka finishes with a smile, Katsuki groans fighting a little smile.
"What do you want?" Katsuki says with a sigh, Kyoak puts a finger to her lips and ponders for a moment before taking it off and pointing it at him.
"You have to take me out to Ryoba's, your treat." Kyoka finishes with a smile
"Yeah yeah sure just get it out of her." Katsuki says as Kyoka slides off of his desk, she turns around with a smirk.
"It's a date!" she exclaims coolly as she turns and walks toward the other girls, "Whatever" Katsuki says while pulling out his notebook.
"Yo Bakubro!" Kirishima exclaims as he walks over to Katsuki. "What the hell do you want Spiky Hair?" Katsuki says as he finishes getting out the rest of his supplies.
Kirishima gets a look on his face before pulling Katsuki closer, "Since when were you and Jirou a thing?" he whispers to Katsuki causing him to push Kirishima away.
"It's not like that dumbass! She obviously messing with me again!" Katsuki yells out causing Kaminari and Mina to laugh.
Aizawa walks into the classroom and silences everybody. Homeroom gets going, along with the rest of classes.
The entire time Katsuki was looking back at Momo who didn't seem like she was all the way there. She wasn't focused at all.
Katsuki had no clue why it was bothering him so much.
But it was seriously bothering him.
Out of impulse Katsuki shoots up his hand, getting the attention of Aizawa and the rest of the class.
"Yes Bakugo?" Aizawa says as Katsuki puts his hand down
"Can I take Yaoyorozu to Recovery lady's office, she isn't looking too good." Katsuki says as he stands up.
Aizawa looks up towards a unfocused and spaced out Momo, who appears to be daydreaming. Hell she didn't even look at Katsuki standing.
He looks at Katsuki once more before answering, "Go ahead, just make sure she gets the in one piece." Aizawa says as Katsuki walks toward the back of the classroom and grabs Momo by the wrist pulling her up, spooking her.
By the time she refocuses the two are already out of the door, Momo looks at the hand gripping onto her wrist trailing it to find Katsuki tugging her around.
She tries to pull away but to no avail, the two keep walking to the office, after a brief silence Momo starts to speak up.
"Bakugo, I must have dozed off during class. My apologies, but it's alright now I'm feeling a bit better." Momo says with the same rehearsed smile.
Katsuki doesn't stop once he just keeps dragging her along, without turning Katsuki speaks.
"Yep definitely a rich kid." he says causing Momo to look at him with disgust.
Typical Bakugo, he's always been like this. Always gruff and unpleasant. Momo fears that he was always going to be this way. It frustrates her every single time Katsuki says something rude to anybody, someone needed to get through to him.
She was about to speak up again but was met with a sight she never thought she would revel in. Katsuki had turned his head a tiny bit to regard her, his eyes weren't filled with fire and rage like she previously thought.
They were pretty, a shade of red that was reminiscent of a rose or of a ruby. They were angry looking but Momo couldn't help but see the concern in them.
"Cause you fucking suck at lying." Katsuki says as they round the corner, taking Momo off guard. How could he tell? Was she that obvious or was he that preceptive? What would she tell him?
The questions plague her mind as Katsuki looks back forward and the duo make it to the office.
Recovery girl gives her diagnosis, "She's fine but extremely disoriented, it's simply stress. She just needs plenty of rest." the older woman finishes as she hands Momo sitting on the bed a cup of tea.
"This will be to soothe you a bit, you shouldn't stress so much dear" She says to Momo causing her to nod and take a sip, Recovery girl then turns to Katsuki.
"Thank you young man, you may head back to class." Recovery girl says as she steps out of the room she looks back to see Katsuki still standing there.
"Sorry lady but me and Ponytail have unfinished business." Katsuki says as he takes a seat by the bed Momo was occupying.
The older woman looks at him and smiles, she then walks away. Katsuki takes his eyes away from the door and turns them to Momo who has her hair down and is sipping tea.
All this time and he never truly got a good look at the girl, she was well built regarding that she was a girl. Sharp jaw that looked smooth to the touch, a slender body with a decent amount of curvature sans her "assets". She really was pretty.
Katsuki clears his throat and turns his eyes away from staring as Momo puts the tea cup down and sighs. She looks at Katsuki with a sad look.
"I suppose, you aren't going to let me off the hook until I tell you?" Momo inquiries to Katsuki's "Mhm."
Momo grips the covers and takes a breath, "Coming from a rich family has its ups and downs. For one thing you have plenty of materials to grow upon, while there also are specific responsibilities that are needed to be completed-" Momo gets cut off by Katsuki grunting and crossing his legs.
"Get to the point, Ponytail." Katsuki says as Momo looks down at her covers and grips them harder before she looks up.
"I'm getting married tomorrow."
Momo says this flatly surprising Katsuki, she looks like she's about to break down into tears. Katsuki grits his teeth. He stands up beside of her bed and punches the wall.
"And you sat around and planned to let that just happen!?" Katsuki yells causing Momo to look up at him.
"This is why I hate rich people, its all about the status and the damn power, you aren't any better like this. You're too damn complacent!"
Katsuki yells causing Momo to raise her voice, "That's my family and its name! What the hell else am I supposed to do!?" Momo says beginning to sob.
Katsuki upon hearing those words thinks back to his fight with Deku a while back, that burden that was placed on his shoulders was no different than hers.
He looks at her before wrapping his arm around her body and bringing it against his own. Much to Momo's surprise she continues crying into Katsuki as he tries to find the words to say to her.
He speaks up again, "You only have two options Ponytail, you could fight against them or you can sit around here and cry eventually having to carry the weight around that you already have on your chest." he starts and Momo listens.
"It never gets lighter, it will feel like it's playing on loop. That regret, that pain will follow you until you fight it and let it go. If you don't then it's going weigh you down. The worst part is, there isn't anyone no matter how hard they try that can hold it with you." Katsuki continues as Momo pulls her head back a little to see the sad look in his eyes as he spoke.
"It's lonely, but if you don't fight. You are going to carry that weight." Katsuki finishes
Momo begins crying again before stand up all the way and hugging Katsuki. In his arms he held a princess burdened with the theft of her own freedom. It was up to her and only her to save herself.
The rest of the day went on normally for the most part. Momo finally emerged out of the office and looked better to say the least. Katsuki walked around with the Baku-gang thinking about her and what decision she would make.
Later that night at the dorms, Katsuki sat on his bed looking up at the ceiling. He punches the bed, "I've got to stop fucking worrying about Ponytail! She'll be fine." he finishes but is oddly not all the way convinced.
There is a soft knock at the door, Katsuki opens it to find Momo standing there, "Hi Bakugo-san I was wondering if you had a minute to chat?" she says twiddling her fingers.
Katsuki looks at her before stepping aside, she looks at him with nervousness before stepping in the room and closing the door.
Momo was about to sit on the floor until Katsuki sat down on the bed and patted the spot next to him, she obliges sitting next to him.
"I just wanted to say, I plan on fighting." Momo says with a determination in her voice. Surprising Katsuki as he speaks up.
"Seriously?"
He asks her as she nods her head again, he looks at her cracking a small smile.
"Even with all of the obstacles that stand in your way, what if they don't listen?" Katsuki probes, but Momo is aware of what he is doing.
"Then I'll make them listen, if I don't take my life into my own hands then I can't be a very good hero or even one in general." Momo says as she laughs, Katsuki laughs as well.
"I fully plan on showing you that, I'm more than just a complacent rich girl, maybe then you'll start to respect me more."
Momo inquires as Katsuki looks at her again, she was bright just brimming with light with a great smile on her face this was the girl that he knew from class.
They sat in a rather comforting silence as Momo leans on Katsuki's shoulder causing them both to blush, it seemed like hours before Momo gets up and head for the door.
"I'll take my leave, I don't want anyone getting the wrong idea." Momo says with a smile still plastered on her face. Katsuki grunts before waving her away.
"Yeah Yeah, just go already Ponytail!" Katsuki speaks up a bit as Momo exits but before she disappears she turns around and calls over.
"I was wrong about you Katsuki, you are actually quite pleasant to be around!" Momo exclaims as she turns back around and walks off
Katsuki smiles a bit before laying back down on his bed, he is finally able to relax just a tiny bit. Katsuki lays his head down.
He could properly get rest tonight.