She could hear his voice, she could hear Awase's voice. He was screaming at her while her body, lump and drained, attached to his. They were both battered and bruised, what more, her head was bleeding and it was killing her.

"Yaoyorozu, are you alive?! Wake up, please!" she could hear Awase's voice ringing into her head. "Run away, I'll catch up after!" he added.

With all the strength that's left, she began to speak; "Sorry, Awase-san... I'm... I'm fine." she managed to blurt out, coughing. Then, she could feel the villain rushing towards them at a pace faster than earlier. Awase hugged her tight, awaiting the results as both of them can run no more; but the green-skinned Nomu suddenly stopped.

"It — It stopped?!" Awase uttered. Yaoyorozu raises her head up, wide eyed. "Could it be...? They've done their mission?"

Awase opened his mouth in disbelief; "They've gotten to do their goal?"

"Bakugou." — she was scared, not for herself, but for the boy. Her head felt like it would split any moment now. But she had one thing to do. "Momo, think what's best to do right now!"

"Awase-san, attach this device to the villain using your quirk!" she instructed him; the pink glow from her palms dissolving as a button-like object emerged from it.

Then; she lost consciousness.

[A DAY] EARLIER

Yaoyorozu walked around the camp that night. She finished eating, so she decided to explore the camp. It wasn't too far; she was only going to check out the structures around them. "As expected, there isn't much going around, after all." she sighed, disappointed in her search.

"Hah? Are you mental or something? Why the fuck are you talking to yourself, Ponytail?" she was taken back when he heard his voice, not realizing that he was only a few meters behind her. Yaoyorozu raised a brow, "You're following me, Bakugou?"

He rolls his eyes, grunting, "I happened to see 'ya walking away from the bunch." he shrugs, raising his shoulders for a bit, "What, can't follow you?"

"Uhm, no, I mean it's fine! Just don't surprise people like that." Bakugou scowled at her response, but kept silent anyways. Yaoyorozu found herself sitting down on a log; the area itself is behind the eating station. So Bakugou, who was obviously persistent of being around, sat beside her.

Yaoyorozu sighed in defeat, "The training earlier, you weren't tired?" she asks. Her, generally, isn't that tired. All she did was eat and create matryoshka dolls, it wasn't that hard. Bakugou slouched, "Nah, but shit's frustrating as hell."

"How? You did pretty good, I think."

"You were observing me, Ponytail?" he gave her a mocking grin. His smug expression is back, once again, teasing her. Only that, she didn't blush. He was slightly disappointed, "Is she getting used to my teasing, what the fuck?"

"I glanced at you from time to time because you were noisy."

His expression dropped to a frown; "Asshole." he says, pointing his index finger to her as she giggles. "Won't you go back?" he suddenly asked her.

Yaoyorozu looks up at the stars, hugging her knees. She shakes her head. "In a minute, Bakugou." — right now, her eyes focused on the glimmering objects above the sky. "Oh, there's a shooting star!" she excitedly looked at it.

Bakugou couldn't hear the world again. He was just staring at the girl beside her, his childhood friend, and couldn't help but think she's gorgeous, really gorgeous when she smiles. She was just — undeniably, "Captivating." he mumbled.

"What?" Yaoyorozu looked back at him, "What is?" she asked, curious, but she darted her orbs back to the night sky.

Bakugou looked away, burying his face into his arms. "Crap."

"Bakugou?" she called out. "Something wrong?" she questions him while her onyx eyes dazzled from the beauty of the sky above them.

Turning his head towards his direction and burying it back above his arms, he began speaking. "Since when did you become so captivating, damn Ponytail girl?" all he could do was look at her who was dazed in a million lights. "Honestly," he wanted to slap himself. The girl probably didn't hear him.

She managed to look at his direction when the shooting star disappeared from her field of vision; "You were saying something, Bakugou?" she asked once more; before realizing that the boy closed their distance. She froze for a second, realizing that the sides of their knees were touching. "Nah. I'm just in a good mood."

The girl almost lost her composure upon seeing the blond-ash haired boy giving her a rare smile she's never seen before. It wasn't a smug one, not a teasing one, just a normal, intriguing smile. "You should smile more, Bakugou." she gave him a light chuckle.

He lightly smacked her head, "Depends on my mood." but he gave her another smile anyways, making her red, looking away. "Oi, idiot, did you get shorter?" he says, putting up his free hand in a straight line. He grinned.

Yaoyorozu gulped, she was obviously not getting smaller, but Bakugou looked so happy knowing he was, so she went on with it, "I guess so," she laughed.

In the distance, Kirishima takes a photo of his close friend with the deputy class rep. Two silhouettes, one starry sky. He smirked to himself before going back with the others.

"Oi, Kirishima! Where were you?" Ashido inspected him, she was pouting with her hands placed on her waist. Kirishima scratched the back of his head, "Sorry, sorry, I was just lookin' for Yaomomo."

The bubblegum haired girl scanned the area; "Yeah! Sero, have you seen Yaomomo?" she yells at him, who's at a far distance. Sero approached her along with Kaminari who dragged Jirou along. "Uh, yeah, I think so. Bakugou followed her." he says while giving Jirou a glance.

"They've been hanging out alone lately, don't 'cha think, Kyouka?" Kaminari asks, hooking his arms on her small shoulders, well, until she plunged his eyes with her quirk. "Don't call me Kyouka! I said Yaomomo could call me that, not you!" she aggressively responded, crossing her arms.

Kaminari sulked in the corner while the others laughed. "But in all honesty," Jirou paused, "They really have been hanging out a lot!"

"Really? Yaomomo and Bakubro?" Kirishima and Ashido raised a brow.

"Really! She told me that she was at Bakugou's last friday that she was absent, and he visited her when she got injured at USJ. He went shopping with her too, I think. Agh! I wanna hang out with Yaomomo too!" Jirou mumbled apologetically.

"Whoa, whoa, what?! How come you never told me?!" Ashido groaned. "She was at Bakugou's? She stayed over?! Oh my god!" she exclaimed with a light blush on her cheeks as she clings to both Sero and Kirishima.

"Yeah, she told me she stayed 'cuz Bakugou didn't allow her to leave." Kaminari says between sobs, acting as if he was really pained. "We should just do a group hangout sometimes! The milk tea hang out was fun but I was too focused on games!"

"Yaomomo's place is a good hangout area, it's really huge!" Ashido suggested. "Of course, only when we settle things, hehe~"

"I heard from Yaomomo that her parents aren't around 70% of the time." Kaminari added, "So we always end up texting about it, that's why me and Kyouka know a lot about her."

"It's Jirou to you, idiot!"

"What about Bakugou? He should know a lot about her too. Maybe he could help us convince her?" Sero opened the topic this time, "I mean, they are childhood friends, so...?"

Kirishima chuckled, "We should be focused on the fact that we have lessons later, you guys." he patted Kaminari and Ashido's back lightly.

"Ponytail, we should go." Bakugou stands up from his spot, awaiting for her response. Yaoyorozu looked hesitant, but she nodded. Bakugou took out one of his hands from his pocket, offering her a hand, which she gladly took. "He's warm. Sick?" Yaoyorozu wondered.

When she finally got to stand up, she patted her clothing, trying to get rid of dust. "Bakugou, have I ever told you—"

He waits for her continuation. "Told me what?"

"—that you're really cool?" she lets out a light chuckle, while facing the boy. He was alarmed for a split second, and then he got his composure back. "Hah?! Why'd you suddenly say lame shit, Ponytail?"

Yaoyorozu inwardly grinned a victorious smile, but on the outside, she kept a calm composure. "But you're blushing, Bakugou!" she giggled.

"Shut up!" he says, looking away. "Let's just go already!"

"Sure, sure," she chuckled at him — him and his red face that didn't disappear until they realized they were back to the place they're supposed to be. Both made their ways to their friends, separatedly.

"Yaomomo, there you are!" he heard Hagakure and Uraraka call her out, and he glances at her direction one more time—

"Oi, Bakubro, where were you?" she heard Kirishima call him out. and she glances back at him —

— It's how it worked, for the both of them. Because after all, Yaoyorozu doesn't want anyone else seeing the other sides of Bakugou that only she was able to see. Call it selfish, but that's how it worked. As for the boy; he treated their friendship closed and reserved.

Then it's like nothing happened.

PRESENT TIME

Yaoyorozu woke up at the hospital, her head heavily wrapped up in bandages as well as a few of her bruises. She heard from the nurse assigned to her that Mayumi visited thrice and Hiroto did twice, and then that was it. No one else, no other visitors.

"Right. Bakugou's gone." she muttered, sulking as tears began to form in the corners of her eyes. Before they could fall, the door opened, revealing All Might and the familiar police chief she's seen quite a few times.

"Young Yaoyorozu—" All Might calls her, making her head tilt over to the door's direction. "S-Sensei...?" she muttered, quickly smearing the tears away from her eyes.

"Young Awase told me about the device you created." he mentioned about the tracking device Yaoyorozu created that time when the Nomu left them alone.

"I see. So Awase-san had told you?" she clears her throat while a pink light emitted from her arm. "T-This should do. This tracker is connected to the device Awase-san sticked into the Nomu for me." she stuttered, obviously fearing whatever might happen.

"Young Yaoyorozu, I cannot thank you enough for this—"

"Sensei," the girl called out to him, feeling the tears gush out of her eyes the first time since she's woken up. All Might was taken back. "Please save Bakugou." she pleaded, looking down onto her hands that clenched.

Without hesitation, All Might patted the girl's head; giving her an assuring smile. "We'll definitely save Young Bakugou, I promise you that." he exclaimed before the two left the room.

She was all alone again — that's what she thought, when Kirishima and Todoroki suddenly appeared in front of her. "What the... Kirishima-kun, Todoroki-san?"

"Yaomomo," Kirishima took her attention, placing both his hands tightly on her shoulders. "Could you make us a tracker device as well?" the redhead asked, looking down with an apologetic look on his face.

It was obvious, wasn't it? What her answer was. But she was hesitating, knowing that it's a class rep's duty to stop them from doing anything irrational. Still, she couldn't help herself. Her answer was permanent, even if Kirishima and Todoroki wasn't frustrated.

When they left; she immediately contacted her Aunt Mitsuki — and for the first time in her life, she heard the boy's mom cry. Mitsuki Bakugou, who's always been the strong, reliable, motherly figure to her, and her mother's best friend — she was crying.

"Aunt Mitsuki..." she breathed, "All Might promised me that he would bring him back."

Upon mentioning All Might, Mitsuki gasped, "I-Is that so?" she sniffed, "I... thanks, Momo-chan. For taking care of Katsuki."

"I didn't do anything, Aunt Mitsuki—"

"What nonsense is that? You just told me you created a tracker. It was for him, right? So, you have my utmost respect. Anyways, I gotta go... get well soon, Momo-chan."

LATER THAT DAY

"Yaoyorozu-san isn't coming?" Midoriya's voice echoed in front of the hospital. As if on cue, he started seeing her shadow, and then, Iida's.

"I'm coming with you, Todoroki-san." she breathed out. Bandages still wrapped in her head — they were going to see what they can do, because they were frustrated, angry children. "Right. Let's go." Todoroki announced, and then the small group left.

Nobody knows that earlier that day; the black-haired girl broke down, searching desperately for Bakugou Katsuki's presence.