Note: Izuku sits at the right back, beside Shouto. He had Ochako's canon seat, Shouto switched with Izuku.
Momo Yaoyorozu was surrounded by the girls of 1-A, all stuck conversing about whatever gossip she couldn't bother with. Two days of rest or her trying to rest had ended and she was back here. She glanced around noticing that all the boys bar Iida, Izuku and Shouto were present which was odd but she knew they would get here before Mr. Aizawa did.
Izuku Midoriya, thinking about the boy had becoming a bit of an obsession for her. After he had disappeared, not even attending the medal ceremony, her mood had turned sour. She couldn't pinpoint it nor make sense of it. Her parents had noticed her mood and asked her about it. She had told them about all that happened, leaving out their little moment before his fight but that was still enough. Her father had been over the moon, hearing his daughter and the young Midoriya were finally communicating and even made mentions of weddings and a union between a Yaoyorozu and a Midoriya . Her mother had a mischievous grin all night long, asking her to arrange a meeting between the family and Izuku. Momo had been totally embarrassed by their suggestions
It was only after she had locked herself in her room did she realize something. She didn't have Izuku's number. For the past day, she had thought so much about what he was up to and each time felt unhappy that she couldn't call him to find. Yes there were options, she was sure she could just ask Kendo and get it from Pony or even Mr. Aizawa for it but decided against those actions. She wasn't that desperate but as time went on, she had felt her resolve slipping. But luckily it had been just two days and finally she would see him.
"So?" pink filled her vision as she saw the mad grin flashing in her face. Momo Yaoyorozu groaned internally knowing Mina was up to no good
"So?" Momo tried to sound calm as possible but Mina caught on
"You and Midori?" the pink girl waggled her eyebrows and Momo rolled her eyes at her.
Of course, she would ask this right in the midst of all the other girls, who stopped all their chattering finding a much more interesting subject. Momo knew this was coming but she expected it to be a while before she got harassed.
"What about me and Midoriya?" Mina's face morphed into mocking shock
"Midoriya she says after calling him Izuku" Momo flinched and Mina knew she had her
"Hmm now that you mentioned it, she has been doing that alot recently kero" Momo glared at the oblivious frog girl.
"Yea, what's up with that anyhow" The sleeves clothing the invisible girl waved frantically as she added her opinion. Mina's grin was getting too wide
"'That means nothing, he just helped at the sports festival and we talked a little" Momo explained
"Really you and Midoriya?" Ochako blurted out her tone garnering all their attention.
"What do you mean by that, Midori is rich, powerful and that body" Mina seemed to be drooling as all the girls sweatdropped. She noticed their expression and glared back "Oh like none of you have checked him out in the gym uniform, he must be jacked" Momo couldn't deny that fact. She had gotten a closeup and she could swear, she could trace the muscles of that hard, strong...
Bad Momo stop it...
"That's not what I mean" Ochako squeaked out her blushing cheeks brighter "I meant he's odd. I know he's strong and isn't really bad but he's so mysterious and sometimes borderline scary at times. Like what he did to Bakugo, I mean he didn't have to go that far but he did. He's just.." Ochako couldn't finish the sentence and Momo couldn't blame her.
She had felt that way about him too, heck she still felt that way about him sometimes. She knew he was mysterious and dangerous but she also knew he was kind and caring too. Two sides of one enigmatic teenage powerhouse. Momo noticed Mina's eyes on her
"Well nice girls like bad boys so I guess that why Momo likes him" Mina let out immediately putting all the girls into a muttering chaos. Momo had to end this now
"I don't like him like that. Midoriya and I are just friends...I guess" All of them halted at that. Mina looked very unhappy for some reason
"Wait you guess? How can you not know if you are friends are not?" Ochako asked very interested, her demeanor doing a 180
"We just didn't define it yet" Mina's smirk grew as she gazed at Momo sparkles in her eyes
"Yet, so you plan on seeing him soon" Mina spoke amused
"Well yes..oh.." Momo's eyes widened as she fell into Mina's trap. She was about to retort when Mina's eyes widened her smirk growing. Momo noticed all the other girls were also smirking thought with Toru you couldn't tell
"Speak of the devil" Mina sounded off
Momo turned following her gaze and saw the familiar bright green hair teen walk in and oddly alongside Todoroki
"Huh, when did that happen kero?" Stating the obvious even Momo was curious about this new development
Midoriya and Todoroki were talking and seemed to be enjoying their conversation
"I thought they hated each other?" Ochaco asked
"Yea I mean Midori broke his arm and beat him badly in the sports festival" Mina added
"I guess they got over it apparently" Momo murmured
"Hmmph, boys" Toru huffed out.
"Everyone get settled, Mr. Aizawa will be here soon" Iida blurted out as he burst through the door. Everyone glanced his way in concern but no one spoke up about what they had heard about his brother. Izuku broke away and headed for his seat which took him right past the girls. He waved as he passed by which they all returned
"Ugh did you see that?" Mina sounded very offended for some reason
"What happened?" Ochako asked concerned
"He barely acknowledge Yaomomo, despite hanging off her throughout the Sports Festival" Mina pointed out
Momo wanted to clarify she had been doing the hanging but thought against. Let her believe what she wants, she'll run out of steam eventually.
"Hmmph boys" Toru murmured again
As they all dispersed she went to her seat, she couldn't help but glance towards the boy at the far right. His head was on the table.
Was he alright?
Why would you be concerned, its not like he even noticed you, didn't even greet you specifically?
Stop it Bad Momo...
Psst you stop it, he doesn't want you, he has Pony remember..
Urrgh, now im fighting with myself
"You have 8 seconds to...i see you can be rational at times, well lets get to it" Mr. Aizawa went behind his desk.
"The purpose for the sports festival was to showcase your skill and get noticed. That way some heroes will offer internships for a week. Mind you, you are working under strict supervision and I don't want to hear about any shenanigans" he was glaring right at Mineta who threw up his hands in surrender. " Now here are the offers" he pressed a button projecting the list on the screen
Todoroki 3000
Bakugo 2100
Yaoyorozu 20
Tokoyami 15
Ochaco 5
Majority of the class groaned in despair as their names were not there. Kirishima's hand shot up, Aizawa nodded at him
"Sir what about us?'" he asked and Aizawa didn't even react.
"Everyone will go on an internship so don't worry. These students impressed enough so they have choices while you don't" Kirishima groaned at that jab
"But really isn't it odd...Bakugo was in the final but Todoroki got more offers" Kaminari heckled out, leaving Bakugo fuming
"I guess his attitude scared them away" Sero added. Momo expected Bakugo to yell but oddly the boy didn't retaliate.
How odd...He has been very quiet today, she thought
"Well here you go," Mr Aizawa walked up to them with a stack of papers and handed them out. The five on the board getting more than one
Wait five? Momo finally noticed the issue and quickly shot her hand up.
"Mr. Aizawa, what about Izu...Midoriya" She noticed Mina's glinting eyes at her slip-up
"Oh the problem child, he got none" Aizawa turned and walked back to his desk
"What but Izubro won the whole thing" Momo looked over to see Izuku was uninterested in the subject instead he was looking outside, seemingly finding the outdoors more interesting than the class activity.
"Uggh, yes well he didn't get one. Hey problem child" Izuku stood up slowly "Explain it to them"
He shrugged "sure, Im technically employed under my family's company, Crescent industries, so ill be interning there" He saw a few confused looks thrown his way "They sponsor heroes, one who is currently working in Musutafu so ill be interning with her"
"Her" Momo couldn't stop the words from rolling out her mouth. Izuku looked right at her and nodded before taking his seat. Momo was left curious as to who it was.
"Fine now lets move this along. To the five, you have to submit your choice by the end of the day. Now to the other thing, you will be in the field so its necessary to have codenames or in this case hero names. You will be choosing them today be careful however to choose well or else..." Aizawa remembered how he got his name and shuddered "someone else will take over because I don't really care about your names" He went into his sleeping bag as Midnight burst in.
"That's why im here" Almost all the boys brightened up at her entry. All except Izuku, Shouto and Bakugo for varying reasons.
"Hmmph boys" Momo heard Toru let out as she noticed all the boys were being too attentive to the hero
"Now im here to help you with your names, seeing as how many of you are practically buzzing lets do this" Midnight was too enthusiastic about this
Momo took one of the notepads being handed around and wrote down her name. She had thought of it when she was younger and frankly, it showed. She realized however she wasn't bothered by anyone finding out and felt a bit of joy in her
Mina's name was shot down for obvious reasons
Shouto got up and with a neutral tone showed his own name.
"Its what ill use till I figure out what kind of hero I want to be" he stated and sat back down
"Strong words who's next" Momo shot up and went to the front a smile on her face
"The creation hero: Creati, sounds good and nice. I like it" Momo beamed in delight, her roaming eyes found Izuku, who was sporting a smile, one that sped up her heartbeat. She froze momentarily.
"ehem Yaoyorozu are you ok?"
"Yes i..uh fine Im fine" she quickly walked away making sure that she didn't look in his direction again
What just happened
You swooned right in front of the class...hahaha.
Oh be quiet Bad Momo
You be quiet
She pouted as she took her seat.
"Ah finally Midoriya" she watched the boy, walk towards the front his name hidden. When he showed it everyone was confused
"Why that name?" Midnight asked.
"All my life I've always wanted to be a hero. I've seen so much pain and hatred not only from villains but even the citizens we aim to protect. They hurt each other, despise each other and that cycle will always breed more pain, I want to stop all of it. Not for a day or week but I want to end it all forever." Everyone was intrigued by his words, even Aizawa poked his head out
"I know some people will say its impossible but that is my only goal in life. To end all of it. So that's my name, the end of all villains, the beginning of true peace...my name is Era and I will be the greatest hero to ever live" Izuku declared
Their eyes met and Momo knew in that moment he meant every word he just said
...
Momo looked down at the offers she got. Midnight had left and Aizawa was asleep, telling them to keep it down as he made the rest of the time a free period. Mineta and Kaminari had called Izuku to Mineta's seat and was apparently asking about pointers on how to get girls. She could see Izuku's amused face as Mineta began list some one liners. Momo felt like puking at the crudeness of some of them.
Still Izuku hadn't spoken to her.
Does he not want to talk to me are we not friends? Or was the sports festival just a fluke, she stressed over his actions or in this case nonaction. Flipping through, she was nearly at the end when a name caught her eye. She slid out the paper and read through. She didn't notice Izuku was looking at her. Impossible this cant be right...this must be wrong, she thought. She immediately got up, sheet in hand, and began to head to Mr. Aizawa, only to have Izuku step in her path.
"And where are you going?" his tone was quiet
"I have to see Mr. Aizawa" she tried to get by him and he moved into her path. Kaminari and Mineta were peering from behind intrigued
"Why? because of that" he snatched the paper from her hand earning him a glare
"Hey that's mine" he read through quickly a smirk on his face as he looked at her
"And why do you want to see him?" Izuku asked
"Its clearly wrong she doesn't want me?" Momo huffed out and tried to take back the paper but Izuku dodged her attempt
"Is that so, this clearly says otherwise" Izuku pointed out
"Well it might be a mistake, I have clarify it" she finally snatched the paper away unaware the class was watching the two
"Do you really think that little of yourself" Izuku crossed his arms emerald eyes holding black eyes
"What did you just say?" she was getting annoyed fast at his insinuating tone
Here he was blocking her path and now questioning her when he didn't acknowledge her all day.
"I said do you really think that little of yourself?" Izuku said
"You know what I cant do this, let me through" Momo tried and failed to get past
" So you can go and be told what I already know" her anger stabilized for the time being
"And what do you know?" she sniped at him
"That you are smart, competent and with an incredible quirk. That you have the greatest potential out of everyone well except me" Momo felt her anger disappear
"You cant mean th.." she stated confused but he interrupted
"I mean that and more, how can you not know how strong you are? I mean she saw something in you? Are you really gonna doubt a hero's choice especially hers" Izuku asked his face set in a stony glare
"But i..." she began
"If you want to clarify then lets go" Momo found herself being dragged until they met with the tired glare of Eraserhead
"Sir, Yaoyorozu, doubts the offer she got" Izuku pulled the paper from her and handed it over. Aizawa just glanced at it and nodded
"Its correct, she personally requested for you" Aizawa said and handed it back to her
"What but I..."
"No more buts please. You are incredible and this is a great opportunity so use it" Momo felt a warm feeling in her heart, as they both stayed silent staring
"If that is all then leave, stop throwing goggly eyes at each other, romance is irrational" Aizawa snarled at them before he went back to rest
Mom blushed turning away and Izuku just smirked before saluting the tired man
"Shoo" Momo turned to finally see that everyone, except Bakugo cause he didn't care and Iida because his mind was elsewhere, were watching her like a hawk
"What?" she frowned and everyone turned away quickly
She walked back to her seat. As she took it she noticed Izuku had followed her to her seat and waited for her to notice him. He placed a sheet of paper on her desk and walked off. Momo took the sheet and read it, a deep blush forming
"Call me if you need anything or if you just need to be reminded how incredible you are Ms. Creati"
His phone number was scribbled below. Her eyes darted to his seat to find him smiling the same way he did when she presented her hero name
Her heart sped up...
Hmm, I guess he isn't so bad
For once I agree with you Bad Momo...