Chapter 2: Bakugou
Katsuki wakes up in the morning feeling refreshed as he stretched a little rising from his bed. The ash-blonde looked at his clock, it read 08:27 am as he scratched his head. Katsuki stripped away his last articles of clothing as he stepped into the shower usually, his times in the shower were his quietest however his mind happened to be buzzing as the hot water fell upon his back.
Katsuki's thoughts were about how fucked up the situation Momo was going through was, being forced to be married to some asshat because he has a lot of money. It sounded like a cage to him, it was a burden that Momo had to live with.
Katsuki turns the water off as he tries to shake off these thoughts of the girl. Momo was strong, despite appearances she was clearly the one to help rescue him when he was captured, she had tracked him with the others in order to get him back. Katsuki obviously knew he had to thank her in fact, he had been trying to for the longest time.
That settled it, he was going to cook for her.
Katsuki made his way through the hallways as he ventured toward the living area, the kitchen had been right beside it as he finally makes it to the area. It's nicely cleaned courtesy of him and Tsuyu, the only two people who really used the kitchen. She had asked him for tips one morning in which he happily obliged, well not happily that would ruin his rep.
Katsuki cracks his knuckles as he decided to make omelettes along with an American breakfast, he knew that Momo had a thing for foreign cuisine, not because he asked one day he had noticed that she was enjoying those weird scrambled eggs.
Katsuki pulls out his ingredients before realizing his grave mistake, "Shit." he mumbled to himself as he realized the rest of the class would be highly suspicious of him if he had only cooked for Momo. The boy sweatdropped as he takes a deep breath and shrugs.
"Fuck it."
Katsuki pulls out twice the ingredients and begins cooking, he chops up the spring onions as he whisked eggs until they were frothy, they cooked best like this as he twisted through the kitchen and laid the bacon on the pan before sticking it into the oven.
He poured a small amount of the egg into skillets where he almost masterfully folded them, his secret was extra virgin olive oil, he liked it best for eggs since it helped the best with omelettes. Katsuki ended up making two batches, regular ones for his wimpy classmates, the other for those that could handle the heat.
Yes, the whole class, Katsuki figured if he was going to cook without being questioned the only way was to cook for everyone. He made a separate plate for Momo that one he placed in a lunch box, he would give it to her when she got down later.
Soon his class arrived downstairs oohing and ahhing at the plates Katsuki made for them as they gave him thanks yous while he washed the dishes giving grunts of acknowledgment as he finished up himself leaning against the counter with his food.
Kyoka nudged him as she sat next to him, "Thanks Kacchan, what's the occasion?" Kyoka asks as she gives him a grin while he rolled his eyes, "I just fucking felt like it, is there an issue Earplugs?" he says challengingly as Kyoka smirks.
"Nah, but if this is what your good side looks like then we'll have to get you on it more often." Kyoka says as Katsuki chuckles, "Whatever, Earplugs. Want one?" Katsuki says offering one of his spicy ones, Kyoka looked at him challengingly as she took one, accepting Katsuki's challenge.
"Sure, Lord Explosion. Thought you'd never ask." she says as she took one while Katsuki was fuming, "Don't fucking call me that Earplugs!" Katsuki says as he watches Kyoka chew the egg with a wide-eyed look on her face causing him to smirk.
"Forgot to tell ya, these are my special hot ones. My 'not for pussies; brand you could call it, let me know when it gets too much for ya." Katsuki says cockily as Kyoka swallows letting out a sigh of satisfaction as she looks at him.
"I honestly love your cooking! Although that was the hottest you could make it?" Kyoka challenges taking Katsuki aback as he looked at the girl with surprise before recovering, "Hell no! This was just the tip of the iceberg Earplugs!" Katsuki yells at her as she giggles.
"Then I'm looking forward to the next time, Kacchan." She says with a smile as Katsuki rolls his eyes, "I thought I fucking told you to stop calling me that." he says with a faint smile as Kyoka took another one of his omelettes as she gave him a sly smile.
Katsuki scans the room as he searched for Momo in the faces, spotting her nowhere as he rolls his eyes, of course, she would pick today of all days to oversleep. Katsuki grabs the box as he tried to discreetly move passed everyone only to be intercepted by Kirishima.
"Bakubro! Just the guy I was looking for, Thanks for breakfast!" he exclaims as Katsuki rolls his eyes, "You're welcome, now piss off for a minute." Katsuki says as he reaches upstairs. Kirishima just looked at him and blinked as Mina skipped over leaning into him, "You ok?" she asked poking Kirishima's cheek as he continued to look surprised.
"Did Bakubro just tell me you're welcome?" the red-haired boy says as Mina's eyes widened, "Think it's a girl?" she asks as Kirishima shrugs "I was pretty sure he was only attracted to pure unadulterated rage," Kirishima says as Mina turns his face toward hers and kisses him on the cheek.
"Sorry, you had dork on your face." She teased as Kirishima kissed her lips as she giggled into him, "Now you've got dork on your face." he says back as Kaminari slams his head on the table, "I hate couples." he groans into the table as Hanta pats his back, "Way to single us out, guys." Hanta says as Mina rolls her eyes.
"You did that part yourself, guys." She laughs as she nuzzles into Kirishima, causing the others to roll their eyes and laugh as Kirishima smiles looking up the stairs.
Katsuki makes his way to the girl's dorm during his search for Momo, "Stupid Ponytail, letting her food get cold like an idiot." Katsuki mumbles to himself as he finally makes it to Momo's he debates a minute before placing his hand on the knob with a turn.
"Oi you idiot, wake the hell-" Katsuki cuts himself off when he opens the door to an empty room with a letter on the bed, he picks it up and reads Momo's neat handwriting as he grips the letter in his hand.
To whom it may concern, please do not worry for my sake. I left a bit early this morning to run errands of sorts, so I'll be back before you know it. I've been putting something off for a while and as of recently I've found myself a bit of motivation, so If you find Katsuki let him know I said thank you. If Katsuki is the one reading this, thank you and I'll tell you all about it when I return.
Katsuki finishes the letter with a growl as he whipped out his phone and shoved the letter in his pocket, He calls Kyoka as he runs to his room. Downstairs Kyoka absentmindedly stirs at her coffee when her phone rings. She looks at the contact before answering it immediately.
"K-Kacchan, What's up?" Kyoka says quickly before Katsuki speaks into the phone while getting his clothes on, "You know where Ponytail lives right?!" Katsuki practically yells into the phone. Kyoka leans back eating another one of the spicy omelettes, "Yeah, what's going on?" She asks slightly concerned.
"I need it, right now." Katsuki says as he throws his jacket on and unlocks his window opening it, "Um sure." Kyoka says as she tells him the address. "Biggest house in the neighborhood, you can't miss it. Is everything alright?" Kyoka asks as she heard the sounds of footsteps, "Thanks Kyoka!" Katsuki says on the other side of the phone hanging up.
Jirou blushes as she just stares at the phone, "Good news or bad news?" Mina asks as Kyoka shrugs the same smile on her face as before.
Katsuki dives out of his window and allows himself to free fall for a bit, meanwhile, Izuku was just getting back from a run. "Maybe I should try pacing myself next time" the green-haired boy pants as he looks up spotting his childhood friend falling.
"Kacchan?"
Izuku says as an explosion blows up in his face, sending him flying backward. "Fucking move Deku!" Katsuki roars as he blasts through the sky. Izuku just blinks as he watched his rival blast through the air, "Where is he off in such a hurry?" Izuku asks as he sighs
The biggest house on the block was correct with the longest driveway in Mustafa, paving right into a garage as big a most houses in Japan, within the walls of the practical castle sat Momo Yaoyorozu along with her mother and father. Momo grips her cup of tea as her mother just looks at her from the top of hers taking a sip.
"Momo, I'm afraid I'll have to decline your request." Momo's mother says as Momo speaks up, "I'm afraid I'll have to say that doesn't matter to me." Momo starts as she set her teacup down, "Mother, I am 16 years old. I should be able to be a woman of my own choice!" Momo says as Momo's mother sets her teacup down.
"Momo Argento Yaoyorozu, what has gotten into you?! Earlier you were more than compliant with our request." Momo's mother starts as Momo grits her teeth, "We allowed you to go to that degenerate hero school since we offered you that kindness it is only the same that you offer us your respect." Momo's mother says as Momo looks toward her again.
"What does getting married to some stranger have to do with respect!? What about me mother? What if I don't want to marry Tenshi?" Momo raises her voice as Momo's mother stands up, "Hold your tongue child, it's been a family tradition for generations. I will not allow some streak of rebellion to hinder that, you will stop this at once Momo." Momo's mother says as Momo stands up to face her.
"This isn't a rebellious streak mother, it's who I am. If I get married now I won't be able to become a hero, I don't even love Tenshi!" Momo says as Momo's mother gives her a glare, "Love is subjective, whether it is in your marriage or not doesn't matter. You're better off being in the family business versus running around with your delinquent hero friends. You may have a useful quirk, but out in the field of heroes and what we have seen of your performance it means nothing." Momo's mother starts as Momo tries to speak up.
"Enough! Momo, you are not fit to be a hero. The greatest of your achievements that I've heard was the passing of your exams and those were mandatory, other than that, you've only lost in your first step within the Sports Festival." Momo's mother says as Momo looks down.
"Maria please." Momo's father starts as Maria brushes him away, "Stop Ryo, this conversation is over. Momo you will marry Tenshi, you lived your fantasy as a hero long enough. It's time to face reality." Maria says coldly as Ryo turned to face her with a look of shock as Momo tries to fight back tears.
One of the butlers enters the room slightly panting as Maria looks over at him, "Perfect, Cho arrange a vehicle to return Momo to her current abode. I also need a letter to U.A. for her resignation." Maria says as Cho just looks at her, "Yes, ma'am. However, I believe that won't be possible at the moment." Cho says as Maria gives him a look.
"Why?" Maria asks as Cho sweats, "We have a visitor and it appears he refuses to move." Cho says as Maria rolls her eyes. "Then get the guards to remove him," Maria says as Cho just looks at her again. "We did," Cho says as Maria looks at Ryo and Momo props her head up.
The four of them make their way to the front door, once outside of it they spotted a boy with smoke coming off of him. His clothes were tattered and singed, he panted as he walked up the stairs. "Katsuki." Momo utters causing Maria to shoot him a glare, "I hope you understand that you are trespassing on private property young man, I'll have the police escort you out immediately." Maria says pulling out her phone.
"Not a great idea lady, especially since your men attacked first. Unless you want to explain how a quarter of your staff attacked a minor, I'm pretty sure I'm in the clear for self-defense, besides. I only came up here to knock on the door," Katsuki says with a smirk as Momo fights a giggle as her mother's eye twitched. "Who even are you boy?" Maria asks as Katsuki gives them a look.
"The baddest of the bunch, Katsuki Bakugou at your service, Hag." Ryo goes to say something but Maria raises her hand, "Allow me to express my level of impressment with you, not just anyone could make it up these stairs. Kudos." Maria says sourly as Katsuki fires back. "Why thank you, your majesty. Now if you don't mind, my trip was a bit long and I'm thirsty." Katsuki quips back as Maria turns motioning for the boy to follow as Momo smiled at him.
While inside they all sat on the couch, the tension is thick in the air as Maria and Katsuki exchanged glares. Maria was sizing the boy up while Katsuki was glaring over his teacup he was drinking from incorrectly, "You are aware you are drinking from that incorrectly are you?" Maria says as Katsuki has his entire hand gripping the cup as he widens his eyes and sarcastically sticks a pinky out.
Maria rolls her eyes as Katsuki sets his teacup down. "Why have you 'graced' our humble abode, Mr. Bakugou?" Maria asks as Katsuki leans back on the couch, "I heard this idiot ran out on her own, she forgot to eat breakfast." Katsuki says as Ryo glared at him, "Momo is not an idiot." Ryo says leaning in as Momo gulped and looked at Katsuki who also leaned in closer. "Nah, she's pretty smart, but maybe in all of those etiquette classes they could have taught common sense as an elective." Katsuki counters as Maria eyes Momo.
"Is this true?" Maria asks as Momo twiddles her thumbs, "Well, I had to head out immediately if I was going to catch you here at home." Momo says as Maria claps her hands, "Cho, We need Momo's favorite here stat." Maria says as Katsuki waves him away, "Stand down manservant, I've already got her meal with me." Katsuki says as the two parents glare at him and Maria calls him off.
"You can cook as well I presume, that's fine. Now if you would please pass my daughter her meal and we'll arrange for you to be sent home." Maria says as Katsuki just looks at her. "Nah, she's coming with me." Katsuki says as Maria gives him a look, "Don't overstep your boundaries boy." Maria says as Katsuki shoots back, "What boundaries? I'm not one of your flying monkeys' lady." Katsuki says as Maria grits her teeth.
"It doesn't matter, we were going to send her home with her resignation letter anyway. She will be married and out of your hands." Maria says as Katsuki scoffs.
"You're wasting your time, you know?" Katsuki says as Momo looks at him, Maria also gives him a look, "How so?" Maria says as Katsuki looks at Momo, "Despite appearances, your daughter is tough as hell. She put my ass to shame within the first couple of classes as a matter of fact." Katsuki starts as Momo looks at him.
Katsuki turns toward Maria as he continues, "USJ when a bunch of villains came bursting in and attacked us. She practically lead the damn charge as we fought off most of the bastards, She also saved me at one point." Katsuki says as Maria looks at him with an unreadable expression.
"It was her tracking device that she made that lead the rest of those guys to even find me in the first place, even beaten and battered she still found time to find the best strategy, Now on paper and on T.V Momo doesn't look like much, but as someone who has stood and fought with her I can definitely say for a damn fact you aren't a battle she'll end up losing lady," Katsuki says as Maria looks at him before chuckling.
"There was no battle, merely a decision that's already been made. She's getting married to Tenshi, all other suitors have stepped down from his spot, therefore, this conversation is over." Maria says as Katsuki stands up, "Fuck those suitors, I'll marry her my damn self!" Maria's eyes widened as Ryo drops his teacup, while Momo's face bursts red as Katsuki looked Maria dead in her eyes.
She scans the boy for any break but she finds none, he's being completely serious. "Y-You aren't joking…" Maria stutters as she grits her teeth as Katsuki smirks, "Enough you fool, don't you know what you are saying?!" Ryo says as he stands up, "Of fucking course old man, I wouldn't have said it if I didn't." Katsuki says as Ryo looks at Momo.
Maria sweats as her eyes dart between Momo and Katsuki, "Why?" she says as Katsuki clears his throat, "Momo deserves to be whatever the fuck she chooses to be, that won't be decided by you or him but her, it's her life and she knows exactly what she needs in order to be happy. She's going to be a hero, one of the best as a matter of fact, so I'll marry her in order to give her that freedom you tried to strip away from her!" Katsuki yells as Ryo slams his fist on the table.
"You are the idiot for throwing your own life away for matters you can't understand!" Ryo yells as Katsuki chuckle, "I owe Momo pretty much my life, I guess marriage is the best sentence to pay up in." Katsuki says as Momo looks at him with tears running down her face as she stands up and places her hand on the table.
"I accept his proposal!" Momo exclaims as Ryo and Maria look at her taken aback. "This is what I want to do mother, father. I hold you both so dearly but in the end, it's my passion to save people and I'm going to do my best to get stronger." Momo says sternly as Katsuki looks at her and nods.
Maria looks at both of them before shutting her eyes and turning her head away, "Cho, go fetch the license." Maria says as Ryo looks at her, "Maria-" He starts but is cut off as Maria looks Katsuki in the eyes as she stands.
"I admire your tenacity, that fire in your chest is precisely the reason why I'm allowing this. I misjudged Momo's determination but it appears your presence has made her argument sound. However the moment I see that something is off, Momo will be retrieved and this marriage is null." Maria warns as the license is placed in front of them.
"Thank you, mother." Momo says taking a pen, "Momo, don't make me regret this." Maria says as Momo nods and looks at Katsuki as he signs his name. 'He's honestly serious about this.' Momo says to herself as she looks at the page and places the pen against it. She takes a breath as she signs the page.
It was binding, Momo had become a Bakugou, well technically a Bakugou-Yaoyorozu. Momo looked at a slightly nervous Katsuki as she smiles at him. Katsuki looks back at her with a tiny smile of his own as Maria arranged a ride for them to return to the dorms, it was rather quick considering it was only 13:30 as they sat in the limo eyes refusing to meet.
"Do you think we were too brash about this?" Momo was the first to break the silence with the question as Katsuki responds, "Yeah, but there is no going back now." Katsuki responds as he continues looking out the window, "What do you regret it already?" Katsuki says as Momo shakes her head. "Of course not, it's just there are so many things running through my mind about it. Why would you go so far for me?" Momo asks as Katsuki turns to look at her.
"No fucking clue, maybe the sound of your dream being stripped away just made me react." Katsuki says as Momo giggles a bit, "You really are a good guy Bakugou." Momo says as Katsuki looks at her.
"Alright, let's set some ground rules. First off, you can call me by my first name you know?" Katsuki says as Momo flushes a little bit, "Y-you can do the same, also could we keep this a secret for a bit?" Momo says as Katsuki nods.
"Only because I want to get to know you better first. Once we do that then we can be less private." Momo says as Katsuki agrees, "Yeah, besides I don't want our classmates on our ass about it." Katsuki says as Momo reaches out her hand.
"I look forward to doing business with you." Momo says as Katsuki shoots her a playful glare, "Piss off, Ponytail. You're making it sound like we're business partners." He says as Momo chuckles, "We are partners and this is our business." Momo says as she stretches her hand a bit more as Katsuki takes it with a bit of a smirk on his face.
Katsuki fishes out the box from his jacket pocket as he gives it to Momo, "I made this, so hurry up and eat it." Katsuki says as he turns away from her as she looks at him in slight surprise as she opened the box to find her breakfast. She smiled as she bit into one of the omelettes making a sighing noise as she chewed making Katsuki roll his eyes with a small smile.
"Eat quieter, Ponytail." Katsuki chuckles as Momo makes more noises of satisfaction just to spite him. Momo watched the boy fight back his laughter and smiled, maybe this wouldn't be that bad at all.
Once they got back they were bombarded with questions that Katsuki ignored as he brushed past his peers, Momo did her best to talk down everyone explaining she had a bit of an accident at home, it wasn't a complete lie so she didn't feel too bad about it.
Momo didn't see the boy again until later that night, she had been messaging Kyoka about advice on guys trying to figure out a way to deal with Katsuki. Knowing him he was going to act aloof most of the time she might as well try to understand his language until there was a knock on her door. Momo put down her phone and answered it as Katsuki pushed his way in and closed it behind him.
"Baku- Katsuki? What are you doing here?" Momo said as he set a box down on her bed, "Damn Ponytail, were you trying to get me caught?" he said as he stripped his sweatshirt off and sat on her bed taking his shoes off. Momo gave him a confused look as he patted the bed.
"We going to fucking eat or not?" Katsuki says as Momo just looks at him before going to her bed. She sat down as Katsuki revealed the food he made, she practically drooled at the sight as she wiped her mouth trying to remain ladylike. "What's all this about K-Katsuki?" Momo asks as Katsuki ate some of the food.
"I made some food and had to escape those heathens, so I came to the one spot they wouldn't look for me," Katsuki says as Momo gave him a look as she ate too. Katsuki looked at her as he slurped a noodle, "What's your favorite color?" he asked trying not to make eye contact.
Momo smiled as she pieced together why he came to her room, "If you wanted to get to know me better, all you had to do was ask." Momo said while giggling while Katsuki glared at her, "Piss off and answer the question." Katsuki says turning his head away. "Periwinkle." Momo answers simply as Katsuki rolls his eyes, "Should have figured, knowing you." Katsuki says with a chuckle.
Momo playfully slaps his arm as she chuckled, "And what's yours? Black or Orange?" Momo asks as Katsuki shakes his head. "Nope, green," he says as Momo gave him a look of slight surprise. "Seriously?" Momo says as Katsuki nods, "Hell yeah." he says with a smirk as they went back and forth with questions until it got late.
"Gotta go so soon?" Momo says trying to sound teasingly as Katsuki looks at her, "The last thing I want is to get busted by Aizawa, I'll catch you around Ponytail." Katsuki says climbing out the window. Momo follows him poking her head out of the window, "It's Momo now!" Momo says in a hushed yelled as Katsuki yelled back, "I'm fucking getting there!" Katsuki says as Momo rolls her eyes.
"Goodnight Katsuki." she says as he calls up "Night… Momo." he says before disappearing into the window below. Momo sighs as she lays on her bed, she really enjoyed his little visit hopefully it would happen more often. She was surprised, however, it was a little weird for Katsuki to make a move like this. She didn't think too hard on it since she had plenty of time to investigate later.
Momo soon fell asleep peacefully as she relaxed into her bed with Katsuki's sweater still in her room, she was going to give it back.
Eventually.