Whatever You Want

Chapter 5: Soul Searching

Author's Note: Okay, guys… I know it's been a long time. I have been extremely busy. I'm sorry for making you all wait so long. I wish it was summer again so I could update more. Anyway, let's just get into it.

After losing his mother, along with the planet being blasted into multiple pieces, young Midoriya is pretty much broken at this point. He sat down on a bench, thinking about how his whole entire life has turned out.

"I lost mom… The planet is in disarray… still don't know where my father is…" He was muttering these things to himself, soon looking up at how terrible the city looked. It looked like a carnage had just taken place. People were screaming out of pain, being bloody and all. The streets were cracked, and buildings had fallen all over the place.

Simply put, it was pure chaos and destruction.

"How in the world am I supposed to save all of them if I can't even save my own mother…" Midoriya told himself, feeling like giving up. This was certainly unlike him. Even throughout the most impossible odds, he always found a way to prevail. He wasn't even supposed to be accepted into UA High, but hey, with blood, sweat, and tears, he made it in along with All Might's help.

Soon, he could feel a hand come onto his right shoulder. When he looked behind him to see who it was, the person was Momo, looking at him with caring, yet saddened eyes.

Oh great, she was here. It wasn't someone that he could just ignore. Then again, that was simply impossible.

"Midoriya," she began, pausing as she continued to look at him. "We need you on this trip. We can't do this without you."

Midoriya could only continue to stare at Momo. One half of it was because she was gorgeous even when she wasn't trying to be. The other half of it was him simply being lost in space even before she came to help him.

"I think you guys would do just fine without me. Seems like I've been screwing up anything I want to do lately." replied Midoriya, his tone never wavering. "I think I would just bring you guys bad luck."

Momo could only shake her head, this time sitting right beside Midoriya on the bench. "I hope you really don't believe that. You're anything but bad luck."

"Ha. Well, I'm not too sure about that anymore." He replied, looking at the sky.

"Come on, Midoriya. This isn't you. You know that, I know that, heck, even the whole school knows that." She had a frown upon her face, her eyes never being taken off him. "No matter the odds, you always found a way to succeed with pure hard work. I admire that about you."

Midoriya could only slightly smile at that comment. It wasn't much of a smile, but hey, at least he appreciated the concern.

"Thanks, but this problem in particular that I'm dealing with right now… it's internal. It can only be solved by myself. I appreciate you trying to encourage me, but I need to do some soul searching and think about what I truly want to do in the future."

"It might be internal, but it doesn't mean that you have to solve the problem on your own. You have people that care about you. Bakugo doesn't want to admit it, but even he cares about you, and we all know how much of a raging idiot he is, especially around you."

That statement made both Midoriya and Momo giggle.

"Thanks… You know, I never knew that you were this cool of a person before we really started talking."

Momo smirked at that comment. "It's amazing when you find out a few things from a simple conversation, right?"

"Tell me about it." responded Midoriya, looking up at the sky. He wasn't quite sure what to say, because his thoughts were somewhere else somewhat.

He looked at Momo, smiling.

"Momo."

She would turn to look at him. "Hmm?"

"Thank you."

She could only stare at Midoriya for a moment, before smiling back.

"Anytime."

The two would then embrace in a hug. Throughout this hug, though, Midoriya was trying to keep his cool. It was hard to do so, but he would do it.

"Now, this means that you're going on this mission with us, right?" Momo asked.

"I… Well… just give me some time. That's all I ask." Midoriya replied, as Momo could only sigh.

"Fiiiiine. You're lucky that we have things to take care of for you to even have time in the first place." They would continue their hug as this was being said. As a matter of fact, this hug has been going on for quite a while. Longer than normal.

Both of them would notice this, soon exiting from the hug awkwardly. Midoriya rubbed the back of his head, as a slight blush could be seen on Momo's face.

"So… uhhh… I'm gonna go now." Momo began.

"Yeah, yeah, I know. Gotta see how the others are doing." Midoriya was saying this awkwardly and quickly.

"Exactly! Pssshh, how'd you know that I was going to do that?!"

"I mean, a guy just knows!" Midoriya would have a stupidly awkward laugh, and even Momo would do the same.

They would soon stop, as Momo walked away to be with the others. As Midoriya saw Momo walking away, he became frustrated, getting up and banged his head onto the bench he was sitting on.

"Real smooth, Midoriya… Real smooth…" he told himself, clearly being disgusted.

End of Chapter 5: Soul Searching

Author's Note: I know this was a short chapter, but it's just something to say that I'm back and I haven't forgotten about this story. In the meantime, read and review!