Chapter 5: Catching Up

The sun rose and its light shone brightly through the window of Momo Yaoyorozu. The black haired girl stirred a bit before slowly opening her grey eyes to glance at the morning sun.

Momo almost instantly grins and hops out of bed with an extra pep in her step. She couldn't keep him waiting for too long if they were going to head to school together. Momo quickly showers, nearly slipping and hurting herself in the process. She zooms through the rest of her process of getting ready as she heads downstairs, she grabs her lunch and reaches her hand to open the door to see him.

"Wait"

Momo says as she stops, she messes with her hair, checks her breath, she began picking at her hair before a yell startles her.

"Hurry the fuck up! I'm not about to be standing out here all day!" A voice yells from outside, "Coming!" Momo calls back before she swings the door open to spot him.

Katsuki Bakugou, in his school uniform and a twisted look on his face. His red eyes looking a bit brighter in the light as he groans a bit. Momo stares in awe of the boy that she might have found herself harboring a crush on.

Momo didn't think much about romance, she believed that it would come whenever it came but when it came to the blonde it was always different. Ever since she was a kid she had always felt something toward him, was it his kindness? Was it his looks? Was it the way he looked at her?

Momo didn't know all that she knew was that she had a crush on her long lost friend and from the looks of things, she had it bad. Momo's face glows with a tinge of red as she bows to Katsuki.

"Sorry for taking so long!" Momo says with a quick bow, Katsuki snickers a bit before clearing his throat.

"Come on get up, I don't need you making a scene before we get to school. Just don't take so fucking long next time." Katsuki says as he puts one hand in his pockets an the other on one of the slings of his bag before walking forward, Momo follows.

The two walk together down the street in a awkward yet comfortable silence, Momo was enjoying the atmosphere but she felt a need to break the ice. She is still trying to get into the swing of things when it came to talking to Katsuki. She definitely enjoyed his company but in light of her new feelings she couldn't help but feel nervous when speaking to him.

"U-uh, Katsuki?" Momo says causing Katsuki to look at her with a slightly solemn look on his face, "You ok?" Katsuki says stopping for a moment, Momo stops and looks back at him.

"Y-yeah! Of course I just wanted to chat just a tiny bit is all" Momo speaks out, "Not that you dumbass, I meant the incident a while ago!"

Katsuki says raising his voice a bit. Momo thought back to the incident he was referring to, when the villains invaded the USJ. It was intense a lot more than she would have been prepared for honestly but, they all managed to scrape through alright.

"Is Katsuki worried about me?" Momo thinks with her face flushing a bit. Katsuki sat there for another moment waiting for Momo who is twiddling her fingers to answer, "Goddamnit Mo! Answer the damn question, I want to make sure that your mind is sharp and clear for the upcoming sports festival!"

Katsuki yells causing Momo to jump a little. Momo sighs a bit "Of course that's why he was wondering" Momo looks at Katsuki with a slight pout. "I happen to be incredibly fine and prepared, thank you very much" Momo says as she walks past Katsuki who has a baffled look on his face.

"Why the hell are you so pouty all the sudden?" Katsuki asks as he walks forward to catch up to Momo. Momo looks back with the pout still on her face, "What pout?" She says to him quickly turning back around, Katsuki smacks his forehead before continuing to follow her.

Momo looks back at Katsuki with a sly smile on her face, "One question? Mo?" she says regarding the name he called her before. Katsuki's face burns red before he stomps off ahead of her again.

"I have no fucking clue what you are talking about! Come on we are going to be late at the pace!" Katsuki says as he continues walking ahead, Momo giggles to herself as she skips to catch up to him. "He's still super cute" she thinks as the walk to the school together.

Momo and Kasuki walk into the classroom, Momo nudges Katsuki a little with a smile on her face was she walks toward her seat, Katsuki fights the urge to grin as he makes it to his own seat.

Iida walks in shortly after them and clears his throat before speaking, "Though I don't know the characteristics of the relationship between you too please refrain from excessive PDA in the classroom" He says as he pushes up his glasses.

"What the hell did you just say Four-Eyes!?" Katsuki says as he walks over and slams his hand on Iida's desk causing them to bicker, meanwhile Momo was holding her cheeks as they became super red. "PDA? Was I really that careless?

It was only a nudge, did it seriously look that bad?" Momo says to herself as she tries to shake off the thoughts. Momo looks up to see Katsuki bickering with Iida, "Though he may be yelling and screaming, Katuski oddly looks like he is having fun." Momo says as she smiles The rest of the class enters and it begins to get rowdy as usual.

The class gets lively as Izuku walks over to Momo. "Hey Momo!" Izuku calls as he gets into his seat, Momo looks at him and smiles "Hi, how are your arms coming along? Momo asks with a slight bit of concern on her face, Izuku laughs. "Don't worry about it Momo, they are just fine surprisingly guess I heal super fast too."

Izuku says with a chuckle as Momo giggles with him Izuku looks back for a moment to scan the classroom only to look toward Katsuki's seat and spots the terrifying sight. Katsuki was staring at Izuku with a look of pure rage as he glared over popping his knuckles. Izuku snaps his head back toward Momo and to see her spacing out.

"Uhm I-It's good to see you and Katsuki getting along." Izuku says as he sweat drops and it takes Momo out of her daze "Oh uh, yeah I'm super glad we do." Momo looks to the side before looking at back at Izuku, "Hey, would you mind if I asked you something?" Momo says as she begins to twiddle her fingers, Izuku nods his head. "Sure Momo."

Izuku says with a smile, Momo sighs collecting herself "H-have you ever-had a c-crush on someone before?" Momo asks innocently fumbling with her words. This catches Izuku off guard, "I-I don't know actually I mean I-I at least think I do"

Izuku says motioning toward Ochako unconsciously Momo eases up a bit and smiles, "It's really a weird but great feeling isn't it?" Momo says looking at Katsuki's back. Izuku smiles and and nods his head agreeing "It sure is, I'm pretty sure that he feels the same even if it's a little."

Izuku says scratching the back of his head. Momo looks back at Izuku with a large smile on her face "Seriously?! You think?" Momo says a little too loudly getting the attention from the rest of the class before brushing and clearing her throat. Izuku thinks back to the death glare Katsuki was giving him a little bit ago, he smile nervously.

"Y-yeah I'm pretty sure." Izuku says with a nervous chuckle. Momo sighs and relaxes, "Guess I won't ever really know with him, but I appreciate it Izuku."

Momo says with a smile. Izuku smiles back, "I wish you luck with Uraraka as well." Momo finishes causing Izuku to turn red.

"W-wh? W-wait I never said Uraraka!" Izuku says with a hushed yell causing Momo to laugh.

Aizawa walks into the classroom and everyone quiets down, "Morning class, today will be going as usual despite my injuries." Aizawa says motioning to his badges on his face, he clears his throat as he continues.

"As far as announcements go, the sports festival is coming up in a month so don't forget to prepare for that, if you plan on winning you need to bring your A-game. That means no slacking from any of you got it?"

Aizawa finishes as the class responds with "Yes Sir!" Momo sits at her seat and looks at Katsuki's back and clenches her fist.

"I have to get to his level, if I'm going to be a great hero it's the most I can do. I can't lose" Momo thinks to herself as she picks up her pencil and begins to write.

Later on at lunchtime, Izuku is walking through the halls after talking to All Might about his finishing power and the sports festival.

Izuku sighs and thinks back to Momo's words. "Uraraka huh? Do I have a crush on her? Uggh I don't know!" Izuku says scratching his head before he breathes in and sighs "I shouldn't think about it too much, yeah right! I should calm down, if I think about it too much I might actually explode"

Izuku says as he exhales and turns to keep walking only for the doors beside of him to blow up and send him flying toward the ground. He hits it with a hard thud and lays there in the smoke. The blurring of his vision clears up as he feels a weight on his body he looks up to see a girl with long pink hair and goggles.

Izuku tries to move but he looks down to see her rather shapely chest in his face and he nearly slams his head back on to the floor.

The girl looks around before taking a deep breath "AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA, shit." The girl says as she looks at the smoke billowing from the doors, "Powerloader is going kill me for this!"

The girl says as she continues to look at the door while Izuku is just laying underneath her.

"OH GOD OH HER B-B-B-CHEST, NO NO NO WAIT, OH GOD THIS LOOKS SUPER BAD" Izuku says panicking underneath her. Izuku continues to panic, "WHAT DO I SAY? WHAT CAN I SAY?"

The girl notices the wriggling underneath her to see Izuku barely hanging in there trying to get out from underneath her.

"Oh! Hey there! sheesh I'm sorry I didn't mean to crush you like that!" the girl says as she gets off of Izuku. Izuku lays there with a dumbfounded look on his face before shaking himself off and getting up.

"A-are you ok?" Izuku asks as he dusts himself off and gives a hand toward a kneeling girl.

She smiles and takes it. "I'm right as rain green guy!" the girl says enthusiastically as Izuku helps her up. Izuku scratches the back of his head before clearing his throat.

"I-I'm Iz-Izuku M-Midoriya!" Izuku struggles to get out as he bows to toward the girl who laughs.

"The name's Mei Hatsume, also I prefer handshakes!" Mei says as she puts her hand toward the bowing boy. Izuku looks up at her hand and quickly adjusts himself so that he could shake it.

The girl sighs and looks back at the doors that were blown open with the smoke still pouring through them. "My poor baby, welp I gotta go fix it up. I think I know exactly what happened." Mei says as she walks toward the doors Izuku looks at her before looking up at the sign above the door "Support Lab? This must be where all the equipment is made for students. Wait! That means this girl might know all sorts of stuff about quirks!"

Izuku says as he walks into the room. Mei scrambles around looking for her toolbox as Izuku walks in the room and looks around at all the tools with the smell of smoke still very prominent in the air.

"Ha! Found them!" Mei says as she grabs the tools and places them on the table. She looks up and jumps a tiny bit looking at Izuku who is still investigating the room.

"You're still here?" Mei says quietly as Izuku practically snaps his neck to look at her, "Uh y-yeah, I saw that this was the support room and assumed that you were a support student, obviously being good at making tools for us other students along with that I thought that you would know a whole bunch of stuff about quirks and we could chat about it or something only if you want to of course-"

Izuku rambles as Mei stares at him in awe. Mei rushes over and clasps his hands, "You do it too?!", Izuku's face explodes red as he tries to talk "uhhh". "She's super close!" Izuku panics in his head.

Mei begins jumping up and down with her hands still around his causing him to shake.

"Gahhh you don't know how much of a relief this is, I can finally have a partner in crime!" Mei exclaims proudly.

Izuku looks at Mei with a mixed expression of of being flustered and confused.

"First of all you are the first person to come in the shop for me other than Power Loader and you mutter like I do! That's the sign of an intellectual right there!"

Mei says to Izuku who blushes more. "Seriously?" Izuku says with his face softening a bit "Mhm! Right, sorry that probably sounds super pitiful."

Mei chuckles and turns around with her tools "You don't have to stick around if you don't want to, if you have any questions I'll answer them real quick."

Mei continues as she gets to work. Izuku looks to his side and cracks a small smile, "I've actually got a few but there is one that really sticks out."

Izuku says as he steps forward a bit causing Mei to spin in her chair to look at him. Izuku clears his throat and sticks his hand toward her.

"I-if you wouldn't mind w-would you like to be friends?"

Izuku says causing Mei to look taken aback. She hops up out of her chair and gets super close to his face, "You-you're being serious?" Mei say quietly Izuku gets over the blush creeping on his face, "O-of course!"

Izuku practically squeaks out. Mei smiles as she took his hand "Right! This makes us friends and partners, if we are going to hang out that includes making plenty of babies!"

Izuku explodes in dark red as he scrambled toward the table hitting his back against it. "M-m-make babies!?"

Izuku says as Mei nods at him happily. "Oh God wait I'm not ready for kids yet, I mean you are super pretty and stuff but we arent even dating, I think things like this should be done by couples and stuff-"

Izuku rambles as Mei starts laughing at him, "Our babies are going to be awesome! We'll put so much work into them so many different tools we are going use! I'm hyped!"

Izuku stops for a moment and chuckles letting out a breath of relief, "Oh she means the support items, right."

Izuku chuckles to himself Mei turns around to look at Izuku and smiles a gentler smile, "Hey Izuku, thanks for sticking around." Izuku smiles back "Anytime Mei".

They share a brief moment of glancing before Mei gets a large grin on her face. "Now lets work on these babies!" Mei cries out as Izuku follows, before they can begin Power Loader walks into the room with a stern look on his face.

"What the hell happened in here?!" Power Loader yells out as Izuku and Mei nervously look at each other.

The next day was a clear Saturday free of any clouds in the sky, in the luscious green of a park Momo is running laps around on the concrete walkway throughout the park. She stops for a moment and wipes the sweat off of her brow.

"Alright, that makes 7 let's go for 8"

Momo says as she pumps herself up to run again before she can take off again she hears a voice call her name or well nickname in this case.

"Oi Ponytail!" Katsuki calls as he approaches from behind, Momo slips and almost hits her face on the concrete but she manages to catch herself.

"K-katsuki! Wha- What are you doing here?" Momo says trying to play off her slip with a smile on her face but it doesn't phase Katsuki who just deadpans.

"Its a park, unless you asked every other visitor here too." Katsuki says flatly as he ties his shoes and stretches, Momo takes this opportunity to check him out not like she would ever admit that. Katsuki was sporting a dark yellow tank top with black pants with yellow highlights, it was form fitting allowing Momo a glance at the definition of muscle on his body. Katsuki was well built with a very toned body.

Momo was practically drooling over Katsuki as her named is called out again as Katsuki looks at her with one of his twisted expressions causing her to laugh "What the hell are you laughing at Ponytail!?"

Katsuki yells out. Momo stops laughing and looks at Katsuki with a sly smirk. "What if I said I was laughing at you?"

Momo says causing Katsuki to falter slightly "Shut up Ponytail, I should be the one laughing at your weak ass routine!"

Katsuki says as he huffs, Momo looks at him confused. "I hate to say it Katsuki but I think my routine works just fine." Momo snaps back causing Katsuki to chuckle.

"A couple of laps around the park and stretching? Oh yeah super hardcore." Katsuki says with a roll in his eyes, Momo sighs before her eyes snap back up to him.

"Wait, Katsuki… were you watching me?" Momo says with a blush on her face as Katsuki's face turns red and he turns around quickly.

"WHAT KIND OF STUPID ASS QUESTION IS THAT? HOW COULD I NOT YOU WERE ALL OVER THE PLACE!"

Kasuki roars with the blush still on his face as he turns back causing Momo to giggle.

"That's beside the damn point Ponytail, your routine is complete shit!" Katsuki yells, Momo stands up to his level and snaps back, "Then why don't you train me?!"

Momo says taking a step closer. Katsuki growls and turns away, "Hell no, you are strong and all but I don't know if you could handle my routine, that shit is hardcore.", Katsuki says with a smile on his face.

Momo steps back a slight bit, "Well I for one think that I could do your routine, I could probably even get to your level."

Momo says to Katsuki causing him to raise a brow. "Oh really now?" Katsuki says as he places a hand on her shoulder and looks at her with a confident look.

"You always did have a certain fire in you, but I don't know if you could." Katsuki says with his face staying the same as Momo could feel her heart exploding.

"F-fine then l-lets make a wager!" Momo says catching Katsuki's interest. "Go on." Katsuki says as Momo continues.

"If you are right, I'll back down and leave you to train alone. However if I can get to your level and keep up within 1 week you…" Momo stops for a minute twiddling her thumbs, "I what?" Katsuki says impatiently.

Momo gulps and takes a couple of deep breaths before she looks at the blonde haired boy.

"You… h-have to t-take me out somewhere!"

Momo says with her face red. Katsuki looks at her with an indifferent face before a smirk appears on it, "You are fucking on Ponytail!"

Katsuki exclaims as he starts stretching. "Hope you are ready, cause I'm about to work the shit out of you!"

Katsuki says as he got into a running position. Momo looks at him and nods her head before getting into a position of her own.

Then the two were off.

Momo limps home later on that day, she was completely sore all over requiring assistance from her aid Jun to help her to her bath.

After she bathed and got settled Jun walked in with more ice packs.

"Here you are Young Miss." Jun says politely, Momo groans and grabs the ice packs and places them on herself with a sigh of relief.

Jun clears his throat, before he spoke. "If I may ask, what happened to you Young Miss?" Jun says as he takes a seat next to Momo's bed, Momo groans but smiles, "It was just a bunch of training for the sports festival"

she says with her smile brightening a tiny bit. Jun grows a smile smile on his face before he speaks "Ah of course, with that Young Bakugou"

Jun says slyly causing Momo to turn red and hide her face under her covers. Jun laughs a tiny bit, "Ah love, I'm glad to see that it hasn't faltered even a tiny bit after all these years. So what did you do to cause you to work this hard?"

Jun says with that sly look still on his face. Momo peeks out from under her covers and looks up at Jun, "May I request that you stop reading me so well?" Momo says with a chuckle.

Jun also chuckles as he raises his eyebrow motion for her to answer him. Momo sighs and looks away from Jun, "I made a bet with Katsuki to take me out if I got to his level"

Momo says shyly Jun smiles, "As in a date?" he says as Momo nods her head yes causing Jun to jump out of his chair.

"Why Young Miss this is brilliant news! I'll pick you up something to wear for your get together!"

Jun says as he is about to exit the room but Momo stops him. "Wait Jun! That's only if I win…" Momo says sadly, Jun turns around and smiles.

"In my eyes you have already won Young Miss, even since you were a child you always worked the hardest to obtain your goals despite having the world on a platter. This matter is no different I have the utmost faith that you'll pull through in the end, you always do."

Momo smiles at Jun, "Now Red or Yellow?" Jun asks while he is still at the door, "Red seems to be a but too forward for a get together such as this I don't want to come off as too bold."

Momo replies Jun puts a finger to his chin before smiling again, "Light blue it is, rest well Young Miss you'll need it"

Jun finishes as he leaves the room. Momo smiles and gets comfortable, "I'm going to win against Katsuki, just wait" Momo thinks to herself as he goes to bed.

The next morning, Momo arrives at the park with a black sports top with plenty of midriff with black tight fitting sweatpants, and white running shoes as she meets with Katsuki who is wearing the same stuff from yesterday.

"Damn looks who's back, ready to go again?" Katsuki says as he gets into his stance, Momo looks at him with a similar fire.

"Always!"

she exclaims as they go off again.

The days go by and Momo works her hardest still not yet getting to Katsuki's level, she even works out at home to catch up.

With each day she got closer to catching up to Katsuki.

On the final day Katsuki decided to push it into gear and go all out but to his surprise Momo was keeping up with him.

The final day finally ends at 6pm as Katsuki and Momo lay on the ground gasping for air. Katsuki turns his face over to look at Momo who had a big smile on her face.

"That was some impressive shit Mo."

Katsuki says as he turns back over. there is a moment of silence between the two of them before Katsuki breaks the silence.

"You gonna say something Ponytail?"

Katsuki says impatiently as he continues to breath in. Momo looks over sweat gliding down her face with a big smile.

"What time are we meeting this Saturday?"