Strengthening Bonds

When I got home, I went to my room and sat on my bed. I stared at my floor for a while, thinking about everything that's happened so far. I told All Might everything, and Recovery Girl couldn't do anything to help me. At least people are supportive of me though, that's a plus. I stopped staring at the floor and looked over at my phone. I decided to give Momo a call, I sat there and waited as her phone rang.

She answered it, "Hello? Who am I speaking to?"

"Hey, Yaoyorozu-san. It's Alyx Leonidus, from U.A.? Kirishima-kun just gave me your number after school." I told her.

"O-Oh, hey! I was just going to ask you something, would you like to hang out tomorrow? If you're free that is." Momo asked.

It took me a minute to answer her, "Oh, yeah! I'm free tomorrow! What did you have in mind?"

"Alright! We can hang out at the Etro Outlet around noon. I shall text you the address!" She replied.

We both said goodbye and hung up. My Mother knocked on the door and walked into my room.

"Hey, dinner's ready. Did you have a good day at school?" She asked.

"Yeah, it was alright. We had another test today." I answered.

"It was just alright? Did something happen?" My Mother wondered.

"Well, everyone knows that I lost my memory." I replied.

My Mother sat down next to me, "Oh? I'm not sure how that's a bad thing, if anything, that makes them aware that there may be things you can and can't do!"

That was the problem, they're aware of things I CAN and CAN'T do.

"Well, that's just it. What if they don't think I'm hero material because of that? I already think that about myself, so what's another 20 or so people? " I confessed.

My Mom looked over at me and gave me a hug.

"Sweetheart, you're more than enough to be hero material! Besides, everyone is still working out the kinks to their Quirks, so you're all in the same boat!" She put her hand on my head and smiled.

I guess she was right, that made me feel at least a little better about this situation.

"Now, let's go eat, I made pizza!" My Mother exclaimed.

I went downstairs with my mother, and everyone was sitting at the table.

[The Next Day...]

Momo texted me the address for that outlet. I used my Quirk to run over to the outlet. It took me about 10 minutes to get there, and Momo was already there waiting for me.

"Leonidus-kun! Over here!" She waved at me.

Kaminari was there as well! I walked over to the both of them.

"Hey guys!" I exclaimed.

Kaminari greeted me back, "Yo, Leonidus-kun!"

We walked around the mall, buying things here and there, and I learned a lot about Yaoyorozu and Kaminari.

"Woah, really? I wish I could tell you guys more about me." I sighed.

"Don't stress it, man. We understand completely." Kaminari told me.

I couldn't believe how understanding they are! We spent the majority of the day talking about what we would be doing as Pro Heroes, which surprisingly, we all didn't exactly know what we wanted from it.

"Well, I guess I don't really know yet. I never sat down and thought about it." Kaminari pondered.

"You must not really sit down and think about a lot of things, do you?" Momo joked.

Kaminari looked at Yaoyorozu with a confused look on his face, "What's that supposed to mean?"

We all laughed and after a while, we left the Outlet. As we were walking, Momo tripped on something! I activated my Quirk and wrapped my arm around her waist to catch her.

"Woah, are you okay?" I asked.

She stared at me and her face started to get red.

"Y-Yeah! I'm okay!" Momo quickly shouted as I helped her back up.

"Oooo! Looks like someone's crushin'!" Kaminari exclaimed.

"W-WHAT?! No! K-Kaminari-kun, be quiet, okay?" Momo blurted at him.

I felt a bewildered look come across my face, "Crushin'"? Did he mean...? I felt my face turn red as well.

"N-No! It's just that she tripped and we may have gotten close to each other. I-It's nothing!" I stuttered.

Kaminari had a smug grin come across his face, "Uh huh, okay. Sure thing."

Geez, I can't believe he did that! That could've gotten awkward really fast! We left the Etro Outlet and sat down at a table outside with stuff to eat.

"You know, this was really nice. I'm glad I met you guys." I beamed.

"Yeah, honestly, this is fun! Hey, we should do this again sometime!" Kaminari agreed.

I gasped with excitement, "With the whole class? That'd be super awesome!"

"I don't see why not. I'm sure everyone would enjoy learning more about each other." Momo replied.

"Uh huh! I wonder what we're gonna do this year? Do you think we're gonna fight any real villains? If so, I'm way more than ready for that!" I grinned.

Kaminari looked worried, "Villains? I don't know, man. I hope not! I seriously don't want to have to deal with them until I'm a Pro. Then I can start kicking ass!"

"I'd have to agree, I'd rather gain the experience needed first before engaging a villain. I would honestly feel a lot safer." Momo added.

I nodded, I guess I was really eager to learn more about my Quirk. After lunch, we waved Kaminari goodbye as he walked down the street to head home.

"This might be a bit of a generic question, but what happens to be your favorite color?" She questioned.

"Hmm... My favorite color? I'd say maybe red? It kinda feels like a relaxing color. Not like an extremely bright red but like, a crimson red." I replied.

"Interesting, that's my favorite color as well. Although I'd go for a garnet or a cherry red personally." Momo told me.

"Cool! It's kind of funny, you'd think I'd like violet-blue since it's the color of my Quirk, but I'm drawn more to red." I laughed.

Momo smiled at me, "Honestly, I think you'd look good in red. Just a thought, of course!"

"O-Oh, thank you!" I blushed.

I wasn't sure what to say, so I just said the first thing that came to mind.

"I... I'm pretty sure you'd look gorgeous in red, too!" I exclaimed.

Springs came out of her elbows after I said that and she blushed as well. I tensed up, did I say something bad?

"I'm sorry! I didn't mean to-" I apologized.

"It's fine! I just didn't expect to hear you say that." She interjected.

Just when I thought Kaminari made things awkward... How much of an idiot am I? We continued our walk down the street and we passed a store. I heard a gun shot.

"WATCH OUT KID!" A man yelled.

Somehow, on instinct, I caught the bullet that was traveling towards Momo and I. The man rushed over to us.

"Holy Toledo, kid! You've got some reflexes there! Sorry about that, usually this thing ain't loaded! I knew that damn newbie messed with the son of a bitch." The man apologized.

I handed the bullet back to him, "It's okay, although I don't think we're really accustomed to being accidentally shot at."

"Wow... The bullet looks like it's brand new! Are you sure you haven't gotten shot at before?" He asked.

[20 Minutes Later...]

"Thanks for walking me home, I really do appreciate it, Leonidus-kun." Momo cooed.

"No problem, it was honestly nice to get out and about for a while." I replied.

She stopped walking and looked back at me, "You know, I really can't thank you enough, Aly."

Momo turned back and walked into her house. Aly? That felt so... Familiar? It was really frustrating that I couldn't remember why it felt so familiar sounding. I starting walking back home until something down an alleyway caught my attention. It looked like that guy I saw a while back! He was just standing there, looking at something, there was a door in front of him. He shook his head and walked out of the alleyway. When I saw him the first time, he almost looked like Kariya, but the picture I have... I wasn't entirely sure now that I'm thinking about it.