Total Command

Chapter 37: The start of healing is when you acknowledge the pain.

The bleachers in 1-A's section were silent as overwhelming darkness started to seep out from both Izuku and Ochako as they listened into the announcement of Momo's defeat.

Neiro obviously did not get the message.

"Things are not looking good for 1-A are they?" She taunted over the wall separating the two classes. "Your best just walked right off the ring without even fighting back! She must've known she couldn't even win against a... General..." Her taunts crawled to a halt as both of Momo's secret lovers' eyes slowly creaked towards the obnoxious source.

Neiro quickly realized she made a mistake as the combination of brown and green eyes stared deep into her soul, clearly wanting to tear something apart.

And after Izuku's show of power against the metal monster, she doubted that he would have more trouble plucking her head off her shoulders then anyone would have plucking a stem off an apple.

"Talking pretty big for someone that didn't even make it to the last event, extra ," Katsumi shot back, trying to diffuse the situation wither her own brand of de-escalation.

She turned to Izuku, poking him on the shoulder. "You should go back there and talk with High-Class."

He didn't respond verbally, possibly not trusting his voice just yet, and simply nodded, getting up to track down where Momo was in the bowels of the stadium, with Ochako following closely behind.

" The next contestants are Kirishima Eiko and Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu "

Momo flinched as she heard footsteps making their way towards her. She quickly rubbed her eyes, trying to look like she hadn't just been bawling her eyes out for the oncoming guests. It's Eiko's turn, isn't it?... I should wish her luck...

As she rose from the side of the wall she had slid down on her way to the ground, her sorrow hid successfully for the moment, her visitors rounded the corner.

Momo gasped as she felt her weight disappear, Ochako crashing into her and hugging her tightly.

Uraraka wasn't in the frame of mind to avoid touching her with all 5 of her fingers. Momo looked up from the brown bob shoved into her chest at the other visitor. She felt her stomach begin to twist in grief once more.

"What happened out there?" Izuku muttered out, his face frozen in a neutral expression. Even then she could see his eyes burning with something. Probably disappointment...

"I... I broke my promise." She huffed out as she looked away, not returning Ochako's hug nor Izuku's gaze. She could feel her eyes start to tear up again, but she adamantly refused to cry. Not in front of them...

She saw Izuku flinch from the corner of her eye, and felt Ochako flinch against her.

"I don't deserve to be in a-"

Mei crashed into her and her argument like a cruise missile, causing both her and Ochako to tumble onto the floor as her arms found their way around the two of them. "FOUND YOU!"

Momo couldn't handle the bold show of affection and tried to push away from the two of them "S-stop it- why are you hugging me? I lost! I couldn't even fight back!" Her eyes were wet with unshed tears already "I- I don't..."

Izuku closed the gap finally, bending down and easily picking up the three on the floor with a hug, adding pressure to the hug until he felt confident that they could feel his warmth enveloping them, in addition to the pleasant pressure of a hug. "Because we love you."

Momo's resolve finally failed and she started crying again. "WHY? Why do you..." She sniffled, voice cracking slightly as she continued "I- I couldn't even fight! I was a failure in every aspect, why would amazing people like you..."