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You say run

Breaking news! We are live at the scene, we are getting reports that it is a hostage situation taking place on the top floor. We are hearing that the suspect is wearing a bomb vest with his thumb on the detonator. The hero Creati is in there with him, trying to negotiate. All we can do is wait and hope she gets through to him.

'This is unfavorable. If Todoroki or Tenya were here they'd be fast enough to take him down.' Momo was standing in between the suspect and the hostages.

"I can't believe it actually worked. I followed your work hours closely, and realized you always take night shifts during the clearest weather."

Momo's eyes widened before she recomposed herself and narrowed her eyes at him. "How despicable. You used these innocent civilians just to get to me."

He let out a horrible laugh with his eyes rolling back. "That's right! That's right! You're the idol hero everyone wants, how could we not, your costume is so revealing, admit it you're practically begging for it!"

She covered her mouth trying not to vomit. "So appalling." Her agency had tried to convince her to change up her suit but she had continually denied because the design was the last gift she got from him.

"Oh come on, don't you know we're meant for each other?"

"Pardon but my feelings belong to another."

"What?! You harlot! B-But it's fine, I'll forgive you because at least we'll be buried together!" His thumb was shaking over the button.

"Wait!-" She tried to stop him, reaching out but it was too late.

She was sure she saw it. The emerald electricity.

It exploded but not inside of the building, the vest blew up outside, although still hitting the side of the building with enough force to blow the top floor off.

Yaoyorozu and all of the hostages were plunged into the air as the wreckage of building scattered alongside them. 'Wh-What just happened? The explosion came from the outside, not inside.' She ignored it for now. She created parachutes, hoping to reach all of the civilians but it was becoming clear she wasn't going to be able to reach them, they were separated in the air. 'I might be able to save at least one!' She had to try.

In a flash all of the hostages were swept by a static swirl of green lightning.

Momo couldn't believe her eyes as she remained suspended in air. She pulled on her parachute, descending and looking on.

I-Incredible out of nowhere he came and saved all of the hostages while turning in the suspect. W-Who is he?

He was lifting a large chunk of wall that had the people he saved along with the suspect. He had ripped off the vest and thrown it out the window just in time. He set down the piece of wall, making sure everyone was safe. The news reporter was running to him, trying to get a word and he did but only a few.

"Don't worry, I am here."

Before he blasted off again with an updraft of strong wind. The news reporter followed his path growing wide eyes.

The exploded off pieces of building are going to crush us!

The huge chunks of debris were being swept up or blow away to dust.

Momo was too focused on the scene unfolding to see a block of debris rip through her parachute. 'Oh no, I won't have time to create another one and use it!' She squeezed her eyes shut awaiting the inevitable.

Oh no, the hero Creati is plummeting! W-Wait a minute, is he? Yes! He saved her too! Hm, what's that, we finally got a name on the new hero on the scene? Really that's his name? Nonetheless he arrived just in time! The hero, Deku is here!

She wanted to open her eyes. 'No, it can't be... It just can't.' His arms were holding onto her in that rough yet protective embrace.

"You never let me finish." He finally spoke as they soared across the city.

She dared to open them. Her lips quivered, the fist image she saw were his freckles then the sway of his green hair, his mask guard was on, then her eyes finally landed on his orbs. She didn't want to believe it. Her arms naturally curled around his neck as they stared at each other for the first time in a long time.

He continued his words staring directly at her but his eyes were liquid emerald, a bit overwhelmed. "D-During the joint practice session we had, when we were falling through the sky, you said 'save me.' at the time I didn't know what you meant... But Momo that was also the day where we admitted that we did have a relationship. That day Aizawa-sensei believed in me and it was also the day I began to believe in us." His arms held her tighter. Her lips parted hearing his words. "Momo that was the day I showed you my arm. I don't think you know this but that was the day you saved me... And what I was going to say back then before I left... I wasn't walking away, I did this so when I came back, I could save you." He pressed his forehead against hers, their bodies basking under the moonlight above the city.

She couldn't hold back the sniffles and bubbling eyes. She clutched his maskguard, pulling it down and towards her, bringing him as close as possible, their lips pressing together in a liquid salty passion she had to express.

Their lips broke apart and he spoke again. "I also remember, you said something along the lines of a date. It may not be my air gear anymore, but do you mind if I take you out on a date with my quirk?"

"Oh... Izuku!"

And they spent the night under the constellations being honest with each other.

Wow, it's over. I can't believe I actually finished it. This is arguably one of the hardest stories I've written and also arguably one of my proudest, mostly because it incorporated a lot of the writing experience I have gained throughout my time as a fanfic writer. So I really do hope you enjoyed the story.

Now let's actually talk about it, I was going to break down the flashbacks and timeline but it looks like Geekdom advisor beat me to it in the reviews lol for the most part you got more or less the timeline correct except All-Might doesn't die at Kamino. He doesn't die until after Izuku loses One-for-all, I actually make it a point in the karaoke chapter to state that All-Might visited Izuku at the hospital telling him he did the right thing saving Eri, but good breakdown nonetheless and I would recommend it as a reference, but still encourage all of you to develop your own idea of how things went down before. That was one of the themes of this story, the vagueness of life you know? You don't always get those concrete answers you want.

So there are few songs as chapter titles in the story. Pumped up kicks was placed after Izuku and Momo's argument, in a somewhat upbeat chapter, but you know, just like how the song sounds upbeat the lyrics are rough and that's something that chapter was for.

Shandy and Sakura nagashi were next to each other because those were the songs Izuku and Momo sang to each other. Shandy is a really good song for Izuku because the vocals can really hit that note of sorrow that is constantly inside of Izuku, plus the lyrics go with his journey throughout the story. Now Sakura Nagashi is a whole different story. I guess you could call it the theme song for this story as well as also Yaoyorozu's because it resonates so well with her story arc, I would really recommend giving it a listen, especially Miku-tan's English rendition of it. Speaking of that song it is also the ending song for the third Evangelion neon genesis movie and when I was re-watching, it made me want to add the song, the show was also the inspiration for the chapters Instrumentality and the hedgehog's dilemma. If you know you know, if you don't, I would rather not spoil it.

And paper wings by rise against for the last chapter. The lyrics just hit so hard with the scene.

So let's break down the characters lmao they were all pretty complex.

So let's start with probably the least and work our way up. The least complex was mostly Uraraka, it was pretty self explained in the letter she left Izuku. He moved on and she didn't want to.

Next Tsuyu, I don't know if you caught it but Izuku does mention to Todoroki that something happened between them but quickly changes the topic, it was a reference to an off screen thing they had which she heavily implies during their last argument. He kept running back to her. Make of it what you will but finding out about Momo was what put the nail in the coffin for their relationship.

I won't go into much detail about Hatsume because although it was complex I believe it was explained well enough in her chapter but I do want to talk about the air trek and why Izuku didn't use it during his fight with Overhaul. I was going to add a scene at the hospital with Hatsume where Izuku tells her he didn't use his air gear because for him it wasn't a support item to be used for danger but something he enjoyed using for fun and didn't want to tarnish that feeling.

Okay now for Kyouka. Her character story was implied earlier in the story but not fleshed out until later but I did use some plot lines of cords to a story to explain how they started dating so if you caught that's awesome. But although they did love each other it just didn't work out for various reasons, Kyouka knew about Overhaul and Izuku's depression were the major factors tho.

Todoroki. Oh boi we getting to real complicated stuff. Hm, how should I explain... Todoroki was confused throughout the story. He was constantly conflicted with his emotions and he also had difficulty expressing them. He panicked when Izuku asked who he liked and just said Yaoyorozu because he assumed everyone thought they should be together but if you really focus on his character you can find out who he was really attracted to...

Yui... Yui, my heart hurt writing the last chapter. Without question the most complex character to understand. I don't think any of us knew how much we would fall in love with her. Like most you said in the reviews when she made an official appearance, she literally came out of nowhere and made us fall for her hard. She was like Momo from cords to a story where she just inserted herself into the story except she never took control of it, instead she guided it and helped me get to where I needed to get which is also symbolic of her supporting Izuku take that final step, even though she knew she was losing him. That's the thing that was so enamoring about her, I think we all knew she was meant to be with Izuku, heck even he somewhat admits it but instead of going for it, Yui pushed Izuku away out of selflessness, because she knew how happy it would of made him. It was the exact opposite of Momo who was begging him to stay out of selfish fear. And it just breaks my heart that Yui never gave ME a choice in the matter.

Momo... Oh Momo you frustrated me to no end lol you can never just make things easy for me can you. But that's why I love writing her SO much she's such a mess but always kept herself together in front of everyone to the point where she breaks down at nights with Izuku. It's hard not rooting for their happiness because even though she was such a hot mess we knew she had a good heart and she truly did love Izuku but she was just scared of being abandoned and that's just too relatable and sad. She was also the personified theme of duality in the story. The constant conflict of Momo and Yaoyorozu. The duality of Yaoyorozu's relationship to Midoriya, opposite of Momo's intimacy with Izuku. Man she is just so deeply rooted into themes and concepts of the story itself. Man I swear if you ever have the time just hear Sakura nagashi and it will correlate so well with Momo.

Now for Izuku. The main character and one of the most broken characters I have ever written and that's saying something from me because if you read some of my other works you know how fucked up I can make people. But damn if his back story isn't f'ed up. He gets the best quirk just to lose it then All-Might tells him it was okay, then All-Might dies, then he loses his virginity the day of his funeral fuuuck man how can all of that not break some one's will. At the start of the story he was drowning in the pit of his depression but its hard to notice because that's how depression is. It's not just some preson crying to themselves in a corner or some bullshit people always think it is. Too often people think you can just see depression but you can't. And I think this Izuku is a great representation for it. He was a high functioning individual who was dying inside but nobody knew it. I mean they noticed his tired state but that was it, the farthest anyone went to help him was Todoroki asking him to get some sleep. He began to distance himself from everyone and they just got butt hurt about it instead of reaching out trying to help but that's why Momo became the source of his relief. He became addicted to it, they both did actually but then it got to the point where the physical relationship wasn't enough. He wanted something real, something he knew wasn't just a quick fix to keep him happy at nights. It was a decision he made in silence because it was his own internal battle he was constantly fighting. That's one of the reasons why although we see most of the story take place from his point of view we never really know what he is thinking. We would only get his thoughts on the current situation he was in but never the overarching narrative. He was honestly the best main character I have written and I hope you were enthralled by the characters and their unspoken developments.

I just want to say thank you to everyone who reviewed. You guys don't know how much I appreciate all of you and all of the ones I receive. You guys kept me going whenever I was on the verge of quitting this fic. Also thanks to the silent readers, I knew there were a lot of you out there and it also helped keep me going when the reviews weren't hitting.

But all in all, I'm glad I was able to finish this fic. Please leave a review of your overall thoughts about this story, what you liked, didn't like, and if there is any way to improve my writing. Thanks again!

Oh, and I left It open for a possible sequel lol but trust me if it does come to life it will be tenfold the angst considering they are young adults living the hero life.

But I rambled long enough. Thank you so much for reading! Please follow, fav, review all that stuff and hopefully check out my other stories! I think Catharsis for a hero is going to be my next big project.

Now I can finally put this story to rest and say,

Till next time!