Shoto and Ashido to the Rescue!

~Momo~

Leaving school? The moment I'm married?

That's in less than a month!

I didn't have friends before UA. I didn't have much of a voice before UA. 

I didn't have Shoto before UA.

And I will always love and be grateful to UA for that. And they're making me leave because Aizawa was kind enough to look out for me?

"Momo! Fifteen minutes, don't dawdle, sweetheart."

"Yes, Mother."

I gently apply my makeup and force myself to stop crying. I pull a lavender dress on and walk down stairs, head lifted, back straight.

"Momo. You look so beautiful," Mom says. 

"Thank you," I smile timidly.

"Momo... I've been meaning to talk to you... about--"

But Father cuts her off. "Ready to go, everyone?! Tanaka is already in the limousine. Let's hurry up."

"Coming, coming," Mom grabs my hand and we walk away toward the door.

--

I'm literally forced to sit next to Tanaka the whole ride. Luckily, my bodyguard is on the other side of me, so Tanaka can't do anything sneaky.

I've never much cared for my bodyguard, since he was technically hired to keep me away from Shoto, but in this moment, I could actually kiss Itō.

Once we get to the café where we'll eat lunch and get mobbed my cameramen, Itō gets out first to stand by the side of the car door as to help me out. But now that my bodyguard is gone, panic sets in because Tanaka is still there.

He places his hand on my thigh and I knock his hand away, moving to exit the vehicle. He snarls with anger and throws open the door on his side.

I am eager to order the food, so I grab a menu the moment I'm told to sit.

Tanaka sits on one side of me and pretends to read the menu while cameras flash at him but anyone who isn't blind could see that he's stealing glances at me.

Occasionally, he tries to intertwine his fingers with mine but I yank my hand away each time and he looks visibly angry for two seconds and goes back to reading because, cameras.

Mom continues to look at me fearfully even as I eat. She's been looking rather concerned lately, and sometimes I wonder if she knows what's going on, but then I wonder, does she even care? If she cared wouldn't she say something to me?

~Shoto~

Nowadays, when Momo, escorted by her bodyguard, passes me in the halls, she looks empty and confused.

I just have to talk to her. But there's no opening. She's blocked by her bodyguard every day at school, and school is the only place I ever see her anymore.

Can I even call her my girlfriend anymore?

I sit on a park bench and check my InstaGram. A user with the profile picture of an attractive woman has sent me a direct message. Interesting.

ThatHottie12345: Heyyy ur that Todoroki Shoto right super hot can't believe i found u here heheTodorok.Shoto: I have a girlfriend.ThatHottie12345: Doesn't much seem like that anymore Yaoyorozu Momo is arranged to be married to a guy even more hot than u don't u guys like never see each other anymoreTodoroki.Shoto: Please do not talk to me.ThatHottie12345: :(

Todoroki.Shoto has blocked ThatHottie12345

I have no words for what just happened.

But the whole exchange only made me upset. 

Is Momo still mine? She's marrying someone else.

DatAlienB*tch: Todoroki-kun meet me outside the mall RIGHT now! It's serious and abt Momo

I pocket my phone and run like I've never ran before to catch a bus.

--

Ashido is standing outside at the front of the mall with a face that has so many expressions that I can't read it.

She motions for me to join her on the bench and so I do. She pulls up a video on her phone and shows me.

In it is Momo! With her fiancé... in an alley.

And he is choking her and pushing her into the brick wall.

"I'm tired of you being so cold to me!"

"I barely know you," Momo chokes out.

"Doesn't matter, we're engaged."

"And?! I ought to report you to authorities. You're always touching me unwanted. You are condescending and rude to me. You look down on me. And the only reason I matter is because of who my father is!"

"You don't understand the power I have. I can do things. So keep your mouth shut and everything will be as it should."

When they exit the alley, the camera view turns to bushes, as if the person filming dropped behind the bushes.

After a few seconds, the person filming breathes, "Yooo, I got something that might destroy this whole fucking marriage thing."

I turn to Ashido with my eyes wide and my jaw hanging. "I knew it! I knew he was no good for her!"

"We have proof now. We can save her!"

--

I have the proof to help Momo, but for my plan to work, I need help. I need someone with some money and influence in this city. 

I can think of one. But I don't like my options.

It's either Father...

...or Father.

~Momo~

After Tanaka threatened me in the alley, I don't even try avoiding him anymore. It isn't going to work. He is always around.

"Momo. Dear."

I turn to see Mom staring at me.

"I need to talk to you, my flower. Have there been problems with Tanaka? You seem uncomfortable around him and I have read up some on him. Why did your father think this was a good idea?"

"Uh.."

I want to tell her the truth. I want to say how horrible life has been with him constantly messing with me. 

But...

MOMO! You always do this! Mom and Dad's relationship does not depend on you marrying Tanaka. The business is not going to plummet if you don't marry Tanaka.

"He's not a nice person, Mom. He's clearly just using to me to get the family business and he keeps touching me... either my thigh or my knee or my hand. Even though I've obviously tried to avoid him the whole time I've known him." By the end of it I'm crying and hugging my mother. She rubs my back gently and when I pull away, I see the fearful look on her face.

"And he threatened me yesterday. Saying I should be quiet or something bad will happen."

"No, Momo. I am glad you did not listen to him. You need to tell me when bad things are happening to you so we can fix it."

How can this be the same woman? The same woman that took Shoto from me. The same woman that always forced me to make a good impression on Tanaka. She and Dad are the ones who forced me to marry him, for the love of God!

"I just... Mom, I just need to be alone right now."

"Of course, dear," she whispers and lets me go to my room and when I shut the door, she says nothing.

--

I can't sleep. I know why but I get up to get a glass of water anyway.

But as I drink the glass, I see the shadows of two people in the distance, and their voices are rising.

"You don't know what's best for the company! I'm beginning to think you don't even care!"

"Maybe not, but I know what's best for my daughter and marrying this... DICKWAD is not it!"

"What has he suddenly done?!"

"He's rude to Momo, and he's touching her inappropriately and it's making her uncomfortable, do not tell me you're not seeing it!"

...

"Or do you even care?"

"Look Tanaka is what's best for--"

"The company? Is that what you're going to say?! You really value that business over your flesh and blood? Your offspring?! Because Momo, she is your offspring! And you value money over that?!!!"

"This company is the work of this family! This is our family!"

"This company is your family. And Momo and I aren't part of it. I've tried to make us a family again since you returned. I thought that's what Momo wanted... but this is not worth it."

She comes out of the room and I hide so she can't see me. Once she walks upstairs, I smile to myself. Thank you, Mom.

~Shoto~

I haven't walked up to this doorstep in ages.

Not since I used to visit Momo.

So many emotions rise up in me as I walk to the door, flanked by Jiro and Ashido. Ashido is actively trying to look tough, while Jiro looks like she could legitimately kill someone.

I knock on the door and wait for it to be answered. Once the butler announces me, Momo comes into view with wide eyes. Her eyes are tearing up and she has her hand over her mouth, slackjawed. 

"S-Shoto!" Momo gasps.

I cannot fathom how much I've missed her and seeing her almost makes me forget what I was going to say.

But I collect myself and speak.

I hand Momo's fiancé the supena and say "Tanaka Hideo, I am suing you for sexual harassment and unlawful intimidation."

5 IN TODOMOMO! 5 IN TODOMOMO! MY GOODNESS THAT'S SO HIGH!

TYSM!!!