$factory->define(AppStatus::class, function (Faker $faker) {
    return [
        'name' => $faker->word
    ];
});


$factory->define(AppStatusCategory::class, function (Faker $faker) {
    return [
        'name' => $faker->word
    ];
});

public function statuses() {
        return $this->belongsToMany( Status::class );
    }

public function statusCategories() {
        return $this->belongsToMany( StatusCategory::class );
    }

factory( Status::class, 30 )->create()->each( function ( $u ) {
            $u->statusCategories()->save( factory( StatusCategory::class )->make() );
        } );

<?php

namespace App;
use IlluminateDatabaseEloquentModel;

class Status extends Model{
    protected $table='statuses';
    protected $fillable = [
        'something you want to fill'
    ];

    public function statusStatusCategories(){
        return $this->belongsToMany(StatusCategory::class);
    }
}

<?php

namespace App;
use IlluminateDatabaseEloquentModel;

class StatusCategory extends Model{
    protected $table='status_categories';
    protected $fillable = [
        'something you want to fill'
    ];

    public function statuses(){
        return $this->belongsToMany(Status::class);
    }
}

namespace App;
use IlluminateDatabaseEloquentRelationsPivot;

class StatusStatusCategory extends Pivot
{
    protected $table='status_status_category';
    protected $fillable = [
        'status_id','status_category_id'
    ];

    public function status(){
        return $this->hasOne(Status::class, 'id', 'status_id');
    }

    public function statuscategory(){
    return $this->hasOne(StatusCategory::class, 'id', 'statuscategory_id');
    }
}