| CHAPTER THREE |

🎵 why'd you only call me when you're high by arctic monkeys
🎵 throne by bring me the horizon
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CURIOUS TO FIND THE MUSIC ROOM BAKUGOU HAD MENTIONED, you stayed after class. mr. aizawa was a bit surprised you needed the room since it had nothing to do with your quirk but still was nice enough -or possibly too tired to argue - to give you the directions.

as soon as you opened the door, you were taken aback by the size of the place. you could spot almost every instrument you could think of. pretty decent for a hero school!

you lingered behind the black grand piano in the middle of the room, debating whether you should take a seat or not, until you caught a glimpse of black curve of an electric guitar, leaned against the wall on the other side of the room.

you walked over and picked it up, running your fingers over the strings slowly, letting them dip into the soft pad of your fingertips experimentally to feel the cool roughness of them. finally holding the instrument correctly, you strummed a chord. but one chord turned into two and two turned into a full on song until soon you were singing:

the mirror's image
tells me it's home time
but i'm not finished
cause you're not by my side

***

meanwhile, a few minutes before you had found the room, the well known bakusquad was headed in the same direction. many didn't know, but after the school festival of their first year, bakugou, kirishima, kaminari, and sero had created a band and ashido always accompanied them, though she was more itno dancing. of course they had asked jirou and tokoyami to stay and join too, but the two only brushed the group off and said they were too busy with hero work.

the band had bakugo on the drums, sero on the keyboard, kirishima on the bass, and kaminari on the guitar. and while they all sang a bit, they did not have a strong vocalist yet. that didn't stop them from growing on soundcloud and spotify though.

as the group was goofing around and nearing the room, kirishima was the first to hear a muffled sound of someone singing from behind the door.

"hey guys, can you hear that?"

"what do you want now, shitty hair?" bakugou snapped back while pushing kaminari away from him.

kirishima brought a finger to his lips to quiet the bunch. "shhh."

they all went silent and listened. kirishima cracked the door open a bit, slowly and careful not to disturb the mysterious singer. and there you were, on the other side of the room, singing and playing the guitar with your eyes shut and voice full of emotions.

you said you gotta be up in the mornin'
gonna have an early night
and you're startin' to bore me, baby
why'd you only call me when you're high?

feeling like people were staring at you, you opened your eyes and immediately stopped. lost in the memories of your past relationship, you hadn't realized you had an audience.

you opened your mouth to apologize but shut it closed again. why would you apologize? you didn't do anything wrong. yet you couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.

the boys were surprised too, especially bakugou. he was looking at you with his arms folded across his chest, eyes filled with amusement and a brow up in questions.

mina was the first one to push through the boys and run up to you. "oh my god y/n. i didn't know you sing AND play! holly hell, that was amazing." she exclaimed before squeezing you into a tight hug, barely letting you breathe. all the other boys started walking in and showering you with compliments as well. all but one. bakugou stayed leaning against the door frame, keeping his distance.

"y/n you literally sound like an angel!" denki winked and looped an arm around your neck.

"bro, you should totally join our band!" kirishima added.

"what the hell shitty hair. you can't just have any extra you want join to the band!" bakugou yelled angrily and finally stomped over to the group.

"bro, we need a vocalist, and she's good. like really good. plus y/n is not an extra, man."

bakugou grumbled but before he could say anything denki jumped in "we should put it up to vote then. all in favor of y/n joining the band." he raised his hand, with kirishima, sero, and mina following right after.

"racoon eyes isn't even in the band." bakugou protested.

"doesn't matter, bakugou. it's still 3 to 1." denki reasoned.

you were a bit annoyed that they were deciding this as if you're not part of the decision. so, you cleared your throat to get their attention before speaking "don't you think you should ask if i even wanna join your band?"

"why wouldn't you wanna? it would be an honor for you. we're fucking amazing." bakugou shot back loudly as he stared you down.

"is that so?" you asked uninterestedly, not buying anything he said. you couldn't even imagine bakugou playing an instrument let alone sing and be part of a band.

"hey y/n, let us play for you before refusing. maybe we can change your mind." kirishima insisted. how could you have said no the manliest sunshine boy? with a loud sigh you let mina sit you down on a chair in the middle of the room before taking the seat next to you herself.

"come on, bakubro. let's show y/n how we rock." kirishima patted bakugou on the back with a big toothy smile plastered on his face.

they picked up their respective instruments and started:

b: so you can throw me to the wolves
k&k: tomorrow i will come back
k&k: leader of the whole pack
b: beat me black and blue
k&k: every wound will shape me
b: every scar will build my throne

you were pleasantly surprised. they were all good but bakugou shocked you the most. it was like his voice was made to sing rock and metal songs while his stamina and strong arms let him keep up the tempo easily behind the drums. overall, they weren't half bad.

you didn't even notice you were tapping your foot and bobbing your head lightly to their song. once they finished, kirishima and denki were looking at you expectantly. you could almost see the stars in their eyes.

"so? what do you say y/n?" kirishima asked first with that smile that could make anyone's day.

you smiled back at him "you guys are really goo-" but bakugou interrupted you "of course we are." you ignored his childish antics and continued "listen, i work on my music at night so it doesn't interfere with my training. but you guys are taking time out of the day. let me see if i can make some arrangements to train early mornings. do you mind if i give you my answer tomorrow?"

"sure thing! just meet us here tomorrow at 4:30. i really hope you do join us though. i wanna jam with you!" kirishima said and denki added "yeah, me too!" bakugou stayed silent and pretended he was busy adjusting his drums.

"thanks guys, me too! i gotta go now but i'll see you tomorrow." and with that you headed back to the dorms.

you went straight to aizawa to see if you could train around 4 am to make sure you had time for the band. cause even though bakugou was being a big baby about the whole thing, others' excitement had you pumped up too. so, you hoped for everything to work out.

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Where words fail, music speaks
-Hans Christian Andersen