His Drumming Heartbeat

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"You guys seriously knew about the rigged box of baked goods," Kaminari complained for the millionth time—well, according to his friends. A few of them can't stop laughing because of how easily he fell for it.

"Yeah," Jiro answers, "we did."

Arriving at a nearby gas station for a pit stop and to get something to eat and or drink, a few of the people on the buses get out for fresh air and time to stretch from cramped in for so long. Kaminari almost got all of the powdered sugar off his face before he walks outside.

"Looks like Kaminari is living up to the rock star persona," Bella jokes. "Well, a few decades behind but still."

Keyword: almost

"Hey, Chargebolt," Lynnette begins to leer, "got some leftover?!"

"You guys are mean," Kaminari cries, wiping the powdered sugar off his nose. "Whose idea was it?"

"It was my idea," Louise called out, a big smile on her face.

"That's unexpected," Tokoyami spoke.

"I'm buying more energy drinks. Who wants some," Lynnette called out.

"How are you not dead from drinking them," Kirishima asked, walking alongside her and Louise.

"No idea," Lynnette laughed.

As some of them walk away and into the gas station, most others being asleep around this time, the remainder of the group stays behind to stretch and get fresh air. Bakugo happens to be one of the few who decide to stay behind, including Midoriya, Persephone, and the guitarist and lead vocalist of Toxic Memory, Trent Willis. Dishwater blond hair long enough for him to put it into a bun, nice jawline, well-built, standing around six feet even, and both arms covered in tattoos. Just by looking at him alone and how much of a gentleman he is, it makes sense why he has so many women crushing on him despite being a married man with a couple of kids.

Toxic Memory is a four-piece band that released a couple of albums within the last few years and got moderate airplay in their homeland of the UK and multiple places such as America and Japan. The band is a personal favorite of Indigo's, but the only reason why Toxic Memory is touring alongside them is that they have an album to promote due to be released in a few months from now called Luring the Serpent.

According to Trent, the album's meaning addresses the toxicity around the people he and his fellow bandmates encountered, confronting them about it, and how good it felt cutting them out of their lives. Some of the songs do become personal, where the band hopes people can relate to the lyrics. Besides that being a primary focus with the band's direction for the new album, there is also some other stuff the band will more than likely address, but they haven't told anyone else yet.

Not too long after getting off the bus, Trent received a text message from his wife, Marley, about his youngest daughter, Addison, a little over two years old. She recently got into the baby powder and made an enormous mess on their living room floor. The whole area is nothing but carpet, meaning Trent's wife will have a fun time cleaning that up with a vacuum.

"It's tough being out on the road away from your loved ones," Trent admits after showing the photo and video his wife sent, "but it's worth it when you see them again. I feel like I miss out on the fun stuff whenever I'm away," he joked.

"I get what you mean," Persephone says with a sad smile. "I can't wait for this tour to get done. My family needs me more than anything at this point."

"I've heard about that from Lynnette," Bakugo chimes in, "sorry that's going on."

"Thank you," Persephone sighs, "it's tough, but everything will be fine eventually."