His Drumming Heartbeat

Mood Changes

"Go," was all Lynnette declared the moment after Kirishima made that shocking revelation. "Grab your stuff from the hotel, and take the next train out of here."

"Are you sure–"

"Just go," Lynnette pleaded, her voice cracking. Kirishima nods his head and walks in the direction of the hotel, a walking distance from where they are.

Soon after, Bakugo comes through the doors of the building and looks back over at his mom and Lynnette, who point ahead to show what direction he went. Once he notices it, he gives them a short wave and says "thank you" before jogging over to where his boyfriend is to catch up with him, leaving Lynnette and Mitsuki to watch them disappear into the night.

"Guess he's out for the rest of the tour," Lynnette pointed out, her back leaning against the wall.

"What's going on with his mom?" Mitsuki asked.

"Without going into detail, it was declining health," Lynnette answers, "but she's had a clean bill of health doctors for months now, so I have no idea what it could be this time."

"I hope everything's alright," Mitsuki confessed.

"Yeah, same. But right now, let's just go back inside so the atmosphere gets more awkward," Lynnette stated, already making her way into the building as Mitsuki followed right behind her.

Walking through the doors, both women recognize the awkward atmosphere surrounding their table as they make their way over to sit back down again. The other bandmates from all the other bands are talking amongst themselves about whatever to lighten the mood. Jiro's bandmates are confused and probably hoping they're not down a drummer for the remainder of the tour. However, Lynnette notices her bandmates are very concerned for their friend's well-being and hoping everything is OK regarding their mom.

"So, what's next?" Jiro asked the second Lynnette and Mitsuki sit back down.

"Well, I assume would be our band's official account on all social media platforms informing the fans he won't be joining us for the rest of the tour," Indigo mentioned.

"Yeah, more than likely," Lynnette muttered, taking a sip of her sake.

"Hey, what was that phone call about?" Kaminari asked Lynnette, leaning slightly over the table for the both of them are sitting right across from each other.

"Fuck off, Kaminari," Lynnette grumbles, "I'm not in the mood."

"Damn, alright," Kaminari mumbles, his hands up in defeat, "no need to bite my head off."

"Kaminari," Bella interjects, "I'd stop if I were you." Following that, the Indigo and Persephone do a "cut it out" motion while Louise has her hands clasping together and mouths "please stop," desperation prominent in her eyes.

"You guys are allowing this?" Kaminari asks, obviously confused, "she's being a bitch for no reason right now! Just because she had one bad phone call–"

Mid-sentence, Lynnette splashes water on Kaminari with a stone-cold look on her face. Jiro and Tokoyami moved away before any water could get onto them and their clothing while Indigo and Persephone, sitting next to each other, shared a side glance before taking a slow sip of their drinks. At the same time, Bella has her thumb and middle finger pinching the bridge of her nose and shaking her head, and Louise has her hands still clasped together, but now they rest over her mouth and chin area. No one anticipated this to happen abruptly, but it appears the rest of Lynnette's bandmates had a perception something like this was bound to follow sooner or later because they were preparing for it.

With all eyes on them, the hostess walks up to the table and states, "ma'am, if you keep this up, I'm going to ask you to leave."

"Too late, I am," Lynnette asserted as she got up from her seat and puts on her jacket, and waved goodbye at everyone else before walking out of the building and back to the hotel.