His Drumming Heartbeat

Tensions

The night ended up with everyone heading back to their hotel rooms, realizing the receptionist led them on, and it was the idea from someone Tokoyami knew very well. He wasn't surprised in the least, knowing what kind of money the famous Keigo Tamaki has and what strings he could pull if he wanted. However, Lynnette stormed out of the room after that happened and didn't look back for a second when everyone called out her name. When she was out of everyone's view, most of them decided to call it a night, while some had another idea in mind.

A handful of them, including Bakugo, Jiro, Louise, and Bella, confronted the receptionist. According to the receptionist, the story behind the hotel room was nothing more but a myth, under the suspicion of haunted, but no one confirmed it until she heard their story. Upon hearing that, to the group's surprise, the ash-blond male was the one who jumped to Lynnette's defense, saying something along the lines of how that could affect her, but he wasn't at liberty to say when asked how it could.

"She's what?!" A feminine voice bellows out, making it the first thing Bakugo hears outside of his hotel room door right now, waking him up promptly. Realizing it could be something potentially serious, he gets out of bed, grabs his phone, and watches his step as he walks through the room in the dark. He reaches the door and opens it to see Bella, wearing a black t-shirt with a couple of numbers on the front, and Indigo, in a navy blue tank top and black leggings, talking to each other; concern paints their faces, one in disbelief, one frustrated.

"Hey," Bakugo says, closing the door behind him, "what the hell's going on?"

Bella turns around, showing off the '87 on the front t-shirt, and says, "Louise got food poisoning, so she's out for tonight's performance. We'll figure something out, but it still throws us off course."

Bakugo lets out a sigh of relief, comprehending it wasn't anything too serious, such as something happening to Kirishima's mom. Either way, it sucks for them knowing they're down a musician, but after the events of last night between him and Louise, when she had a few choice words to say to him, he can care less how he feels about the platinum blonde-haired woman.

That night led to her asking some questions because of her so-called "curiousity" and claimed she noticed how he defended Lynnette last night, prompting her to ask him if the raven-haired woman mentioned anything about Linnea, her deceased mother. Not only that, a multitude of questions got asked. Ones such as whether or not the events regarding Lynnette and him happened, and each of them, the ash-blond male answered truthfully despite the judgemental gaze the petite woman gave him. The woman might stand five foot three inches tall, but her intimidation last night could even provide some girls a run for their money.

"I know you probably don't care for Lou much right now," Bella starts telling Bakugo, "but I was the one who advised against her asking you anything."

"Okay," Bakugo says, "but why did she do it anyways?"

"I don't know why she does it," Indigo answers, "it's obvious she cares a lot about the ones she has in her close circle, but she needs to tone it down."

"I'm not mad about what she asked," Bakugo reveals, "I'm more upset about the fact I saw her wearing the same jacket I got Kirishima for his birthday one year."

"What?" Indigo and Bella asked at the same time.

Bakugo vividly remembers Kirishima thrilled when he got them because the redhead dropped subtle hints like a kid wanting a new toy for Christmas. His reaction when he got them was one of the most incredible things Bakugo witnessed. The redhead was grateful, and he let Bakugo know multiple times because it was something he had wanted for months, but every time he tried to buy them, they didn't have his size. Kirishima treated that hoodie like they were sacred—hardly wearing it because he didn't want anything to happen.