His Drumming Heartbeat

Volumes

Louise and Kirishima finish the same piece they debuted at the festival, already becoming a big hit where they are and a fan favorite amongst their fanbase. Bakugo initially thought they'd play only that one song. He sees Louise fix the hem of her white tank top by tucking it into the waistband of her high-waisted black skirt and then whispers something in Kirishima's ear, and he whispers back something. Still, he can't read his boyfriend's facial expression since his back is facing the ash-blond male, but the platinum blonde-haired woman nods her head and says something else before she and Kirishima stand next to each other once more.

"We want to try something new for you guys tonight," Louise says into the microphone. "We had this planned out before my friend Eiji had to go back home to be there for his mother, but we decided just now to do it since it's the last night of the tour. So tonight, we will debut something for you guys right here!"

The crowd erupts into cheers, causing Kirishima to be surprised, and Louise giggles into the microphone. "Alright, well, this song is a classic and a few decades old, but we're revamping it for you guys! Here's "Enjoy the Silence," everybody!"

A/N: Play the song now.

The song starts with a relatively eerie intro as Indigo plays the keyboard, filling the large room's proximity. As Louise said, this song is a cover of a classic hit from a few decades ago, so naturally, the crowd wonders where this song will lead, knowing this version is new to them. The keyboard instrumental part continues for a few more measures before the rest of the band joins in to play, the audience already loving how it sounds. Not easing their way in one by one, but all instruments playing in sync almost change the eerie atmosphere.

Bakugo stands and scrutinizes the performance from the side stage, noticing the glimpses Louise gives to him. Her expression changes when she looks at Kirishima, all smiles and pretending nothing's wrong.

'Words like violence,

Break the silence,

Come crashing in,

Into my little world.'

It's no surprise the audience's reaction is similar to the festival when the two of them first performed together. The fans fell in love with how they are as a duo, but the ash-blond male feels slight jealousy. The platinum blonde-haired woman and the redhead don't need to explain how much the two of them mean to each other; the ash-blond male can see it. They don't need to praise one another or present themselves; their actions explain themselves. On top of that, he can't help but feel uneasy with that look she gave him, knowing it speaks volumes.

"I wonder why they chose this song to play," Jiro pondered.

"Because it's a classic like she said," Midoriya answered.

"I bet this is how their "friendship" is," Bakugo grumbled.

"You're jumping to conclusions–" Yazoryouzo begins to say, but that's cut short halfway through when she notices the little wink Louise just gave to Bakugo, almost piercing daggers into him. "...I'm not the only one who saw that, right?"

'Vows are spoken,

To be broken,

Feelings are intense,

Words are trivial.'

"Tell me one more time," Bakugo says to Yazoryouzo, "that I'm overreacting about that," referring not to the lyrics in the second verse but to that gesture coming from the platinum blonde-haired woman.