His Drumming Heartbeat

Former Flames

"Uraraka," Bella rephrases, crossing her arms, "who is that?"

"Midoriya's ex from high school," Jiro said, using her thumb to point at him.

Bella raises an eyebrow and smirks at Midoriya, making him get a bit flustered by how she looks at him and starts teasing him. "Someone's got a former flame here, huh?"

Midoriya didn't say anything and awkwardly chuckled to himself, giving the brunette the answer she hoped to get without him saying a thing.

"So what song are we talking about here?" Bella asked Jiro.

"The song name would be "Gravity," I believe," Jiro said.

"The song's pretty," Bella admits, "but are you sure you want to remove it?"

Midoriya ponders to himself, wondering if this is an excellent idea. Regardless, assuming how close the song hit home for him when the two of them broke up, he knows the lyrics were nothing more than a mere coincidence. It is not like the song is a haunting reminder of how he felt about her when they broke up. However, the similarities are striking, but how it affected him were the lyrics, and a specific part of the song did reflect on how he hoped nothing but the best for her when they lost contact with each other.

"Alright," Midoriya begins to say, "keep the song, and hopefully, all goes well."

The two women shrug to themselves, wondering what led him to change his mind, but don't bother asking for the sake of not wanting to know for whatever reason. Plus, feeling like if they try to pry it out of him, it'll lead to much pointless mumbling when Jiro is nearing the time to perform.

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Already reaching the end of their setlist, the band has one more song to go. At this tour stop, the audience seems to be more engaging towards their music, singing along more than the last stop. Bella would call this "home turf advantage" for any starting band when they tour a familiar spot with familiar artists. Jiro strongly believes this because the group is closer to home than any other tour stop and close enough to their high school.

Bakugo notices how close Uraraka and Iida are throughout their set, piquing his interest in whether or not something is going on between his former classmates. He knows Midoriya was very close with them back in high school---they always sat together during lunch---but after high school, he has no idea what happened to their little friend group besides the green-haired male and the short brunette breaking up for some reason. He knows the cause, but it doesn't emerge throughout the show.

"We're going to try something new tonight," Jiro says to the audience. "We wrote this song back in high school, and I hope you guys can relate to it now as we did back then."

A/N: Play song now.

'Do you remember feeling invincible?

When there was trouble, it was us against the world.'

In the first verse, the third line of lyrics has Yazoryouzo harmonizing with Jiro, who stands next to her as they share the mic stand as Tokoyami plays the guitar, and Kaminari, who waited for his cue, joins in. However, Bakugo's part doesn't start until the chorus hits, so he's sitting there glimpsing over the number of people there, and by the looks of it, they seem to be enjoying the song. He glances around to see where Uraraka and Iida are, wondering what the two are thinking as the music plays out before his cue to start playing.

Uraraka watches the performance unfold as a familiar feeling creeps up inside her. She looks over in the direction where Midoriya would be, trying to figure out if there's a reason behind this song getting included in the setlist for tonight's performance or if this is a mere coincidence. Iida truly believes this could be a coincidence, but knowing his friend too well, a piece of him thinks there is a hidden meaning behind this song's inclusion.