hold your breath//Shota Aizawa

Chapter 15; Nothing happens in this Chapter ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

"Oh this looks so cool." Tomo gaped as they met up at the bar the next day to get ready. Keitsu's hair was now black with dark blue at the roots.

"All thanks to the Color Queen over here." The hero gestured towards Maki, who mockingly bowed. Setting up their equipment took a while but they managed to get ready by the time the bar opened at 6 pm.

Two hours of playing went by, with a few breaks in between, when the trio of teachers walked into the establishment. Their eyebrows went high as they took in Azumi's new look. He smiled at them and winked. Dai noticed the sudden attention shift from his best friend and spotted the three quickly. They finished the song they were currently playing and Dai turned to Keitsu.

"Wanna show off?"

"Sure...?"

"LP, Lost On You." Dai said to the rest of the band and Keitsu grinned. It was one of the few songs where his bass really shines through. "And you're singing." The grin slid off his face very quickly.

"What? Maki sings that."

"You've got the emotions for it right now! We have to milk that shit." Maki chimes in, leaning away from her microphone. Kei turned to Tomo for help.

"What? They're right. Or you wanna go talk to him with normal words?" Keitsu was left speechless.

Meanwhile, Shota watched as the four musicians on the small podium bickered over something. Sometime in the argument Keitsu shed his denim jacket and took a long drink out of his water bottle, as if preparing for something. Shota couldn't help but watch his Adam's apple bob.

"Here's your drink." Hizashi sat opposite him and Nemuri and slid their drinks to them. Then he turned to the stage. "I kinda dig his new look. What about you, Sho?" The blonde turned to his friend when he didn't get a reply and found him staring at the bass player with intensity. Hizashi and Nemuri exchanged glances. Then the bass guitar started playing.

"When you get older, plainer, saner

will you remember all the danger we came from?" Keitsu's brows were furrowed in concentration, praying that he wouldn't mess up the groove or the vocals. "Burning like embers, falling, tender.

Longing for the days of surrender years ago.

And will you know?" Deep breath in. Come on, Kei, it's not that high!

"So smoke 'em if you got 'em 'cause it's going down.

All I ever wanted was you.

I'll never get to heaven 'cause I don't know how." Shota watched with fascination as Keitsu's eyes subtly checked the frets his fingers were between. Ketisu leaned away from the microphone slightly before the chorus began. "Let's raise a glass or two to all the things I lost on you.

Oh-oh~

Tell me are they lost on you?

Oh-oh~

Just that you could cut me loose.

Oh-oh~

After everything I've lost on you.

Oh-oh~

Is that lost on you?" Keitsu was painfully aware how he was curling his bottom lip in at the 'Oh's.

"Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh~

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh~

Is that lost on you?

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh~

Baby, is that lost on you?

Is that lost on you?" He didn't get a chance to calm down from the chorus because the second verse started right away.