His Drumming Heartbeat

🎇 Familiar Faces 🎇

"I think the second we get back," Bella begins to declare, walking alongside her, Melissa, Louise, and Midoriya, "we all should get started with lunch. Sound good?"

"Sounds good to me," Indigo agrees, following with Louise nodding her head and humming in agreement.

Idle chit-chat proceeds amongst them as they make their way to Sirens' tour bus, Midoriya feels he's going there against his will after not having a choice. He's in and out of the conversation as the walk proceeds, no clue how far along he has until he reaches the destination. He finds himself checking out his surroundings, looking at all of the different people here while the girls continue their conversation. He feels like some of the people here, he recognizes them once or twice before. Maybe because he saw them earlier today for Deep Dope's live show, or perhaps from last night, he doesn't know for sure. He highly doubts he'll run into someone he knows, besides the ones who are already here, for this isn't something his friends would see because of the distance.

"Hey," Melissa speaks up, taking Midoriya out of his thoughts by pulling on the sleeve of his grey t-shirt. "You okay?"

"Yeah, sorry," he starts to apologize, "what are we talking about?"

"Indigo's kid," the blonde-haired woman says, moving her glasses up a bit more, "the one she had at sixteen."

"So," Midoriya begins to ask Indigo, "you had a son when you were sixteen?"

"That's correct," Indigo replies, "I was rebellious back in the day, but having a kid made me change my ways. I'd do anything for him, for he's my whole world."

She looks straight ahead and sees her tour bus, and sees four people outside, three adults and one kid, enjoying the beautiful sunny weather. Midoriya sees Kirishima, and he's wearing a blue, loose-fitted tank top, black basketball shorts, and a pair of tennis shoes, sitting next to a woman with raven-black hair. She's wearing a white tank top with a metal band's logo right on the front, and her somewhat tan skin's showing off all ink on her arms, hands, and neck. She's wearing a pair of light-washed denim shorts showing off tattoos on both of her outer thighs, and grey flip flops showing off a rose tattooed on her right foot. Both Kirishima and the raven-haired woman have their long hair in a ponytail and watching a woman with very dark, yet very vibrant and wavy green hair and a little kid with silverish short hair chasing each other.

The woman with the wavy green hair has her hair up in a messy bun, exposing the piercings and gauges she dons on her ears. She's wearing a grey t-shirt, a completely different metal band's logo from the raven-haired woman's, black athletic shorts, and a pair of black tennis shoes. Her somewhat tan skin littered with tattoos. She looks frail but also has some muscle tone added onto her build. The little kid she's chasing around appears to be approximately six years old, wearing an orange t-shirt with a monster truck right on the front, charcoal grey shorts with matching orange trim, and dark grey tennis shoes on his feet. He's missing a front tooth, but that doesn't stop him from smiling as wide as he is.

"Austin," Indigo calls out to the little boy, "I'm back!"

The silverish-haired boy, Austin, stops to turn and faces Indigo's direction, at first confused about who called out. His smile returns once again and darts for the ashy-blonde woman, his arms open wide, screaming, "MOMMY, YOU'RE BACK!"

Indigo kneels to his level, and both exchange a big hug, both smiling widely. "I've missed you, Austin," Indigo exclaims, pulling away from the embrace. "Have Kirishima, Auntie Perse, and Auntie Lynn been taking good care of you?"

Austin nods his head, smiling brightly. He looks over at Midoriya, and asks her, "mom, who's the big tree next to Auntie Lou?"

Midoriya looks at Austin, lost for words as Bella and Melissa cover their mouths to hide their laughter, while Indigo and Louise are shocked by Austin's statement. Kirishima and the green-haired woman are doing the same thing Bella and Melissa are doing, but the raven-haired woman laughs hysterically and says, "that's the same thing I said! He's a tree with that haircut!"