The Music in Us

Chapter Fifty-Five

Todo's POV

"I'm so nervous! I can't do this! Oh god! I can't do this!"

"Ochako!" Tsuyu screams, grabbing Uraraka by the shoulders. "Get yourself together! This is no time to panic!" She shakes the brunette. "We are going on stage in one hour! One! And we have to be prepared! Now, pick up that microphone and sing!"

Tears are gathered in Uraraka's eyes as she nods, picking up the mic as told and bringing it to her lips. She takes a deep breathe in and a shaky one out.

"You get the limo out front... oo wah oo..." Her voice cracks as we all stare at her.

"Ochako... what the fuck?" Iida says exasperated.

"When I'm panicked or stressed I sing the theme sing of my favorite childhood shows!"

"Oh my god... we're going to fail..." Shin sighs, putting his head in his hands from where he sits at his drums.

"We are not! It's going to be okay, everyone! No need to panic!" My boyfriend's eyes are wide as he tries his best to keep a bright smile on his face. "Oh who am I kidding?!" His smile drops. "We're going to fail!"

"So sorry I'm a little late! The dance competition for ballet just ended and- what the hell?"

We all turn to look at Momo. "Momo!" Everyone screams (besides me) and runs over to hug her.

"Uraraka started panicking, and then everyone else started to panic, and now we're all scaaaared!" Tsuyu huffs, tears in her eyes, and Uraraka is the same as her.

"Whoa! Calm down! It's not like you guys have never been in front of a crowd before, Momo says logically.

I've decided to stay quiet about this all. I'll probably just make it worse.

"Yeah, but this is a lot more people!" Izu says.

"Yeah... it's not just the school and staff. People from all over came to see it. And! Recruiters," Shin says, standing next to Uraraka, Tsuyu, and Izu, who are still hugging Momo- she's not even fully in the room yet.

"This is a very big and monumental moment in our lives, so we can't risk messing this up at all!" Iida says, looking a little panicked as well.

"Guys," Momo starts, "it'll be just fine. I promise. We sound great, we've got all the songs and cues down, and we'll be just fine. Besides, we're probably only going to perform once or twice today. We'll perform more later on." Everyone seems to slump down, sighing in relief. "Just vibe with each other on stage, and everyone will love us, okay?"

They all nod, looking around and then hysterically laughing. "We were so freaked out for nothing," Uraraka cackles, holding onto Iida for support, who's laughing the loudest in my opinion.

Momo shakes her head, coming in and closing the rehearsal room's door. "Okay, everyone. Get your instruments ready and practice. We have a little less than an hour. Let's practice over and over!"

And that's exactly what we did. We rehearsed until it was ten minutes before we went on, because we had to go to the stage to wait.

UA has a big stadium where all the performances occur. It can fit a lot of people, and Izu has slight stage fright, so he's pretty psyched. Everyone else seems really excited at this point, and so am I. I really do love performing even if I don't look like it all the time.

We all hold onto our roses of our each individual color, trying to find a place for each one. Momo and Tsu our there's in their hair. Uraraka put her's on her hat. Iida and Shinsou pinned there's on their shirts. Izuku decided to put his on his belt loop. I on the other hand am going to keep it in my mouth the entire time.

"Izuku! Shoto!" We look behind us, and Bakugou is running towards us. "Good luck!" He says, hugging us tightly once he gets to us. "I know you'll do great!"

I feel Izuku relax into the hug, and so do I. "Thank you," we both say.

He kisses us both then leaves, telling us he'll be cheering for us in the crowd. Apparently his parents got there early to get good seats, so they're right in front.

We all breathe out nervously as the performer before us goes. Her name's... I don't know, but she has a cool aesthetic. I'm vibing with it.

She goes out and sings really well. Like... really good, and now I'm nervous.

Everyone cheers for her as she walks off. They stage hands set it up for us, putting our instruments and microphones out for us.

I look over at Izu, making sure he's okay, and I smile once I see the determined look in his eye.

They motion for us to go on, and low cheers go on throughout the they stadium. I see the teachers at the makeshift judges table, which is above the rest of the crowd. All Might, Mr. Aizawa, Mr. Hizashi, my dad (ew), and Midnight (she's one of my favorite singers no cap) are the judges, so it seems like we have a slight advantage... whoops.

We all go to our instruments quickly, making sure to not be too awkward. Izuku and Uraraka go to the microphones, and Izu speaks first.

"Hi! We're Rose Dreams, and we'll be performing for you right now."

We all get into position as Tsuyu starts off the opening.

"Hey, beautiful beautiful angel..."

I couldn't stop staring at Izuku the entire time. He came alive on stage, singing and dancing with Uraraka. He was absolutely captivating to watch, and I really hope he at least is recognized by a recruiter. The rose stayed in my mouth the entire time as well.

Once the song ends, the crowd cheers, and I look down at the crowd and see Kat clapping and hollering for us, making me smile bright. He looks up at me, and I wink at him.

"Thank you!" Uraraka says bashfully, walking off stage with all of us. The judges will get back with us once everyone else has gone, which will only be for another hour or so, since we were on the end of the performing list. Kat isn't too far behind us though.

We all squeal and high five and hug each other. "We did so good!" Iida says, hugging Shinsou.

"I know!" Izu yells, hugging them too, so then everyone joins into a group hug.

God... I really hope this works out for us. God knows we need it.

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