His Drumming Heartbeat

Parties

"Alright, you bastards," Bakugo begins, glass raised, "here's to start another kick-ass tour!"

"And our first official tour after signing to a label," Jiro added.

"YEAH," everyone exclaims.

A high-end bar around Tokyo holds the tour kickoff celebration. The finest liquor pouring out of glass bottles, music playing in the background, and some bandmates' closest friends come out to celebrate the occasion. All of them dressed up in nice clothes for the event, drinks shared, and many jokes will follow.

"This'll be a great time for us to make some memories to replace the lost time between us," Kirishima suggested to Bakugo.

"I'm more than ready," Bakugo smiled.

Kaminari, who hasn't told Bakugo and Kirishima about the whole photo fiasco with Mineta, looks noticeably uncomfortable hearing the two of them talking like a couple. Jiro noticed the discomfort coming from Kaminari, so she pulls him to the side, away from everyone else, to speak with him.

"Okay, Denki," Jiro begins, "what's on your mind?"

Kaminari hesitates to explain what's on his mind, wondering if Jiro will be hurt, knowing he agreed to something as stupid as taking photos of his friend for easy money, but knowing Tokoyami talked to a friend about suing Mineta, maybe he'll be okay. He needs to tread the water lightly and make sure he doesn't say something he'll regret later. "Well, you see," Kaminari starts, "remember when Bakugo said I should talk to Mineta about the shit he pulled back in high school and how close I am to him?"

Jiro nods her head, remembering their friendship that was a terrible idea from start to finish.

Kaminari continues, "I did talk to Mineta, and I don't know how it happened, but I agreed to take photos of Bakugo and Lynnette for easy money."

"That doesn't sound too bad," Jiro consoles, "but what kind of," Jiro trails off, looking at Kaminari's facial expression, and it all makes sense to her. "Oh... those kinds of photos, where they're alone and doing something I cannot discuss in public, right?"

"Yeah," Kaminari awkwardly admits, "I'm not proud of it either."

Jiro looks at the golden-haired boy with disappointment. Clueless on why he would agree to something illegal. "Why did you agree," Jiro asked.

"...he said with the money I could make, I could give you something to prove how much I care about you," Kaminari muttered.

Jiro's shocked to hear something like that come from Kaminari. They broke up a year ago because they didn't think it'd work out, and the feelings were mutual, or so she presumed after all this time.

"I don't know why I agreed," Kaminair sulks, stirring his drink with the thin black straw, "he called my jacket sleazy and an eyesore."

That caught Jiro's attention, and she couldn't help but laugh out loud enough to startle Kaminari. He looks at her with concern, not only because it's sudden, but only because it's a rarity to hear her laugh a specific way. After catching her breath, Jiro sets her drink down onto a nearby table and pulls Kaminari into a hug, startling the male because this isn't the kind of reaction he expected.

"Sero told me already," Jiro admits, "and he also told me you told Tokoyami, who explained to Tamaki about the situation, too."

"That bastard," Kaminari cussed.

"It's fine," Jiro pulls away from the hug, a smile on her face.

"So," Kaminari begins, "you're not mad?"

"Mad at the fact you agreed but relieved you did talk to someone about this," Jiro smiles. She cups Kaminari's cheek and looks at him in the eyes, whispering, "maybe, we can give us another chance once this tour is over, but you need to talk to both Bakugo and Kirishima about this... preferably at the same time."