14Guitar Solo for Two.
It was a sunny summer day in Japan, it was bright, the grass was as green as it could be, the birds were chirping, it was the representation of the most perfect day to go outside.
So how did our favorite students decide to spend such a day?
Well inside of course, playing video games!
To add more context, at about 11 a.m. everyone was lounging out in the living room/kitchen area, most them were just chilling on the couch, others were just on their phones, watching tv, or making some food. This state of boredom was interrupted by Kirishima, "Hey guys, why don't we play some games today," he asked with excitement in his tone, naturally the rest perked up at the statement (except Bakugo) jumping at the chance to escape boredom.
Bakugo started to leave, scoffing at them, but what made him stop in his tracks, was a simple taunt from Mina.
"Guess, you aren't good enough to beat all of us!"
"…What did you say, pinkie," The spikey blond turned, radiating anger, with a murderous face, "Kirishima, plug it in, I'm gonna show you all who's boss!"
"Alright, it's a plan," Kirishima rushed to his room, bringing out a console and some competitive games, ranging from racing to fighting, "Guess its time to get this party started!"
The others cheered in unison, and grabbed their own controllers, the one catching everyone's attention was Aoyama's, since it was sparkling so much that they all had to grab sunglasses to tolerate it.
They started with a racing game, at least once the console was plugged in, and the volume was turned up to just thirty below max, in each round there would be the following four players, four because the screen clutter would be unbearable.
Round 1: Aoyama, Tokoyami, Mina, and Asui.
Round 2: Iida, Todoroki, Sero, and Shoji.
Round 3: Uraraka, Bakugo, Mineta, and Kaminari.
Round 4: Toru, Midoriya, Ojiro, and Koda.
Round 5: Jiro, Sato, Kirishima, and Momo.
It took a couple people thirty minutes to get accustomed to the game, since none of them really played it before, after that, the races were off. Ten minutes had passed, the winner of the first round was Asui, much to, specifically, Aoyama's dismay because he thought his 'shine' would triumph.
Another ten minutes passed by quickly, the winner of this round was Shoji, who had a bit of an unfair advantage due to his dupli-arms, but no one caught him cheating, it was then that the victory chants were interrupted by a sudden alarm. It was Midoriya's phone, who curiously looked at it when he pulled it out of his pocket, after processing what this meant, he informed his class mates of the situation.
"I'm sorry everybody I got to drop out," Deku stood up sighing.
"What, why," Iida asked.
"You got something going on today," Momo followed up.
"W-well yeah, something I have to take care of in my room that'll take up the next hour," Midoriya told them with some disappointment, but remained resolved, he really wanted to do this task.
"With you dropping out, that means we have an un-even number of players," Asui replied, pointing her finger to her mouth.
"Like I said, I'm really sorry, but I want to do this super bad," Midoriya stated, "I want to take care of this early, that way I can at least join in on the rest later."
"Why did you join in if you knew you had to do your task," Todoroki asked, "Also, what are you doing in there anyway?"
"Oh…well, it kinda slipped my mind," Midoriya rummaged through his hair nervously, "As for what it is, well…its private."
"You're going to do something dirty aren't you," Mineta smugly grined.
"N-no, I am not going to do anything dirty," Midoriya gave an annoyed look at the grape, "Just, don't ask why if you don't mind, I want to go ahead and get this finished, it means a lot to me."
Others began to protest further, but were cut off by Kirishima.
"Come on everybody, you heard what he said, let's respect his privacy," he turned his gaze at Deku, giving him a wink, "Whatever it is go ahead man, see ya when you get back."
Midoriya nodded at him, retreating to his dorm.
Then something unexpected happened, unknown to the rest of the group who started the next round, the green haired boy took a quick glance at Jiro with a smile, a glance that the rocker caught, much to his dismay. Midoriya's face turned red, as quickly averted his eyes, and disappeared into his room.
'What was that about,' Jiro gave a confused look at his door, but turned her attention back to the game.
Round three ended with Bakugo as the winner, everyone now nearly deaf from his victory shouts loud enough to shatter the sound barrier. "I'd say with that, we should take a small break before the next round," the red riot informed while rubbing his ear, "We'll start back up in five everyone, so take care of any business you got to handle."
Tokoyami, Iida, and Mineta had to use the bathroom, Momo had to go make sure she turned off her lamp light in her room, and Bakugo got a sports drink from the fridge, the others flipped the source back to cable waiting for the rest.
Jiro however, was still a little perplexed by Midoriya's look, she steeled herself to go to his room, when no one really noticed, she made it to his door but was prevented from knocking, hearing a familiar sound.
Guitar chords being strummed, and not just ones being listened, to these were actually there, the rocker's eyes widened a little at this revelation, she would've never pegged him as a guitar player. The riffs were far from impressive however, there was zero consistency or rhythm, she figured that he was only testing it out, 'This should be good,' she thought with a grin, leaning on the wall next to the door, then Midoriya spoke.
"Ok, seems to be going at one hundred percent," referring to his dark green, six string guitar (yes, really), "Now, to start the show."
With that, he started playing the opening tune to an older song, one he and his mom liked quite a bit, the song was Beast of Burden by Rolling Stones. Jiro didn't recognize it at first, she could tell it was older, something she wasn't against, and considering that she knew Midoriya would be into that kind of music, but soon figured out the song, after the next unexpected thing happened.
Midoriya began to sing.
"I'll never be your beast of burden," he sang softly, "My back is broad, and its hurting, all I want is for you to make love to me."
Jiro's was dumbfounded, not only was he playing guitar in a good fashion, but he could actually sing, sing in a way that made her admire his skills. He had a naturally beautiful voice, there was no screeching or any kind of problem for that manner, it was unreal, 'W-wow, he's something else entirely,' she thought as a smile formed on her face, he reached another verse.
"Aint I hard enough, am I rough enough, am I rich enough, I'm not too blind to seeeeeeeeeeeeee."
The girl couldn't help but tap her foot to the beat, the others arrived to start up the next round of the game however, forcing her to plug her earphone jack into the wall to still hear the marvel he was putting on. 'I feel bad invading his privacy, but with this kind of singing and guitar talent, I can't just pass this up, I'll probably ask him if he wants to have a jam session some time,' she thought eagerly, music was her bread and butter and she could finally have a jam partner.
Then it hit her, that's why he gave her a glance before entering his room, he was going to eventually ask her an opinion of his talents, 'Hm, well if he asked me now, I'd give him a B+, he's got a long way to go, but really good none the less.'
"I'll never be your beast of burden, so let's draw the curtains, and- *sigh*," Midoriya placed the guitar to his side in light frustration, "I'm getting better but, not quick enough."
Jiro's eyes lowered in sadness, her foot stopping its tap, 'He was doing so good for a first timer, what in the world happened, I guess he's a little self-conscious about his talent. I should just reveal myself and encourage him but, what was he doing it for that he has to get it done so quick?'
"My guitar needs work, and I shouldn't use this song for the presentation at all, it would make me look weird," Midoriya gave a depressed expression as he looked to his guitar.
'Presentation? For what, is he taking classes, and why is that song a bad choice, it's pretty good!'
"…I'll never get Jiro to like me at this rate," Midoriya feeling defeated.
Jiro's face heated up, her other earphone jack spasming a little, as her eyes went wide, mouth closed as to not say her thoughts aloud. Her heart began to tremble a little, as she clutched her chest, her face turned both nervous and overwhelmed by her discovery of his true feelings.
'What did he just say,' she thought in disbelief.
