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“... every day (uh, ha) that i woke up feelin’ this way..”
You know what they say about uni parties?
Actually she wasn’t really sure what they did say..
Wait, where was she?
Oh, right, parties!
You’d think it was the hosts of these parties that mattered if they were legendary or not, but nope. Not even CLOSE.
It was all about who attended them!
“...was you, I’d wanna be me too. I’d wanna be me too. I’d wanna be..”
Mina bounced on the balls of her feet as she half walked, half danced her way along the path.
The sun was shining, the birds were singing (maybe), and life was looking bright.
The self-crowned party princess was making her way down the path during her free period, man, she was glad she had actually planned her schedule around this.
A mid-day break to just be herself was so fucking important and needed!
Doing a little spin as the next song queued up in her playlist, Mina stopped so quickly she almost skidded off her feet, stupid loose path.
Why did she stop?
Well.. she could sense it.
Smell it…
Either love or a fight would break out nearby, and she was so there for it.
“... freezin’ outside, I feel my skin tight”
On a different path across the well kept lawn, two guys were headed for each other..
Neither of them were watching where they were going..
One, a massive wall of muscle with bright red hair. Even Mina could appreciate him, despite the fact she’s a certified lover of women.
The other, slightly shorter, blond hair, she had to admit it looked somewhere between a pomeranian puppy, and an explosion gone wrong.
Was she frozen in fear of the inevitable collision? No no no, Mina was excited.
This was the start to either the best love story in the world, or the hottest fistfight ever.
3.. 2.. 1..
Impact!
Collison happened.
The redhead, with his larger mass of gravity and stability, stayed upright.
The blond however seemed to have the trajectory to land straight on his ass.
But before that could happen, his arm was caught, and the two guys just stared at each other for a solid couple minutes.
When Mina was sure there wasn't going to be a fight, she decided to continue her bounce across campus.
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Striding into her last class of the day, still carrying herself with a dance in her step, Mina is ready to take on the world!
Or actually, it’s more taking over a classroom.. With her voice.. It’s a communications class, okay? This is one of her most important classes, she’d say, because who is a future politician without her words?
Yeah Mina was majoring in politics, someone had to show these men how it’s done, because clearly they don’t know.
…”T-T-O-G-O, you can take me hot to go, H-O-T…”
She plopped down in her seat, pulled the bright pink earbuds from her ears and stuffed them back in the charging case. A girl’s gotta have her music to move throughout the day, right?
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Days passed, classes were attended, homework was done, presentations were held, Mina was in her element!
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“...Three babies in the backseat singin’ to you! Hey DJ, won’t you play…”
…
Mina was just listening to her music as she was going on a walk, deciding to take a slightly different route this time.
This carried her past the music room, which currently had a window cracked..
“... and I stargazing
Intertwining souls
We were never strangers
You were right there all along!..”
Okay
Yep
That settled that
Mina was joining that band and no one could stop her
She ran to the door and slipped in, announcing her decision to join.
Inside she saw a tall sleepy looking guy with purple hair, a skinny guy with black hair that honestly looked like a stoner, and a suspiciously familiar blond.
The two first just looked at each other and shrugged, the blond needed a bit more convincing to accept it.
It did help that she could sing, play keyboard, and the occasional tambourine.
It didn’t take long for the blond to drag in a certain redhead. It was very hard to not squeal to see them together. Her Mina senses were right, love did happen at that impact on the pathway. Epic love!
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Mina didn’t really go into politics as she had planned right after uni, she was busy with the band, traveling around and playing gigs.
To her joy, Sleepless Nights stayed together. It was a weird hodgepodge of people, but they just worked.
Shinsou, the lead singer and guitarist, graduated with a major in Business Administrations, minor in music.
Sero, bassist, graduated with a major in pharmacology, minor in organic chemistry.
Bakugo, drummer, graduated at the top of his class with a major of advanced mathematics, minor in basically anything related to it.
Kirishima, second guitar and backup vocalist, graduated with a major in sports physiotherapist, minor in biomechanics.
And lastly but not least
Mina Ashido, graduated at the top of her class with a major in politics, minor in dance, obviously.
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It was getting late, they should really get to bed, tomorrow was their biggest concert to date and they did need to be at the top of their game. But this was an interesting conversation to witness from her spot upside down on the bed.
“I swear guys it’s like he’s always there, the guy must spend so much freaking money, just to come watch us perform the same set every time. He’s like our personal hype squad, I honestly think I’d worry if he one day doesn’t appear. Like did he get murdered or something?”
Ah yes, the blond twink that was always sporting the newest merch, who appears at every concert.
“You’re right, he is here a lot, I hadn’t noticed he was there every time, but hey I’m not the one a couple meters from him every night we perform. But if you’re worried about him spending more money, why don’t you hand him one of those passes you got for your dads? They’re too busy to travel around to attend, right?”
Always the logical Sero. He did shine this late at night.
“Shut the FUCK UP!” Bakugo screamed from the couch.
And of course, the resident rapid pomeranian, who was currently being snuggled to death by his beefy boyfriend on the couch.
Yeah it was probably a good idea to turn in, who would have guessed Bakugo would be the responsible one.
… yeah looking at his routine and schedule at uni, everyone would have guessed…
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Mina was pumped.
This was the biggest show to date. This was going to be EPIC.
Their usual entrance consisted of Shinsou stepping onto stage and getting the attention of the crowd, where the others would slip into their places. Tonight seemed to be different though, why? Well, Shinsou jumped off the stage!!
And Mina’s pinky sense was tingling, oh yes, this was love. It had been growing ever since their first concert, but it had finally collected itself into something tangible.
As Shinsou had his love story moment with the cute twink, Mina made sure to scan the crowd for any cute girls. She and Sero were the only available people in the band, and despite Sero being a good guy, Mina was a taco girl, not hotdogs. No matter how long the sausage is.
Yes, she’s seen it. No it wasn’t planned. Sero forgot his towel and decided to just walk out of the motel bathroom one evening right as Mina happened to look over at the door opening.
Yes she still had nightmares.
No Bakugo didn’t let it down, ever. Still mocking Sero for flashing the only girl in the band, and unfortunately for him she’s fucking gay. Hilarious, apparently.
Lost in thought Mina was yoinked back to present time by Shinsou speaking into the microphone.
“Hey guys, this is Sleepless Night, thanks for tuning in..”
This is usually when Bakugo would start the beat off on drums, somehow he and Shinsou had managed to create some silent invisible signal. But it didn’t happen..
Shinsou seemed to be hesitating..
Shinsou leaned back into the microphone and focused his sight on the blond in the crowd.
“This one goes out to my biggest fan, my first supporter. I don’t know where I would be without your support. You’ve been on this journey with me for 7 years. Thank you.”
Then the drums started, the cue for Sero to join in on the bass, Mina answered the call on keyboard, Kirishima swept into the harmony with guitar.
Shinsou took a visible breath before starting to sing. The beginning of this song didn’t have him playing the guitar, so all his focus could be on singing. And even from Mina’s spot slightly behind and off to the side, she could see that his eyes were firmly locked onto his little loverboy in the front of the crowd. Cute.
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It was an epic concert, the songs quickly picked up and the crowd went wild.
Okay maybe not WILD, since no one got hurt, but there were singing, screaming, maybe crying? Probably crying, yeah.
Bowing politely to the crowd with the other band members, Mina made her way off stage.
She didn’t miss Shinsou jumping off the stage again, but that was his story to tell later, she was just happy for him.
You go, Shinsou.
Get that rom com fanfic kind of love.