Femslash week 2018 continues! Hope you've all been enjoying these as they're being released, since I'm writing them ahead of time.
Prompt 2: Music
Disclaimer: I don't own My Hero Academia/Boku No Hero Academia
The more time that Momo spent with her newfound friend, the more she learnt about her and the interests that they shared.
Granted, this would be seen to be the norm for most friendships but having been raised in a different class from Kyoka, she was used to relationships being based around social status and the power that your family had. Whilst she didn't like to lord her societal standing over others as she felt that it played no part in who she was, it was certainly something of a culture shock for her to learn how people interacted based on interests and friendship.
Safe to say that this was a new experience for Momo.
"So, what hobbies do you have?" Kyoka asked over lunch, trying to ignore the noise being generated by the student body in the rest of the room.
"Eh?" Momo responded, her eyes widening slightly. "W-well, aside from studying, I like to play the piano every now and then…"
"You count studying as a hobby?" Kyoka smirked slightly, causing Momo's face to heat up in embarrassment. "Just kidding, girl. But piano?" Her eyebrows raised in slight surprise. "What kind of stuff do you play?" She asked, twirling one of her Earphone Jacks around her finger as she did so, an act which no matter how many times Momo saw it would still cause her heart to squeeze slightly.
Shaking off this feeling that she still wasn't sure what the cause of, she glanced upwards in thought. "I like to play some of the classical types of music, such as Beethoven's 'Moonlight Sonata' or Chopin's 'March Funèbre', but it depends on what I want to play at the time." She replied happily, enjoying the fact that someone was taking an interest in her hobbies.
"Wow, classical stuff, huh?" The punk girl's eyes widened. "That's impressive, ain't that stuff really complex?"
"It works best in a duet with a violin or a cello, but it can be challenging when attempting to play them on your own." The Creation Quirk user answered, "But I like to think that I'm able to play it fairly well by myself." Blushing slightly, she scratched the back of her neck with her arm.
"Wow…" Kyoka's eyes lit up at this knowledge. "I'd love to hear you play at some point…" She muttered, eyes wandering around the room slightly.
Tilting her head slightly, Momo saw what appeared to be a small blush on her friend's cheeks, but she chose to ignore it for the moment. "Do you have much of an interest in music, Kyoka?"
Her face going flush, Kyoka flailed her arms in front of her for a moment, sputtering nonsense in protest before locking eyes with Momo, both of them seemingly getting lost in each-other's onyx orbs for a moment before she looked down, grasping both of her Earphone Jacks and pushing them together nervously, once again causing Momo's heart to squeeze tightly.
"W-well… I wouldn't call it an interest…" She responded, her face still flush with embarrassment. "I g-guess it's kind of a hobby…"
"What instruments do you play?" Momo asked inquisitively. As much as learning about others through interests was a new experience for her, she was very happy to embrace this concept as much as she could. Besides, she found herself drawn to the girl in front of her and wanted to know more about her.
"G-guitar, mostly…" She replied, refusing to make eye contact as she continued to play with her Earphone Jacks. "I-I'm not that g-good though…"
"Guitar?" The taller girl tilted her head slightly. "I find stringed instruments so much more difficult to play, that's impressive!" She exclaimed.
"H-huh?" Kyoka locked eyes with the girl before her, her embarrassment clear to see, but it was clear to anyone watching that there was a spark of interest in her eyes. "I don't think it's that hard to play, piano sounds much harder with how much you have to move your hands and fingers."
Placing her hand on her chest, Momo nodded slightly. "Well, it's true that you do have to move a lot to play the notes, but I can't imagine it would be that different from how you move your hands when playing guitar."
"I guess so, but with guitar you only have to remember the specific hand positions to play specific notes, whereas on piano you have to remember which note corresponds to each key." Kyoka retorted, a small sparkle in her eye, indicating her enjoyment at discussing a topic with someone else who was seemingly as knowledgeable as her in the topic.
"That's true." Momo paused to take a quick drink before she continued. "But there is an equally large amount of hand positions to make those notes happen in the first place."
Nodding in response, Kyoka continued. "Y'know, if we wanted to be technical, a piano is pretty much a stringed instrument." She joked, causing Momo to snicker in return.
"Kyoka!" Momo exclaimed. "Let's not split hairs here." She continued to laugh, however, causing Kyoka to laugh as well.
"W-well…" She paused to laugh a little more, seemingly not caring about the attention that was being drawn towards them as a result of their antics. "E-either way, I'd still love to hear you play at some point." She finished, their eyes connected, with Momo being able to see how sincere she was.
Attempting to fight off that unknown feeling, Momo nodded. "O-of course! As long as I get to hear you play as well!"
"Y-yeah…" Blushing slightly, Kyoka twirled one of her Earphone Jacks around her finger again. "Sounds fun, Momo."
Momo didn't even have time to process the feeling of her heart fluttering as the bell rang, indicating that it was time for the student body to head back to class for the afternoon lessons.
And we're done! This was a little tough to write but I enjoyed it!
Tomorrow's prompt is Acceptance/coming out, so look forward to that!
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