"The set list's decided! Now there's nothing left but" - I began, and Bakugou interrupted me as our first real band practice began: "PRACTICE TIME TILL WE CAN KILL IT ONSTAGE!"

Our band was all formed up now. We only needed to pick a name. A band, with a real name.

"Electro Spark Kids!" Kaminari suggested.

"Midnight Funeral March," was Tokoyami's idea.

Bakugou snarled, "ME."

Yaomomo smiled and suggested, "Given that it's Class A putting this together, why not 'A band'?"

"PERFECT!" I smiled. "That's cute!" She's so adorable, seriously, when she's talking that way. She just makes me smile.

Anyway, we had our set list figured out. I had written our opener with Yaomomo's input, called "Hero Too" and the rest we were doing were other numbers we all knew. J Rock stuff, four on the floor beats, the songs on the radio we'd grown up listening too. That way my bandmates would understand, and everything would go easily -

"Kaminari, are you even paying attention?!"

"Of course I am!"

"You've got to handle the strings like this."

Kaminari had a hard time concentrating. Bakugou of course yelled at everything. Tokoyami seemed to be struggling to figure out the guitar again. Yaomomo, at least, was perfect. Bless her.

So the two lead guitars were the problem.

That first Saturday we ran through a couple times and I shrugged and gave them the best tips I could, but it didn't come through quite well.

"Bakugou, we don't really have room for drum soloing or improving here."

"How's that gonna kill it onstage!?"

"We need a basic beat, you know?"

I stayed up that night scribbling notes for them all, great tips on how to be better. Bakugou looked offended, but since we got a chance to practice in an empty classroom, we had more room. Yaomomo had brought in a thermos full of tea and was passing it around between us.

It was something she'd added the previous time. "Phew, that hits the spot!" Said Kaminari, sipping slowly. Bakugou drained the whole thing in seconds.

"Tea's tea! Though this one's a little sweeter than yesterday's."

"I should have expected you'd have a distinguishing palate, Bakugou!" Shed smiled at him. "Today's is a second flush Darjeeling, while yesterday I brought a first flush."

"First? Second? What's the difference?" I asked.

"First flush refers to tea leaves picked during Spring, while second means the harvesters waited until summer." Huh? She smiled at me. "Yours is milk tea, which should help protect your throat and singing voice. You mentioned some discomfort yesterday, yes?"

"Oh. Thanks…yeah, this is great," I nodded. Yaomomo finally started on her own cup.

Tokoyami was busy looking over the power cords and his Dark Shadow came out and shouted "Fumikage, gimme something to do!"

"As I explained yesterday, Dark Shadow," he said, "The stage will be lit up from all angles. Just the sport of place you cannot tolerate."

"But I'm the only one left out! I wanna do something!"

"Aww, why the heck not? We could use a third guitarist!" Said Kaminari.

I shook my head, "Our whole dynamic would be unbalanced, though. Maybe it could play bass instead?"

"No. That intricate fingering demands extensive practice. Dark Shadow couldn't possibly learn it in time," said Tokoyami.

"I wanna play!" The thing pouted. "Everyone else gets to join the School Festival!"

"Shaddup1" Bakugou snapped. "Was was wah, whining like a baby cuz you wanna play too? Why dont'cha bang on something then? That's a bout on your level!"

"Banging, percussion maybe?" I offered. "How about the tambourine? It's simple enough, and it could add a nice touch to our arrangement."

"Tambourine, lemme!" Whined the thing.

"In that case, just a moment," said Yaomomo, and she used her quirk to make one. Dark Shadow grabbed it and started jangling.

"Tch," Bakugou clucked his tongue at it. "Just don't throw off the damn beat.

"Aye aye!"