High Hopes

Another homemade collage and this chapter comes with a music video.


Kirishima POV:


I let out a loud groan as I lay my head down on my arms. It was a uncomfortable position seeing that I am a 6'1 male laying my head down on a 3'6 counter top but I wanted to make a point that I was pouting.


"Aww poor Kiri! Should Mama Mina give you a hug?" My pink haired friend asked as she patted my head.


With speaking I nodded my head that was still buried in my crossed arms. She lifted me up then hugged me as I threw all of my weight onto my shorter friends shoulders.


"OMG! Kiri get off of me!!!" The moment of kindness was short lived as she shoves me off of her and bolted to my other friend panting.


"B-But Minaaa!" I cried, drawing out the 'a' at the end.


"Kami did you see what he did to me! He tried to kill me!" She shouted at our friend, ignoring me, as Kaminari burst into laughter.


I stuck out my bottom lip as I pouted again only for the chime of bells and a gust of wind signal that we had a costumer. Seeing that my friends were still being dramatic I turned around and threw on my famous grin. I was greated with a similar grin from a short boy around my age with green hair and freckles.


"Hello, what can I do for you today?" I asked the boy.


"Hi! I would like an Iced Coffee and..." he trailed off as he turned behind him to look at his friends.


"I would like the IcyHot Expresso." Said the monotone man with strange hair and an even stranger scar on his eye.


"I would like the Ingenium Tea please." A guy with an uptight expression asked as he fixed his glasses so they were siting properly on his nose.


The girl hanging off of his arm smiled brightly making her already pink cheeks a darker shade. "I would like the Boba Tea Float please!"


"And Kachan said he wanted black coffee but he likes it when it has a caramel drizzle, although he would never admit that." The green headed boy said finishing off the conversation where it started.


I smiled as I quickly typed up the rest. "What name should that go under?" The green haired boy opened his mouth only to be cut off my the guy with a scar.


"I got it Cutie." The freckled boys face lit up bright red. "Under Todoroki." He passed me his card. I tried not to show shock that he was a Todoroki. As in related to the famous business man Enji Todoroki. I swiped the card and passed him the receipt. I went to work on two of the drinks as Mina and Kaminari tackled the other three.


"Todoroki! You need to be more careful about using pet names in public!" The uptight man whisper scolded.


"I'm sorry, I couldn't help myself when he's being so cute." Todoroki whispers back.


I heard a loud sigh before the green boy started whispering. "They are right Shoto. You know what just happened to Kachan."


"Aww! It's true but I love when you guys show each other affection because you do it so rarely in front of us." The girl with brown hair complained a little loud.


I cut off there conversation and passed them there cups with a smile. "Here you go!" Part of me wanted to tell them not to worry since I was in the LGBTQ+ community myself but I ended up deciding not to since they were clearly trying to keep there relationship a secret.


They walked out with a couple 'thank you's and waves goodbye. Now time for me to pout again since we didn't get off till 8:15 and I wanted to go to our favorite bar now.


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Bakugou POV:


I fidget with my hearing aids for a second before I take another shot and let the bitter taste take over my emotions. Was drinking away my sorrows a good idea? No. Was I still going to do it anyways? You bet your ass I am.


"Kachan! We got you coffee!" My childhood friend sang out as he rounded to corner into the staffs work room. Luckily my hearing aids were up high enough to pick up his high pitched voice and I quickly turn them all the way up.


"Bring it 'ere." My sentence ends with a hiccup and I prepare myself for the speech I'm about to get from goody two shoes.


"Bakugou! It is inappropriate for you to get drunk just because your upset!" I roll my eyes and take the coffee from Deku's hands. In all honesty I meant to only have a little. I take a long sip of the dark coffee taking note that it is somehow better then normal. I place it down and turn to Deku again ignoring four eyes.


"Thanks for thivs." I lift the cup to show him what exactly I'm talking about.


He nods his head with a frown. "It's not a problem Kachan but you really shouldn't have anymore to drink."


I hum to let him know that I heard him as I took another sobering sip of the bitter sweet liquid.


We talk for awhile, mostly about anything other then the reason I called Deku and round cheeks here for (they both invited there boyfriends on there own accord). The same reason I was drunk (I'm mostly sober now). It gets to the point where I almost forget everything that's happening until I hear a loud bang.


My brows furrow at the noise and I stand you to walk to the front of my bar. Once I'm in the front part of the bar my stomach becomes queasy and I feel like I'm going to throw up but not because of my alcohol consumption.


The windows are covered in painted on slurs like 'faggot' and 'tranny' and the reason I heard a bang is because someone threw a brick in through a window. My heart feels broken as I look at the mess. I feel a hand on my shoulder as pink cheeks glides me to one of the booths and sits down with me.


I feel tears burn my eyes but I refuse to let them flow. She gives me a sad smile and turns away facing the group that's cleaning up my bar giving me the chance to let them out. Once I feel a sob threaten to escape I quickly turn off my hearing aids completely so I can sill act like they can't hear me cry either.


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Kirishima POV:


I let a sigh as I turn the sign on the door saying that we are officially closed. It was a long day and we ended up getting really crowded at the end of the day so we had to stay open for thirty extra minutes.


"Good job team!" Says our bright boss who has obnoxiously long blonde hair. I'm mean, my friends make fun of me for my hair being long but his is loooong.


"You got me there Mic." Mina says and I don't fail to notice the small grin that slips onto his face. He loves whenever one of us calls him by the name he uses for his podcast. He's actual really good at it so sometimes I wonder why he even owns this shop then I remember that he said it gives him brownie points with his husband because he can give coffee to him free. That's another thing I love about him, HE IS GAY!!! I mean, you don't find many gay people or at least openly gay people around here.


"Well you all have worked your butts off so go enjoy your Friday night, I'll see you Sunday. I'm going to go now that my beautiful husbands here." We wave good bye as he exits his small shop to get in the car with his husband. Just as he drives away a new car comes up that makes Mina and Kaminari jump up and down with joy.


"OUR BOYFRIENDS ARE HERE! They almost yell in sync as they scramble out of the shop. I watch from the window as they jump into there significant others arms acting like they haven't seen each other in years. I chuckle lightly and make my way out of the shop, locking the door behind me.


"Y'all are making me feel real single." I comment to my friends who are totally not paying any attention to me.


"They run out ever single time we pick them up like as if we left them." Sero says as he continues hugging Mina.


"And this one right here acts as if I was the one who left and pitches a major fit." Shinso wiggles his arm that is currently in possession of Denki.


"I do not pitch a fit!" Kaminari says contradicting himself.


I giggle lightly before moving to the car. The others follow suit and we load up. Shinso driving, since it's his car, with Kami in the passenger, Sero behind Shinso, Mina in the middle seat with me right next to her on the right. It's kinda like habit now since that's how we get into the car every time.


"Pass me the jukebox! It's my turn!" Mina shouts using the stupid nickname for Shinso's phone that Kaminari gave it. In all honesty I think that's the only reason Shinso didn't freak out when the nickname was given. Kami passes the phone back to Mina and she starts to scroll through Spotify. Her eyes light up and Sero chuckles lightly from where he can see the phone since she is laying on his chest. The music starts up and for some reason I don't recognize the song. Well that's until the first lyric came up.


Bleh!


"Oh my god! Mina!" I shout as my cheeks turn dark red. Oh course she picked 'parents' by YUNGBLUD.


I was born in a messed up century
My favorite flavored sweets are raspberry amphetamines


Once when I was drunk I decided I was going to be brave enough to sing karaoke at our favorite bar. Luckily for me my speech doesn't get to slurred when I get drunk. Instead I lose the process to think. I ended up singing the whole song and at the very end saying, and I quote,


"Thank you lady's and gentlemen! That song wrote for me because my parents suck!"


While my dad and mom were there for a birthday party. It's not like it's untrue though because they are extremely transphobic and homophobic. That was the last time I saw them luckily, on my 21 birthday.


I bought a car, Beretta age sixteen
I brush my teeth with bleach
'Cause I ain't got time for cavities


Mina starts giggling like the manic she is and I just roll my eyes. My friends are the worst.


My daddy put a gun to my head
Said if you kiss a boy, I'm gonna shoot you dead


"Come on bro! Sing for us!" Kaminari called from the front seat as he difficultly turned around so he could see my face. I rolled my eyes again and began to sing.


"So I tied him up with gaffer tape and I locked him in a shed
Then I went out to the garden and I fucked my best friend"


A grin eating smile was on my face and I just continued.


"'Cause my high hopes are getting low
Because these people are so old"


"Hey!" Sero called out. I had pointed at Sero during the last line due to the fact he was the oldest out of us. 27 while the rest of us were 26 or 25. I continued the song.


"The way they think about it all
If I tried, I would never know
My high hopes are getting low
But I know I'll never be alone"


Everyone was getting into the song at this point. Shinso even started to drum his fingers to the beat on his steering wheel.


"It's alright, we'll survive
'Cause parents ain't always right"


"Boooo! You can do better than that!" Mina shouted during the little music break as she threw fake popcorn at me.


"Drop a toaster in my bath, watch my mum and dad laugh
See a thousand volts go through the son they wish they never had"


Although Mina made her comment about my bad singing I could tell she secretly really liked it.


"They told me casual affection leads to sexual infection
But it's hard to get an erection when you're so used to rejection"


My voice was kinda raspy as I sing but that's what made my voice unique and good.


"Yeah, the teacher fucked the preacher, but then he had to leave her
Had to wash away the sins of a male cheerleader"


"I wish I was back in high school so I could be a cheerleader." Kaminari pouted in the middle of the lyrics. We all just rolled our eyes. He may be confident but he isn't that confident.


""Hi! Nice to meet ya, " got nothing to believe in
So let me know when my breathing stops"


Everyone in the car took a deep breath of air and I just continued the song.


"'Cause my high hopes are getting low
Because these people are so old"


This time when I pointed at him he didn't even complain because we were all too wraped in the song.


"The way they think about it all
If I tried, I would never know
My high hopes are getting low
But I know I'll never be alone"


Shinso took a quick left making everyone fall forward but even that didn't stop me from singing.


"It's alright, we'll survive
'Cause parents ain't always right"


This time there wasn't an interruption from Mina as we all did the "Aiy yah ah ah ta"s.


"Tick, tock, stop the clock
Because I got the feeling that I'm gonna get shot"


Kaminari did a weird dance thing that made us all laugh and furthermore causing me to come in late on the next line.


Tick, tock, stop the clock
"Because I got the feeling that I'm gonna get shot"


"Come on Kiri! Big finish!" Sero shouts and I put on my biggest smile.


"My high hopes are getting low
Because these people are so old
The way they think about it all
If I tried, I would never know
My high hopes are getting low
But I know I'll never be alone
It's alright, we'll survive"


Everyone's on the edge of there seats now, waiting for me to say the very last line.


"'Cause parents ain't always right"


I catch my breath as the song finishes off and my friends clap as if we were at a real concert.


"I can not wait till you finish college and become a professional singer." Shinso complements. Technically if I didn't skip two years for mental health and spend three years not knowing what I wanted to be, I would have already finished college like Mina and Sero. Kaminari is a high school drop out (I'm sorry I don't want to make him be but it works with the story line) so he never went to college in the first place and Shinso is going for his doctorate so he still has awhile at school after me.


I roll my eyes acting like the complement doesn't mean as much as it does to me. "Like as if anyone would want to hear me sing. It's a good thing I know how to make money off of working at a coffee shop."


They all chuckle at my joke as we file out of the car to see our favorite bar.


'Fuck You Too'


2646 words, not including this, and I am pumped! I'm going to try to make this book have really long chapter but I might not be able to upload as much but I will try.


Also I love the name I chose for the bar. Doesn't it scream Bakugou?


Thanks for reading!


Till next time
Meowz~

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