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Tokoyami didn't like the limelight

He never did

It might have something to do with his quirk mutation

Being in the spotlight never made him comfortable

That's why he decided that when he would become a hero he wouldn't be as open to it as hero's such as all might

He wasn't obsessed with becoming the number one hero like certain students that were his classmates

No, he would stay in the shadows taking care of the crime within the darkness of the night

It fitted him so perfectly

And it was another reason why he wouldn't be auditioning to the schools yearly musical

Hamilton

It was a musical that had dramatic highs and lows, taking in revolution, a sex scandal, blackmail and death in a duel at the hands of the US Vice President

(Not getting into the whole story Incase some people want to watch it for themselves)

And although tokoyami did enjoy all the themes it presented (except the sex) he did not want to be a part of it

If they needed his help with instruments or lights he would offer his services

But no, there was no way he would take part in it as an actor

That is, that was what tokoyami had decided on before the night before casting started

With everyone talking about Hamilton it got the songs stuck in his head

So in the middle night due to darkshadow pestering him about how he should take part went downstairs to make himself a midnight snack

However, a certain song got stuck within his head and whilst chopping up some apples started singing softly

"The story of tonight"

His voice was like angels, low but heavenly, his words never trailing or stuttering

He was so lost in what he was doing that he did not notice all his classmates watching his private performance

Stunned at the beauty of his voice that they could not help but stare

Especially momo and Iida who were the casting directors

At that moment both of them agreed

That found the perfect Hamilton

Tokoyami was going to be so pleased

That was what they thought he would be at least

"Absolutely not" tokoyami growled, trying to keep his anger to a simmer

The auditions hadn't even taken place

And when tokoyami has entered the classroom he had a crowd of students staring and smiling at him

"What are you staring at, do I have anything on my beck ?" Tokoyami had asked as he wiped any remainder of breakfast he believed was still there

"Nope, it's something much better," Mina said mischievously

Now tokoyami was curious, he was confused at first but that comment made him intrigued

"And that would be?" Tokoyami questioned, a bit of excitement in his voice

"Due to a secret audition last night we decided that it would be perfect that-" momo started explaining happily before Kirishima burst out

"You got the lead role man"

Tokoyami stared at his classmates with disbelief

Everyone took this as a good sign

"Congrats dude" kiminari said as he slung his arm around tokoyami's arm

"Here are your lines and Mina is in charge of you're costume and-" Iida started explaining before being interrupted by the bird in question

"I decline," he said gruffly staring at the floor

Kiminari unhook his arm, feeling tokoyami's body shake

And he knew it wasn't out of excitement

"But tokoyami you're voice is too perfect for the part and-" ochaco tried to convince before tokoyami's head snapped straight into view

His eyes seemed to glow with anger, his eyes daggers

"You spy on me during the night and start saying I have a part that I hadn't even asked for nor wanted, do you know how disturbing that is?" He asked with his hands on his hips

Hearing out what they did made them realise that it did sound quite creepy

But even though their actions were wrong

they knew that tokoyami being the lead was not

"We're really sorry tokoyami, but we know what we saw, the musical wouldn't be right without you" momo pleaded

"You haven't even held auditions for the others, so you can't say that without testing them," he said as he marched to his seat

His eyes closed and arms folded

His signature move that meant "leave me alone"

Everyone sighed, they blew it and now they had to find a voice that was good as tokoyami's

Which they found as they finished auditioning

Was impossible

"This is hopeless, we found a good King George III, Charles Lee, Peggy Schuyler but not one Hamilton" Iida humphed

"You forget We've already found one," Jiro said who was controlling the lights and sound

"And you forget we blew that up, he doesn't want to do it" Iida replied

"We just need to convince him somehow," momo said tapping her chin

"(Sigh) there's nothing we can do, he was extremely peeved of that we spied on him, a big cross into someone's privacy" Iida continued

"We could try apologising, without wanting anything in return," momo said sympathetically

But even if they did try to apologise, tokoyami would know it would be because they want him to be Hamilton

But he did know that if his friends needed him he would be there

Even if he was hiding in the shadows listening in to the conversation

He knew it was hypocritical

But he wanted to know how his friends were getting on

After the anger simmered he decided that he wanted to hear out what they had to say

He had never shared his voice to anyone

And a little part of him felt happy that they thought it was good enough to be the role

And hearing that they were struggling was not what he wanted to hear

(Ok maybe a tiny bit for karma)

He knocked the open door to signal to the others someone was there

"Oh, tokoyami" momo gasped

"Listen, I don't take it kindly when people stare at me or invade my privacy, but as long as we agree that this never happens again, I could consider taking your offer of the Hamilton role" he sighed with a slight smile

"Oh, tokoyami you won't ever regret this" momo said happily coming up to hug the raven head "and you don't have to worry us ever doing anything like that to you ever again" she finished with

"Ok, let's get to work" Iida began to say before tokoyami shouted, "Wait!"

"What's up?" Jiro asked

Tokoyami stared at the floor in embarrassment

"I, I'm not used to being in the spotlight, and well, I have a bit of-" tokoyami tried to explain but couldn't finish, embarrassment swelling up that he had to stop

"Stagefright, don't worry tokoyami I know how to deal with it, I'll help you," Jiro said happily

Tokoyami couldn't help a small smile appear on his beck

With the support of friends

The musical went off without a hitch

Students and teachers of the rest of U.A were flabbergasted with the performance

And in the end, the amount of applause and cheers were deafening

And tokoyami decided that maybe being in the spotlight wasn't that bad