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MIDORIYA had left with theseus, but not pirithous.

"where did chisaki go?", shigaraki questioned dabi and toga.

dabi held his side while toga was straight up knocked out.

"h-hercules came and rescued him. but when he tried to free kurono, the earth shook", dabi explained, picking toga up.

shigaraki looked over at manami, making her give him a small, awkward smile.

"hehe...".

shigaraki just sighed. "let's go".

manami followed, continuing to hold shigaraki's hand as they headed towards the chariot.

"tomura, where are we going?", manami asked, getting on the chariot with shigaraki's help.

"earth".

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shigaraki and manami walked through the city, making many people stare at the beautiful god and goddess.

rarely did anyone ever have as fair of skin as they did. some even asked to take pictures as their beauty was truly gorgeous.

"oh wow!! there's so many interesting things!!", manami said as she started to run around.

"kore wait!", shigaraki called out, running after manami. he then stopped once he saw her walking into an arcade.

"what is this??", manami asked, pointing inside the big box.

"it's a claw machine. if you can grab the prizes, you get to keep it", shigaraki briefly explained.

"how do I grab it?", manami questioned.

"like this". shigaraki entered a coin into the machine. grabbing the joystick, he positioned it to where he could grab the plush.

in a mere minute, the little plush turtle fell through the hole and into the tunnel, allowing manami to grab it.

"awww, it's so cute!! I should name it after you!!", manami smiled.

"please don't", shigaraki cringed.

manami then looked around and found a colorful shop. she quickly ran there and grabbed what she thought looked good.

"I'll take this, this, and this!!", manami smiled at shigaraki.

"kurogiri might get mad if you buy so much candy", shigaraki warned.

"aw man". manami pouted as she put all the candy back. shigaraki held her hand, walking out the store so that she wouldn't run away again.

"what's that??", manami asked, pointing at a train that was going up, down, and upside down.

"a rollercoaster. it's kind of scary, I don't know if you'd want to—"

"LET'S GO!!", manami yelled, pulling shigaraki along. they waited in line as shigaraki paid.

once they both were secured in their seats, manami started to sweat.

"w-wait...I-I didn't realize how high and fast this goes!!", manami said, feeling her tears brim her eyes as the rollercoaster started to slowly climb up the tracks.

"but we can't get off now", shigaraki said, looking over at manami.

manami gripped on tighter to the bar that was keeping her from falling.

"b-b-but I'm gonna fall", manami whined. she pouted as her eyes become glossier by the second.

"you're not. it's very safe", shigaraki comforted. he then grabbed manami's hand, squeezing it.

"you promise??"

shigaraki nodded. that is, until the rollercoaster started falling, yeeting down the railing at an inhuman speed.

"kYaAAaaaAAAAAaAaaaaaAAAA!!" manami screamed, closing her eyes. she then squeezed onto shigaraki's hand tighter.

after turning upside down three times and dropping down from another high point, the coaster finally arrived back at the starting point.

manami felt her face turn numb as her entire body shook. shigaraki got up, helping poor manami off the coaster.

"are you okay?", he asked, draping his cape over manami's shoulders. she just nodded, latching onto shigaraki's right arm.

they walked out as manami saw a cute café. "tomura, can we go in there??"

shigaraki looked up to see the pink café.

"sure, why not".

manami sat in front of shigaraki and ordered hot chocolate with a slice of rainbow cake. shigaraki got black coffee with 2 shots of expresso.

"can I try it??", manami asked, pointing to shigaraki's coffee.

"it's bitter, are you sure—"

manami took a swig of the dark coffee, coughing a bit at how disgusting and flavorless it tasted.

"you like this stuff?", manami questioned, making a weird face.

"well, it's better than your sprinkled rainbow cake", shigaraki retorted.

manami gasped. "don't insult her like that!"

she then laughed as shigaraki gave her a smile. after shigaraki paid again, manami looked at him confused.

"you have to pay??", she asked.

"of course. nothing's free".

"yeah, but back in heaven, everything was free!!", manami protested.

just as shigaraki was about to say something, a man came up to the both of them.

"hey cutie! did you fall from heaven? because you—"

"I did! how'd you know??", manami excitedly wondered. perhaps this man was also someone from heaven. how exciting!!

"I didn't even finish my pick up—"

"we're leaving", shigaraki growled, pulling manami along.

"wait tomura!! why'd we leave? maybe that man is also one of us!!", manami smiled.

"he isn't. now let's go—"

"how do you know?"

totally ignoring manami's dense question, he pulled her into a shop.

"woah! look at all these rings!!", manami exclaimed.

"welcome to athena's jewelry!", a young woman greeted.

"I didn't know momo had her own jewelry store", manami said, looking at shigaraki.

shigaraki just sighed. "yeah, I didn't either".

shigaraki looked around, while manami just pointed at everything she thought was pretty. which was basically every piece of jewelry in the store.

"may I ask what the occasion is?", the saleswoman asked.

"oh! we're engaged!!", manami happily replied, making shigaraki choke on his saliva.

"wonderful!! what style are you both looking for?", she asked.

manami thought for a bit. shigaraki just waited and watched, as he's never really bought anything. kurogiri usually did all the talking.

"mm, simple and elegant. gold??"

"I have this beautiful gold set of rings", the woman smiled, bringing them the said item for them to check out.

"wow!! look at this engraving tomura!! it's way better than that rock I gave you".

the saleswoman looked over at the "couple" concerned.

"we'll take it", shigaraki said, pulling out his wallet that manami never knew he had.

"o-oh perfect!! I'll have it wrapped up immediate—"

"no need", shigaraki said as he took the gold wedding ring with a diamond on it and slipped it onto manami's ring finger.

manami did the same, clapping as she looked up at shigaraki. once shigaraki paid, the two left the store. holding hands, with manami swinging their arms.

"we're engaged!!", manami happily sung, as they walked down the street.

"we just skipped the whole dating process", shigaraki stated.

"huh? I thought dating came after engagement". the "couple" suddenly stopped walking.

"wait".

"oh well!!" manami continued skipping, pulling shigaraki along. skipping one step wasn't that big of a deal right?

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