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"SO how is it like up there?", toga excitedly asked. she leaned in closer to manami, but the girl didn't seem to mind, as she had no concept of personal space.

"umm...well there's a lot of pastel colors. recently, father got some of those fairy lights, and hung them around the columns. mm...there's also this big peach tree in the garden and there's many animals that come out and play with me", manami smiled, eating her rice.

shigaraki watched as the girl took the first bite. he probably should've told her the consequences, but part of him wanted her to stay.

"you guys should come and visit some time!!", manami exclaimed, grabbing some vegetables.

"I'm afraid that we can't", kurogiri replied, boiling some more fish balls.

"why not?", manami pouted.

"because your snobby—". toga elbowed dabi in the stomach, making him choke on some lettuce.

"haha, what dabi meant to say was that your father...has banned us from entering each others' realms", toga awkwardly laughed.

"oh. well...I'm sorry", manami pouted, taking her spoon and sticking it in her bowl of rice.

shigaraki felt an arrow pierce his heart.

"it's fine", he said, making manami look up.

after the semi-awkward dinner, manami got ready to leave. until she couldn't.

"w-why can't I go home??", manami asked, starting to tear up. she wanted to go back to heaven and have aizawa read her her bedtime story.

shigaraki started panicking as he wasn't sure what to say. 'would she hate me? fuck!'

"s-shigaraki?? why can't I go home?", manami asked. her bright blue turned glossy, coating with a layer of tears.

'shitshitshit!!'

"u-umm...", shigaraki hesitated. he couldn't. he couldn't possibly tell her that he made her eat something in hell to purposely keep her here.

"you ate something from hell. so boss gets to keep you here", dabi bluntly said, making shigaraki whip his head towards the male.

"s-so I can't go home to my father and papa??" manami fiddled with her fingers as she thought about not going back. it made shigaraki kind of sad to see her like that.

"on the bright side, you get to stay with us!!", toga cheered.

"mm...true", manami slowly smiled. if there was anything that her father had taught her, it was to smile through the pain and look on the bright side.

plus, there was still facetime right?

"then where will I sleep??", manami asked.

"of course in tomura's be—"

"the guest room", shigaraki interrupted toga, sending her a glare.

"okay!! then can cerberus sleep with me please??", manami requested.

cerberus, upon hearing his name, ran over to manami's side, jumping into her arms. thankfully he was in his small size, or else he would've crushed her.

"I suppose it wouldn't hurt", kurogiri said, preparing manami some pjs.

just as manami was about to say something, her phone rang.

"oops sorry!! please excuse me for a moment", manami said as she walked away from the group.

"moshi moshi??"

"KORE! WHERE ARE YOU?! YOUR PAPA IS FREAKING OUT AND SO AM I!!", yamada yelled through the phone, making manami pull the phone away from her ear.

"I...I'm with hades in the underworld", manami meekly replied.

"WHY'RE YOU—DID YOU EAT ANYTHING?!", aizawa interrupted.

manami felt her palms grow sweaty as she thought of an answer.

"u-umm...I-I-I had rice...andhotpot!", manami quickly said, shuffling her feet.

manami didn't hear anything for a moment, making her even more worried.

"SHŌTA! SHŌTA!!", yamada called out, making manami worry.

"i-is papa okay??", manami worriedly asked.

"he's fine kore!! he just fainted. I'll call you back later okay?" yamada quickly hung up, making manami turn back towards her new friends.

"well he didn't oppose to me staying here", manami smiled, awkwardly laughing.

"in that case, let me show you your new room", kurogiri said, gesturing to the south side of the main room.

manami nodded as she happily followed, still wearing shigaraki's dark blue cape. cerberus followed along as manami trailed behind kurogiri. she glanced back at shigaraki, who just gave her a small wave.

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after manami's shower, she wore the light pink pjs that kurogiri gave her. apparently it was borrowed from toga, so manami made a mental note of thanking her the next day.

manami grabbed her phone and saw the millions of texts, calls, dms, and snaps.

she texted back all her friends and called her papa. manami anxiously waited for him to pick up the phone.

"KORE! ARE YOU OKAY?! ARE THEY TRYING TO KILL YOU?! wait, gods don't die. ARE THEY TORTURING YOU?!", aizawa worriedly asked.

he rarely raised his voice, but when he did, you knew shit was serious.

"u-umm papa I'm fine!! they're all very nice and no one's torturing me. I'm sorry for eating, but I was really hungry", manami apologized, pouting and petting the small cerberus.

aizawa sighed. "as long as you're okay. let me talk to zeus and see what we can do. stay safe and sleep well kore".

"okay papa. you too! goodnight and love you", manami sweetly said as aizawa hung up.

manami sighed as she hugged cerberus. cerberus suddenly turned back to its normal size, letting manami lay on its stomach.

she tugged the blanket on top of the three-headed dog and set her alarm before going to sleep.

éna, dýo, and tría laid their head down beside manami as they also fell asleep.

"goodnight éna, dýo, and tría!! sweet dreams!!"

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