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"HEY guys!! this is manami kore! for those that don't know, I'm currently trapped in the underworld. but don't worry, everything's all good. hope to see you all soon!!", manami smiled.

she then uploaded the video onto snapchat so that all her friends could see. immediately, the group text blew up.

artemis: UMMM KORE!
WHAT THE HELL ARE
YOU DOING IN...HELL?!

persephone ❁:
u-umm I'm...I
accidentally ate something,
and now I'm stuck here...

apollo: well guess you
could say that shigaraki would
hades for you to leave😃

kratos: denki, did you just—

hephaestus: bro, you should
apollo-gize😏

sero hanta: hephaestus, the god of fire and metalwork. he makes all the weapons that the gods and goddesses use. he wasn't at the picnic last time because he decided to ot.

apollo: AYYYY SERO!!!

ares: I should've blocked
you losers a long time ago.

persephone ❁:
katsuki don't be mean☹️

ares: STFU! DON'T TELL
ME WHAT TO DO!

kratos: bakubro, don't yell at kore.
she didn't do anything!

artemis: yeah!! kore's baby!! she
doesn't need your grouchy attitude😤

persephone ❁:
aww, thank you mina!!

artemis: ofc!! I gotchu bby❤️

apollo: GaYyY

hephaestus: smh, at least they
have each other. unlike someone

kratos: 👀

persephone ❁:
aww, I love you mina!!❤️
and it's okay denki!! we
will be together always....
as friends :)

ares: haha, you lame fucker!
you're gonna be forever
alone!!

artemis: yikesss!!
friend zoned👀
and I love you too kore!!
❤️💗😤✨🥳💗🥰

hephaestus: damn bro.
that's rough!

apollo: y'all are so mean!!
🥺kirishima, help a man
out please!

kratos: I'm sorry bro😔
but it's the truth man.

persephone ❁:
aww I'm sorry denki🥺
did I do something wrong??

artemis: NO NO!
KORE DON'T BE SORRY FOR
HIM!

hephaestus: yeah, I mean it's his
fault he can't get a chick!😂

apollo: excuse y'all! being single
is a choice!!

ares: yeah, a choice for others

hephaestus: 😳

kratos: 😳

artemis: 😳

persephone ❁:
😳

apollo: 😭 y'all are the worst!

just as manami was about to reply and comfort kaminari, kurogiri came to get her.

"miss manami, please come with me", kurogiri said after he knocked on her new bedroom door.

"is something the matter?", manami asked, getting off her bed.

kurogiri had also bought manami some new clothes on earth since shigaraki said the dark colors don't match her. he wanted her to feel as comfortable and normal as possible. thus, why she's currently wearing a pastel blue sweater and some white jeans.

"I believe that someone has come for you", kurogiri vaguely answered.

manami had assumed that it was her papa, but what she saw was shigaraki gritting his teeth at the guest.

"I'm here to take persephone back. where is she?", hermes asked.

takami keigo (hawks): hermes, the messenger of god. he has a decent relationship with hades and the rest, as he once borrowed the hat of invisibility to fight the giant, hippolytus.

"no", shigaraki bluntly replied.

"is everything okay??", manami suddenly spoke out, making both men turn to her.

"ah perfect!! let's go kore. your father told me to come get you back. plus shōta's been in such a depressing mood that it's causing famine to the humans", takami said.

"but I thought dabi said I couldn't leave??", manami said, looking at shigaraki.

"that's only if you ate something in the underworld", takami said.

"and she did. so go away", shigaraki said.

"I'm sorry. but aizawa promised me 100 buckets of kfc. so I ain't leaving until I take kore with me", takami said.

"hermes. don't test my patience", shigaraki scowled.

"w-why don't we just call papa??", manami suggested, taking out her phone.

the two men watched as kurogiri had already left to go do some duties. manami's phone rang, until aizawa picked up. she pressed the speaker so that everyone could hear.

"hey papa. just saying, you're on speaker right now. I'm with shiggy and takami", manami said.

"what's taking that chicken so long? and why are you not back yet?"

before takami could defend himself, shigaraki started talking.

"sorry, but your daughter's staying with me", shigaraki casually said.

"no she's not. zeus promised that she'd come back to me. unless you want the entire human population to die of starvation", aizawa threatened.

shigaraki gently took the phone out of manami's hand.

"I could care less if the whole population died. as long as I get to keep her", shigaraki muttered into the phone.

manami just waited as she started braiding a strand of her long white hair. it was quite hard since her arms didn't reach that far.

after about another 15 minutes of discussing, shigaraki handed the phone back to manami.

"the olympics are coming up. we'll be competing to see who wins", shigaraki briefly explained. he then looked at takami. "you can go now".

"will I still get my 100 bucket of kfc??", takami asked.

"if you leave right now, I'll give you 500 buckets of kfc", shigaraki coldly spat.

"aight! see you soon persephone!!" takami quickly left as he zoomed out of the underworld.

manami looked up at shigaraki.

"umm...so what's going on??", manami asked, confused.

shigaraki just gave manami a small smile. "we're competing for you at the olympics soon".

"oh....well then good luck!!", manami cheered.

shigaraki gave out a low chuckle. "shouldn't you be cheering for your papa, so that you can go back to him?"

"mmm, I want everyone to win!"

shigaraki lifted his hand up to pat manami's head, but then he stopped himself. he hesitated.

manami just looked up at him smiling. "hm? something wrong??"

manami then noticed shigaraki's hand hovering over her head. so she took it and held it, making shigaraki stiffen up.

"did you want to hold hands? did you not know how to?? is that why you were about to hold my head instead of my hand??", manami questioned.

shigaraki froze. there were too many question and too many things that needed processing in his brain.

"it's okay. I'll teach you how to hold hands. there's a lot of different ways. like this...and this...". manami demonstrated while shigaraki just watched in amusement. he never knew there were so many different ways you could hold someone's hand.

"I personally like the interlocked fingers", manami smiled, pulling shigaraki towards where kurogiri went.

she was hungry again, and she knew kurogiri would help her get some food.

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"what is tomura doing??", toga whispered to dabi.

both were currently hiding behind the wall, watching shigaraki sit on his throne and mess with his hands.

"is he...holding his own hand??", dabi asked, squinting his eyes.

"pft!" toga covered her mouth as she took a picture and sent it to manami. in these past few days, they've gotten pretty close, as they were the only girls. so whenever something happened or if something was funny, they would send it to each other.

"shit!!! my flash!"

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