"N-NANAKO!! C-CHISAKI!! HE'S D-DEAD!!", midoriya yelled as he entered nana's chambers.

nanako spit out her tea, spraying bakugo in the face by accident. they were playing chess and he was unfortunate enough to be at the receiving end of the spit.

"w-what??", nanako got up, stumbling a bit.

nanako said he was going to die today but she didn't actually think it would've happened. she was half joking in a sense, but now, she regretted everything she said.

"t-take me to h-him", nana said, wavering.

midoriya complied and helped nanako up, taking her to where chisaki was. bakugo followed behind, along with shinso, kaminari, and kirishima. mina and ochako stayed in nanako's room since they didn't deal very well with deaths.

✿.｡.:* ☆:**:. nanako's pov .:**:☆ *:.｡.✿

I walked over towards chisaki's bed, where he laid. I checked for his breathing. no pulse.

my hand covered my mouth, tears starting to spill from my eyes. tomura, dabi, and another man stood next to me.

tomura patted my back gently, to which I had engulfed him into a hug. he seemed somewhat stiff from the physical contact but that was the least of my concerns right now.

sobbing into his chest, he slowly stroked my hair, trying to calm me down.

the man next to tomura was about to touch chisaki before I stopped him.

"stop! todoroki and midoriya...t-take care of the body. y-you both know what to do with it", I sniffled as I looked at them.

they both nodded before carrying chisaki's body away.

"are you okay now? would you like to have some tea to help calm down?", tomura asked in a quiet voice.

you must say you were somewhat surprised that tomura could be considerate. not in the mood to reject some tea, you nodded, accepting his invitation.

"kurogiri, set up the tea and bring it to my room", tomura commanded.

"yes sire".

arriving at tomura's chambers, dabi, kirishima, bakugo, shinso, and kaminari followed.

sitting down on the couch, tomura sat next to me, seeming to be observing me.

"you four can go now", I said, looking up at them with teary eyes. they hesitated before bowing and exiting the room.

"you too, dabi", tomura said. dabi nodded before exiting along with the other knights.

"so. you wanna tell me what you did with the body?", tomura asked in a nonchalant tone.

I stopped fake crying. "how'd you know?", I asked while chuckling a bit.

"it's not that hard to tell. if he were to truly be dead, you probably would've made a bigger deal of it. plus your fake tears weren't that convincing", tomura said matter-of-factly.

I looked at tomura's calculating eyes. 'he's smart, I'll give him that'.

"well?", he questioned.

"that's for me to know and you to find out", I smirked. 'I can't expose all my tricks to him'.

"hm. fine, be that way then".

I jokingly rolled my eyes. "anyways, where's the tea? are there biscuits too??", I asked excitedly.

tomura chuckled lightly. it was the first time I heard him laugh, or really smile. I felt my face heat up slightly. 'thank god he didn't seem to notice'.

"that can be arranged. anything else you want?", tomura asked.

before I could answer, someone burst through the door. she had blonde hair, tied in two buns and wore a black dress.

"PRINCE TOMURA! I BROUGHT THE COOKIES!!", the lady said.

looking over at tomura, he was calm, seeming to already be used to this. 'who is she...?'

"where's kurogiri?", tomura asked.

"he's bringing over the tea. I wanted to bring the cookies so I could see the beautiful princess!!", the lady said as she set down the cookies on the table.

she grabbed both my hands, holding them with her own. "nice to mee you, princess nanako! my name's toga himiko, but you can call me himiko!!"

"nice to meet you too himiko. in that case, you can just call me nanako or nana", I said while smiling.

"toga. let go of her hands", tomura said.

"but whyyyyy? her hands are so softttt!! plus, you like holding hands right, nanako??", himiko asked, giving me a wide grin.

"aha...umm...yeah I guess...?", I answered, unsurely.

tomura scowled a bit. "toga..."

"toga, come help me pour the tea please", kurogiri said while pushing a cart towards us.

toga sighed and let go of my hands. kurogiri had set the teacups on the table in front of us, waiting for toga to pour the tea.

once they were done, kurogiri excused himself.

"come on toga", kurogiri said.

"but I wanna talk more to nanako~", toga whined as kurogiri dragged her away.

"you can come visit me anytime you want himiko", I said before kurogiri shut the door, leaving me and tomura alone once again.

"so...do you actually like holding hands?", tomura asked, looking at me.

I took a sip of the freshly brewed tea. it tasted divine.

"I mean...I don't dislike it", I answered honestly.

"t-then can I..umm...hold your hand too...?", he mumbled out.

I almost choked on my tea. I set my teacup down and looked at him. his face was slightly blushed. seeing him somewhat embarrassed made me want to tease him even more.

smirking, I said, "hm. I don't know~". I pretended to think as tomura grew more tense.

"I'm kiddinggggg. of course you can", I said smiling as I voluntarily held his hand in mine.

again tensing at the sudden contact, he soon relaxed and gripped my hand. blushing, he avoided eye contact with me.

I picked up a biscuit and took a bite. savoring the sweetness. finishing the small treat with another bite, I picked up another one.

"open wide", I cooed as I somewhat force fed tomura the biscuit.

he took a bite and chewed, seeming to enjoy it just as much as me. 'this is the second time feeding him', I thought as I smiled.

our grip on each other's hands tightened slightly.

'I wouldn't mind staying like this for a while'.