"YOUR literal dumbass can't even tie a tie correctly", dabi laughed at the struggling shigaraki.

"shut the fuck up! I'm not like you, who goes on a date every chance you have", shigaraki rebutted, frustrated.

toga and twice were already ready. they were going with dabi as a trio, while also spying on shigaraki's "hangout".

toga sighed as she urged twice to tie shigaraki's tie for him. it wasn't a full on suit, as homecoming wasn't that formal.

shigaraki just wore a white button up, black pants, and a black vest.

"there", twice said, looking accomplished.

"don't forget the flowers!!", toga reminded.

shigaraki picked the small boutique up. "why are they sunflowers?", he asked.

"because she said she prefers those over roses!", replied toga, who was applying more lip gloss.

"okay then. see you all later I guess", shigaraki said as he nervously headed out.

toga just giggled.

"man, he's one lucky fucker", dabi commented.

»»————-　★　————-««

shigaraki was amazed. he knew hoshimi was pretty but she was absolutely gorgeous now.

he watched her smile, walking over to him. he felt his pulse speed up a bit while his cheeks tinted a bit pink.

like she said, hoshimi wore a black dress. it was a simple one too. the dress was tight around the chest area and loose from the waist down. she wore golden butterfly earrings and had a matching necklace.

hoshimi's makeup was done by ashido, who proudly looked at the two from inside their dorm.

shigaraki couldn't say anything as he felt a lump on his throat. he shakily handed hoshimi the three sunflowers that were bundled together by some vine.

"oh thank you!!", hoshimi said as she quickly stuck them in a vase filled with water.

"r-ready?", shigaraki asked.

"let's go. I'll drive", hoshimi smiled.

the both of them walked out, leaving ashido waiting for kirishima.

little tomi was given to the best babysitter that shigaraki knew. kurogiri.

the two college students were currently at the drive-through of mcdonald's. because of how much hoshimi's been spending recently, she could now only afford mcdonald's.

"what are you doing?", shigaraki asked as the girl just looked at him.

they were parked in the mcdonald's driveway, eating before going back on campus for the dance.

"picking out the pickles?", hoshimi said, throwing them back in the bag.

"you don't eat pickles?"

"I don't eat a lot of things. pickles, brussels sprouts, beetroots, anchovies, and many more", hoshimi stated, taking a bite of her hamburger.

shigaraki looked at the girl. even when she was complaining, she looked pretty. some of her black hair strands fell loosely to the side of her face.

she groaned as it was in the way of her eating.

shigaraki promptly held the girl's hair. he always did it when toga complained about it when she was eating and outside was windy. and when shigaraki asked why she didn't use a hair tie, the girl responded by saying that beauty is hard and that he would never understand.

"o-oh! thanks", hoshimi smiled while continuing to eat. she was very appreciative as it was always a problem for her since she always seemed to lose her hair ties.

"okay, you ready to go?", hoshimi asked as her cheeks were stuffed.

she looked like a chipmunk, making shigaraki have a ghost of a smile.

»»————-　★　————-««

"woah!! is that the emo kid?"

"he actually looks kinda good....", someone whispered.

"oh shit! is he with hoshimi?!"

gossips were heard as hoshimi and shigaraki walked into the dance area. shigaraki started feeling self conscious as his blue hair was gelled back. it showed off his eye bags, crusty skin, and scars from his childhood.

"shigaraki", hoshimi said, getting his attention.

"hm?"

"I forgot to tell you, but you look very nice today", hoshimi smiled, looking straight ahead at her friends. she waved, walking over to them.

shigaraki stopped walking. he also stopped functioning. did she just say he looked nice? he was very not used to compliments. he didn't know how to react, so he just awkwardly tried to smile, making dabi cringe at the sight.

"woah!! is that shigaraki?!", kaminari asked, surprised.

"yeah! doesn't he look nice?", toga said, proud.

"hell yeah!", sero replied, grinning along with kaminari.

shigaraki looked at the people that were on the dance floor. even kaminari, sero, dabi, and toga were partying hard.

some were even grinding against each other, which made shigaraki grimace.

hoshimi offered her hand to shigaraki.

"wanna dance?"

shigaraki was reluctant. he's never really danced before and he didn't want to embarrass himself.

"come on!!", hoshimi urged.

shigaraki sighed and accepted her hand. at least he got to hold her hand again without having to ask or be weird about it.

hoshimi guided him to the dance floor. the music was very upbeat, making her wave her arms around. shigaraki hesitantly followed her dance moves, much to his displeasure.

he felt the stare of someone and looked to see dabi and twice cracking up. he scowled and discreetly gave them the middle finger.

suddenly, the dj changed the music.

"oh. a slow piece", toga smirked, wriggling her eyebrows at shigaraki, making him extremely uncomfortable.

"well. shall we?", hoshimi asked. shigaraki just nodded as his voice was not working currently.

hoshimi held one of his hands while placing his other one on her waist. she placed her other hand on his shoulder.

shigaraki.exe has stopped working.

he had never been this close to a girl before, unless it was toga. he felt his heart beating faster as hoshimi got closer. shigaraki awkwardly tried to distance himself so that she couldn't hear his erratic heartbeat.

"what're you trying to do?", hoshimi chuckled. she closed the awkward distance between them, swaying to the slow beat of the music.

shigaraki was stiff. he moved like a robot. you'd expect him to at least be better than iida, but it was not looking good for him.

"relax, shigaraki", hoshimi calmly said. she gave him her signature smile.

shigaraki furiously nodded his head as he tried to calm down his erratic heart. he closed his eyes for a moment then opened them.

he made exact eye contact with hoshimi. her brown eyes stared into his soul. it was entrancing.

it felt like that they were in their own world.

hoshimi's coffee brown eyes reminded shigaraki of a doe. it was very comforting. he felt his hands sweating less and his body soften.

shigaraki was dancing.

hoshimi's smile grew wider, making shigaraki return one back.

"you're doing great. thanks for coming with me", hoshimi whispered, still looking into shigaraki's red eyes.

once the music ended, hoshimi left to go get them some water. shigaraki just watched as the beautiful girl walked away.

he suddenly felt the warmth leave him and found himself wanting to experience it again. then, he realized something.

holy fuck, he had his first crush.