"WHO'S the lucky guy?", shimura asked.

"h-huh? what do you mean?", hoshimi asked.

"I might be old, but I'm not blind yet. you're clearly dressed to go on date later, aren't you?", shimura chuckled.

hoshimi blushed a little. she indeed was dressed too fancy. hoshimi wore heels, earrings, and a tight maroon dress under her white coat.

"haha...yeah. midterms are finally over so we can start spending more time now", hoshimi smiled as she helped shimura into her wheelchair.

"oohh, do tell me about this guy that you're seeing", the old woman smiled.

"ah, well there isn't much to say. he's very quiet and I think I'm starting to crack open his shell", hoshimi said, pushing the wheelchair into the garden.

"I see, that's good to hear. I'm sure he's a great guy. you should bring him over some time", shimura said.

"sure!! I'll see when he's free", hoshimi smiled.

after bringing the old woman back to her room, hoshimi went to go check on chisaki. he seemed to be sleeping so hoshimi just did a quick checkup of everything before heading out the door.

"where are you going?", chisaki suddenly asked, making hoshimi jump out of her skin.

"h-huh?"

"I asked where you were going...dressed like that", chisaki repeated, mumbling the last part.

"oh! just a date. I'll see you tomorrow chisaki-kun", hoshimi smiled as she left.

"I see...", chisaki mumbled as he looked out the window. he sighed as he thought about the girl going on a date with some guy.

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"you look great", shigaraki complimented as hoshimi got in the car.

"are you saying I usually don't look great?", hoshimi fake gasped.

"n-no no!! w-what I meant was—"

"I'm just kidding tomura", hoshimi laughed. "now, where are we going?"

shigaraki just smiled. he was also dressed in a tux, with a maroon tie.

"you'll see", he said as he drove to a fancy restaurant.

shigaraki opened the door, letting hoshimi walk in. hoshimi looked around. there were many glass chandeliers, waiters and waitresses in suits, and high class people.

"a reservation for shigaraki", shigaraki said.

the man looked through his little notepad.

"right this way sir and ma'am". the man led shigaraki and hoshimi up to one of the tables, first serving them some ice cold water.

"what's the occasion?", hoshimi asked.

"u-umm....t-to celebrate finishing all your midterms!", shigaraki said, as he picked up the menu.

after ordering two steaks and some champagne, hoshimi took out her credit card, offering to pay.

"sorry ma'am, but mr. shigaraki already paid while picking out the dessert", the waiter said.

hoshimi pouted at shigaraki, stuffing her card back in her wallet. shigaraki gave her a small smile, feeling accomplished.

hoshimi took a spoon and cut into the chocolate cake that shigaraki ordered. she held it out to shigaraki, to which he hesitantly opened his mouth to eat.

people around them looked and whispered, making shigaraki feel self-conscious. but once he saw hoshimi's smile, he didn't care what others thought.

"jeez, you need to be more careful", hoshimi said as she scooted her chair next to shigaraki's, causing a loud scrape.

everyone's attention was definitely on the two college students now.

"was that really necessary?", shigaraki asked as he looked down, trying to hide away from all the stares.

hoshimi just grinned. "should've let me pay for at least half of it", she said as she tucked a few strands of shigaraki's hair behind his ear.

hoshimi then took a napkin and wiped shigaraki's mouth, making him even more embarrassed.

she gave out a chuckle as shigaraki held her hand.

"what? am I embarrassing you?"

"n-no", shigaraki uttered out. he took a spoon and scooped some of the cake, shakily holding it. he fed hoshimi, trying to make her blush. however, the girl had no shame.

"ready to go?", hoshimi asked.

shigaraki just nodded and stood up, still holding hoshimi's hand.

once they got in the car, shigaraki drove somewhere else, making hoshimi confused.

shigaraki parked on the same cliff that hoshimi once took him. he opened the car door, escorting her out.

hoshimi leaned against the steel fence, looking up at the dark sky and many stars.

she then gasped once she saw shigaraki holding a large bouquet of sunflowers. he walked over to her, handing them to her.

"I....I know you prefer s-sunflowers....a-and the l-last time we were h-here, you wanted t-to wait until a-after midterms. so t-today...I w-wanted to ask if y-you would b-be my...", shigaraki held his breath.

he had never felt more nervous. he wanted to utter out the word girlfriend, but there was a lump stuck in his throat.

he took a deep breath, sighing it out. he refused to make eye contact with hoshimi, who was currently smiling.

"...g-girlfriend", shigaraki finally uttered out.

"of course I would!", hoshimi exclaimed, happily opening her arms to embrace the nervous boy in front of her.

shigaraki let out a big sigh of relief. he didn't know what he was expecting, but either way, he was glad that the hard part was over.

shigaraki leaned his forehead against hoshimi's. it was his first relationship ever, and he was thrilled to experience it with such an amazing girl.

"don't worry. we'll take it slow and work through everything", hoshimi quietly said.

shigaraki just hummed. "and that's a promise", she said.

shigaraki closed his eyes as he leaned in, with hoshimi wrapping her arms around his neck. she placed her soft, glossy lips on his, making him smile.

the stars twinkled while the two shared a passionate kiss. they could finally claim each other as theirs.

the moon shone as the couple looked into each other's eyes. shigaraki crimson eyes never glimmered as brightly as it is right now.

hoshimi's eyes were filled with passion, while shigaraki's was filled with happiness and love, for the first time.