"ARE you two matching on purpose?", ashido asked, giggling at shigaraki and hoshimi's getup.

shigaraki, like told, wore jeans and the blue stripped t-shirt. hoshimi smiled, wearing tight jeans and what seemed like the same t-shirt.

"he didn't know about it but I thought it'd be cute, ya know?", hoshimi said as she looked over at shigaraki, who just had on a neutral face.

"okay, well let's get seats because last time we were too far away from them!!", ashido said as she dragged hoshimi.

todoroki and shigaraki both followed. they sat on either ends of the girls, waiting for the game to start. dabi and the rest didn't end up coming, as they had classes to take.

it was late in the afternoon, so it wasn't as hot as hoshimi anticipated. she watched in excitement as the game started.

"YEAHHHH!!! GO KATSUKI!!", hoshimi screamed. mina joined in, yelling kirishima's name. the girls both cheered for sero, kaminari, and the rest.

shigaraki and todoroki just looked at them. weirded out, and concerned.

hoshimi caught shigaraki staring and laughed.

"come on!! cheer for them", hoshimi said as she pulled shigaraki up, making him stand.

he just looked at the girl, clueless. shigaraki has never been at a football game before as he never took interest in sports.

in fact, the whole thought of it was annoying. there were many loud people, blinding stadium lights, and the fact that he didn't understand anything.

"come on! you don't even have to yell. just say something", hoshimi urged.

"u-uhhh....g-go defense??", shigaraki muttered out.

people around him stared at him oddly. hoshimi looked at shigaraki, then started laughing.

"we're currently playing offense", hoshimi whispered, getting real close to shigaraki's face.

"o-oh".  shigaraki looked away, trying to figure out why his face was suddenly heating up. perhaps he was sick.

an announcement was heard as the second quarter ended. hoshimi was talking to mina and todoroki, nodding her head, then turning to shigaraki.

"let's go get some snacks", she said, pulling shigaraki along.

she held his hand so that they wouldn't get separated from the copious amount of people. shigaraki would've normally slapped the hand that was touching him away, but hoshimi's hand was soft...and warm.

"hi! we'll take four medium ice slushies please. two blueberry and two strawberry flavored. then we'll have two pretzels, two hotdogs, and four bags of bbq chips", hoshimi ordered, taking out her wallet.

shigaraki offered to pay, however, was declined by hoshimi once again. he waited for the food while seeing a few guys who were eyeing hoshimi. he didn't think much of it as it didn't seem harmless.

"hey shigaraki, can you carry some of the food please?", hoshimi asked as she was already holding the pretzels and two drinks.

shigaraki nodded as he held the drinks and the food. he kept an eye on the guys as he had an unsettling feeling.

the guys quickly walked towards them, making shigaraki keep his guard up. they kept walking towards them. shigaraki ushered hoshimi to walk faster, however, there were too many people hurrying to get back.

"shigaraki, can you stop pushing so much? I'm gonna drop all the food", hoshimi said.

shigaraki nodded. he looked back, seeing if the guys had caught up. he sighed a breath of relief once he saw that they were gone.

"you okay?", hoshimi asked as they were squeezing through people.

shigaraki hesitantly nodded. he hated being this close to people he didn't know. and especially not being in the own comfort of his black hoodie.

"whenever you're uncomfortable, just think of the sound of your favorite person's voice", hoshimi whispered to shigaraki.

"huh?"

"like, even though my dad doesn't have the most lively voice. whenever I'm uncomfortable, I just think of what he would say, and it makes me feel better", she explained.

shigaraki gave her a nod. he thought about who's voice made him feel better. dabi's? definitely not. toga's? too annoying. twice's? ehhh. kurogiri's too reprimanding. perhaps his adoptive father....

"or sometimes...", hoshimi slipped her hand into shigaraki's, once they sat down on their seats again. "it's better to hold hands so that the person knows that they're not alone".

shigaraki looked at the hand that he was holding. he rarely ever held people's hands. he's only ever held his father's hand, but that was about 15 years ago.

hoshimi smiled, looking at shigaraki. he turned his attention to the football players, who were playing on the field.

he hoped that he was okay because he was feeling his face heat up again. he needed to go back to the dorms and call toga about it. he would ask dabi, but he'd most likely make fun of him.

"WOOHOOOO!!", ashido cheered, bringing shigaraki out of his trance.

he suddenly felt hoshimi's hand slip of out his as she stood up to jump around with ashido.

he unconsciously pouted a little, wanting to hold hands longer. it was a nice feeling, and he wanted it to last a while longer.

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"did you have fun?", toga asked, as shigaraki called her.

"sure", replied shigaraki.

you could hear toga snicker from the other side of the phone.

"so, why'd you call?", she asked.

"....umm...so....", shigaraki wasn't really sure how to say what he wanted to ask.

"is it hoshimi?", toga asked.

"wha—how'd you know?"

"well...usually I'd ask if it's a girl. but the only other girl you talk to than me, is hoshimi sooooo...".

shigaraki felt offended, but then again, it was the truth.

"we held hands", shigaraki bluntly said.

silence.

"WHAT THE FUCK TOMURA?! YOU HELD HANDS WITH A GIRL AND YOU DIDN'T EVEN TELL ME?!", toga screamed from the other line.

"I..what...". shigaraki didn't know he was suppose to report everything to toga. since when did she care?

"you should ask her to homecoming!! y'all have to take care of the baby anyways. it'll be fun since you've never been to one before", toga said, calming down.

"but—"

"don't worry!! I'll help you with the homecoming poster", toga excitedly said as she hung up.

shigaraki looked at toga's contact, confused. he just wanted to ask if hand holding was normal.

"homecoming...huh?", shigaraki mumbled to himself as he sighed.