"LAST midterm of the semester!!", hoshimi yelled as she opened her textbook and started highlighting.

"I don't know why you even work yourself so hard", ashido said, yawning.

"what do you mean? it's all for me to become a better doctor for the people", hoshimi replied.

"you've been interning all day and studying for hours at night!! you're gonna crash", ashido said, getting ready for bed.

"I'll be fine mina. after tomorrow, I'll be less stressed", hoshimi said as she drank some coffee.

hoshimi reread her notes from previous months, while ashido fell asleep.

hoshimi was a hard worker, and nothing was going to stop her from following her dreams.

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"how was it?", shigaraki asked, waiting outside hoshimi's classroom with some green tea.

"it was...fine", hoshimi said. she was very tired from staying up late and waking up early. she took the warm green tea and let it sooth her entire body.

"what do you want to eat?", shigaraki asked, holding hoshimi's bag and hand.

"can we just go to your dorm? mina's finishing some big art project and I don't want to bother her", hoshimi tiredly said.

"sure. I think dabi's out with toga anyways".

thus, the two arrived at shigaraki and dabi's dorm. hoshimi turned on the t.v, flipping to a random episode of spongebob squarepants.

shigaraki cracked two eggs and boiled some water, making simple ramen. once he was done, he lifted both bowls onto the small coffee table in front of the couch.

"be careful. it's hot", shigaraki warned as hoshimi just slurped the noodles.

"AHH!! my tongue!!!", hoshimi cried out as shigaraki quickly got her some cold water.

"I told you", he said as he watched her down half the bottle.

hoshimi pouted, blowing on it. little tomi was with shigaraki all morning since he didn't have class today. hoshimi glanced at their fake baby, seeing that he was asleep. oh how she wished that was her too.

hoshimi quickly finished her noodles with shigaraki, while they both commented on spongebob's friend, patrick.

"damn. what a great duo they make", hoshimi laughed.

"just like us", shigaraki mumbled.

"huh?"

"n-nothing! I was just saying how we could be them for halloween", shigaraki lied.

"true. october's a month away", hoshimi said. "and usually either denki or hanta throws a party. maybe we should be patrick and spongebob!!"

shigaraki cringed at the idea, but if it was what hoshimi wanted to be, then he suppose he could try it.

"unless you have a better idea?"

"m-maybe mario and p-princess peach?", shigaraki suggested.

hoshimi stared at shigaraki, making him start to sweat and look away. she started to laugh, making shigaraki feel even more embarrassed.

"o-or we can be something else", shigaraki uttered out, face still red.

"oh my gosh! no no!! let's be mario and princess peach. which one do you wanna be?", hoshimi teased.

"u-umm, I was hoping mario—"

"I know, I know. I'm just messing with you", hoshimi smiled, picking up both the ramen bowls.

"oh, you don't have to—"

"it's fine", hoshimi said, as she started washing the bowls and chopsticks.

shigaraki hesitantly got up, walking over to hoshimi, who was humming a song.

shigaraki wrapped his arms around hoshimi's waist, making her tense up at the sudden physical touch. she soon relaxed, realizing that it was shigaraki. shigaraki laid his chin on hoshimi's shoulder, watching her dry the bowls.

"are you tired?", he asked.

"very", hoshimi chuckled.

"then why don't you take a nap?"

"I can't just—"

"why not?"

shigaraki had a point. hoshimi sighed as she put the bowls back in the cupboard.

"fine".

shigaraki smiled, leading hoshimi to his bed. he made her lay down and tucked her in. surprisingly, shigaraki's room was pretty neat. he mentally thanked kurogiri for cleaning it up over the weekend.

"thanks", hoshimi smiled as shigaraki just held her hand. hoshimi quickly passed out as she only got a few hours of sleep the previous night.

shigaraki turned on the t.v in his room, playing terrace house on netflix. he lowered the volume and turned on the subtitles.

shigaraki hesitantly crawled in his bed, laying next to hoshimi. he got under the blanket and moved away any hair that was on hoshimi's face. 

leaning forward, shigaraki tried to kiss hoshimi's forehead.

hoshimi suddenly opened her eyes, taking both hands and placing them on shigaraki's face, making him tense up. it was like he was caught in the middle of a guilty act.

"if you wanna kiss me, you could've just said so", hoshimi said smiling.

she pulled shigaraki's face closer to hers and kissed his lips. shigaraki started blushing more and felt his heartbeat race.

to make it even worse, hoshimi then snuggled into shigaraki's chest, falling back asleep.

shigaraki refused to move for the first 10 minutes, trying to process what happened. he touched his lips, then felt it curl up into a smile.

shigaraki laid down completely, slinging his arm over hoshimi's warm body. he pulled her closer and kissed her forehead.

he soon also fell asleep to the sound of the t.v and hoshimi's light snoring.

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"dabi dabi!! come look at this", toga whispered, pulling dabi into shigaraki's room.

"what the fuck is—damn. they fucked??", dabi snorted.

"god, not everyone's dirty like you okay?", toga whispered, taking out her phone.

she took many pictures, sending them to ashido. however, her flash was on, making shigaraki groan at the brightness.

since he was a light sleeper, he rubbed his eyes, trying to sit up. he then felt another body next to him and remembered that it was hoshimi. he laid back down while glaring at toga and dabi.

"get out", shigaraki mouthed.

"what? can't hear you", dabi teased.

"get the fuck out", shigaraki muttered under his breath.

toga just gave shigaraki a thumbs up and dragged dabi out his room. she winked at him before closing the door.

shigaraki sighed as he looked down at the sleeping hoshimi. he smiled as she was finally resting and getting sleep.

"I hope you're dreaming well", shigaraki mumbled as he closed his eyes again.

hoshimi snuggled closer in response, making shigaraki feel warm and very happy, for the first time in a long while.