HOSHIMI was given a new patient a few days later. because of her spectacular performance with the old lady, hajime decided to have hoshimi take care of this new patient.

"who's is it?", hoshimi asked, as she followed hajime's quick pace.

if there was one thing she learned in these last few days, it was that doctors and nurses walked very fast in the hospital.

"his name is chisaki kai, age 20. he was admitted into the hospital because he had a breakout after touching.....germs?", hajime said as he reread the clipboard.

"interesting...", hoshimi said as she entered the room.

"after you're done, you can visit patient #309. I have a few papers to work on, so I'll see you later", hajime said as he quickly left.

hoshimi took a deep breath and walked into the patient's room.

"hi there! I'm aizawa hoshimi. I'll be taking care of you", hoshimi said as she checked the machines first, to make sure everything was running correctly.

the man looked at the lady in front of him. he merely turned his head back towards the window, not really caring.

"so, how're you feeling?", hoshimi asked, trying to fill in the awkward silence.

it was a good experience for her, as most patients didn't really like talking to others. she would've thought that a young man like him would be a chatterbox, but then again, shigaraki was 20 and didn't like talking much either.

"do I look fine?", chisaki sassed. he had gotten here all because of his comrades. they were trying to study the anatomy of a dead animal and the blood had accidentally splattered onto chisaki, causing him to breakout in a rash.

"s-sorry", hoshimi said as she took a towel out from her white coat and started cleaning everything.

she had gotten her own white coat on the second day of her internship. much to say, she was very excited.

"what are you doing?", chisaki asked. he was annoyed that the girl was still here. he just wanted to be alone and not breathe in the same air as her.

"oh! I'm cleaning everything since I figured you didn't appreciate germs", hoshimi said, smiling.

chisaki was surprised. the last few times he was admitted into the hospital, people piled in the room, not giving him any space.

the hospital usually make chisaki's skin crawl as he thought about all the other people that were here before him.

"thanks", he quietly mumbled out.

"my pleasure. it's my job to make the patient feel comfortable", hoshimi replied.

the next hour or so was spent with hoshimi cleaning everything she could, and chisaki just observing. it was quiet as chisaki didn't really want to talk, so the girl just let him be. 

"alright. I'll see you tomorrow then", hoshimi said as she left.

chisaki just watched as he looked at the room again. the girl actually did a pretty good job.

maybe, she wasn't so bad.

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"good afternoon ma'am! I'm back again", hoshimi said as she entered the old woman's room.

"ah. thank you for coming back", the woman said.

"of course! in fact, I have a surprise for you today", hoshimi said as she rolled in a wheeling chair.

"are we....", the woman looked at hoshimi in disbelief.

"yep! we're going outside today. I persuaded dr. shinso to allow me to, since I said that nature can help brighten someone's mood", hoshimi said as she helped the old woman onto the wheelchair.

"thank you child. I really appreciate it", the woman said, as hoshimi placed a light blanket on her lap.

"of course ma'am! you should see how nice the weather is today. the breeze is just perfect".

hoshimi rolled the woman out to the garden of the hospital. she allowed the woman to enjoy the fresh air and pretty flowers.

"I think my fondest memory was when I gave birth to my son, kotaro", the woman said.

"oh really?? if you don't mind me asking, where is he now?", hoshimi asked.

"ah. he's...I'm not sure actually", the old woman said. "he hasn't contacted me in a long time. as soon as he was old enough, he moved out and never talked to me ever again".

"I'm sorry ma'am", hoshimi apologized, feeling bad about bringing the topic of her son up.

"it's alright. every now and then, I think about it, and realize that it was my fault. I spent too much time teaching at u.a, not enough time with my own son".

"you taught at u.a?!", hoshimi asked, surprised.

"oh yeah. I was a fitness coach. one of my most memorable students was yagi toshinori. he was like a son to me, but I went off the radar a few years back, so he probably doesn't even remember me anymore", the old woman sadly smiled.

"m-ma'am! I'm a college student at u.a! yagi's my uncle!!", hoshimi excitedly said.

if she could bring her uncle to the old woman, perhaps the woman could be happy from the loss of her son.

"r-really?! what a small world", she chuckled. "I didn't know he had a niece".

"oh, well, my father's actually aizawa shōta. I just call him and yamada uncle because they're close friends with my dad", hoshimi explained.

"I see....well, how's he doing?"

"ah, uncle yagi's doing great! he's actually one of the head coaches of the school", hoshimi smiled.

"that's good, that's good. I remember when he used to be so scrawny. he would always trip over nothing. it was quite adorable".

"haha, is that so? I'll definitely be holding that against him then", hoshimi grinned.

the old woman just smiled, glad that she had a companion.

"oh, and by the way! I'm sorry I forgot to ask, but what's your name, ma'am?"

"don't worry about it. I know you have many things to do as a college student", the old woman said, understanding.

"anyways, my name is shimura nana".