"NICE to meet you mr. shigaraki", hoshimi greeted, shaking all for one's hand.

"pleasure is mine, ms. aizawa", all for one said as he sat at the head of the table.

shigaraki sat on the left side with hoshimi sitting beside him.

dinner was served by multiple maids and butlers. there was an awkward silence in the room, with only the sound of plates being set down.

"so hoshimi, what are your majoring in?", all for one asked.

"oh! I'm majoring in the medical field to become an er doctor", hoshimi replied, drinking some water.

"I see. that's a very good major", all for one said, carefully cutting his steak.

"thank you", hoshimi smiled. 'so far so good'.

"how long have you two been dating? and how did you two meet?"

"it's been about 3 months", shigaraki answered.

"and we met through a partner project my father assigned in the child development course", hoshimi finished.

"I see. and how's college been for the both of y'all?"

hoshimi glanced at her boyfriend. she bit the bottom of her lip a bit, nervous for what's to come.

"I was expelled", shigaraki bluntly said, making all for one almost choke on his steak.

"excuse me?"

"I...I was expelled", shigaraki repeated, in a more quiet voice.

all for one took a drink of water.

"you have two choices. move out, or start working at the company".

shigaraki adverted his father's gaze. he's always done everything he's asked. but for once, he wanted to do something he wanted.

"I...I'll move out", shigaraki answered.

hoshimi whipped her head towards shigaraki, shocked. he barely had time to find a full-time job and he was still building up his stream base.

"tomura, are you sure??", hoshimi whispered.

since he didn't go to college anymore, that would mean that he would have to buy or rent an apartment.

"fine. then leave", all for one said. "and don't come back!" 

all for one quickly got up and left, leaving only kurogiri in the room with the young couple.

"young master, are you—"

"kurogiri, go pack my things", shigaraki interrupted, to which kurogiri complied.

shigaraki stood up and took a deep breath. he took out his phone to look at the closest hotel.

"tomura, why don't you live with my dad for now? until you have a more stable part-time job and enough money", hoshimi offered.

shigaraki turned to his girlfriend. he felt quite pathetic having to rely on her and her father. but if he can, he'd definitely try to save money now.

he looked down at his shoes, feeling even more pathetic that she's going to now leave him.

"young master, here's your luggage", kurogiri said.

"thanks", shigaraki mumbled.

taking his luggage, shigaraki walked out of the mansion. hoshimi walked beside her boyfriend, trying to hold his hand.

"tomura, come on! I'm sure my father won't mind", hoshimi said.

"I...I can't", shigaraki muttered. his pride. it was broken into pieces, and he wouldn't let himself do that to his girlfriend.

hoshimi just sighed. "please? after another month, you can move out if you like", she suggested.

shigaraki begrudgingly agreed. hoshimi smiled, quickly calling her dad. her dad just yawned and said "sure, if he takes care of the cats".

"let's go!", hoshimi said, pulling shigaraki into a taxi.

all for one watched from the window, sighing.

"foolish boy".

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"thank you so much", shigaraki said to the tired aizawa.

"yeah yeah. just make sure you take care of the cats", aizawa said as he let hoshimi and shigaraki in.

"we don't have a guest room so I guess you can use my old room", hoshimi said.

shigaraki had seen hoshimi's room before. it was decently big with its own connected bathroom. there were many stuffed animals placed onto her bed.

"haha...u-umm you can just throw the animals onto the floor", hoshimi said, placing them beside the foot of the bed.

hoshimi then held a cat plushie, squeezing it. she smiled as she remembered aizawa giving that to her, as a child, one night when she wouldn't stop fussing.

shigaraki glanced at his girlfriend as he unpacked his clothes and bathroom necessities.

"you can...keep that on the bed...", shigaraki mumbled.

hoshimi just laughed as she placed her cat plushie by the pillow. she helped shigaraki unload as she had got prepared to leave.

"I'll see you after school tomorrow??", hoshimi asked as she grabbed her bag.

"yeah, I'll come pick you up", shigaraki said. he was then reminded that he should sell his car for a maybe older one, so he could also have some extra cash on hand.

"alright, see you tomorrow. love you", hoshimi smiled as she kissed shigaraki on the cheek. she then kissed aizawa's cheek and left.

"can you make breakfast tomorrow morning?", aizawa asked.

"u-umm...I can try sir", shigaraki replied.

"hm. okay then. see you tomorrow morning", aizawa said as he went back into his room.

shigaraki just walked back into his new room and showered, doing his nightly routine. he had also started moisturizing and putting chapstick on, as he wanted hoshimi to be impressed.

shigaraki looked around hoshimi's room, seeing many pictures of her and her close ones. she had many books, medals, and awards.

things he didn't have in his room.

he turned off the lights and crawled into bed. he saw the cat plushie and poked it, making it fall on its back. he sighed as he had many things to think and plan out tomorrow morning.

shigaraki then held onto the cat plushie, as it reminded him of his girlfriend. he was very thankful of her, so grateful that she didn't leave him.

he felt pathetic now. but he promised himself that in a few years, he'll become successful and make hoshimi happy.

"it seems that I've really hit...rock bottom".