"SO what classes are you taking this semester?", ashido asked as her and hoshimi packed up.

"I have general physics 2, human physiology 2, and biochemistry. all with labs", hoshimi replied. "you?"

just before ashido could answer, toga came running into their classroom. she was huffing and panting, out of breath.

"H-HOSHI!!! TOMURA...H-HE—"

"bring me to him!", hoshimi said, quickly grabbing her bag and following toga, with ashido running behind.

in the middle of the hallway, shigaraki was holding chisaki's collar, while chisaki held his hands up.

"hm? you're nothing but an unwanted child", chisaki said.

"who the fuck are you to say that—"

"TOMURA!", hoshimi yelled, quickly going over to him.

shigaraki was gritting his teeth. his red eyes were burning with fury. chisaki had a black eye while shigaraki was punched in the face.

hoshimi pried shigaraki's strong grip off of chisaki. people were just standing and watching. irinaka brought over a teacher, which just so happened to be aizawa.

aizawa looked at both men, then his daughter. he sighed and rubbed his temples.

"I'm giving you both a warning. if this happens again, you'll be either suspended or expelled", he said as he left.

"tomura, are you okay??", hoshimi asked, while toga and ashido shooed away the people that were just staring.

"tch!" shigaraki just glared at chisaki while walking away, not saying anything.

"keep your boyfriend in check, would you?", irinaka said to hoshimi. she just scoffed and left with toga and ashido.

"boss, are you okay?", irinaka asked.

chisaki just stared as hoshimi walked away.

"plan b".

»»————-　★　————-««

"I'll see you later mina and himiko. thanks for all yalls help", hoshimi said as she held a bag of snacks and other things.

"good luck. he might get a little angry or say some things he doesn't mean. so don't mind him too much okay?"

"thanks himiko", hoshimi smiled as she waved goodbye to both girls.

hoshimi took a deep breath and opened shigaraki's door. surprisingly, it wasn't locked.

"tomura?", hoshimi softly asked, stepping into his room.

"go away", he said. his voice was raspier than usual. it sounded like he was crying.

hoshimi turned on nextflix and put on terrace house, shigaraki's favorite. she brought out some blankets and built a small fort on shigaraki's bed. taking out some snacks and candy, she placed them on his nightstand.

hoshimi sat on shigaraki's bed, rubbing his back. his face was buried in his pillow, so she couldn't see him.

hoshimi sighed. maybe she should leave him alone for a minute.

just as she was about to stand up, she felt a hand holding her wrist. shigaraki sat up. he wasn't crying at all, but you could see the hurt in his eyes.

"stay....please", he whispered the last part.

"aw baby. what happened?", hoshimi asked as she sat back down and hugged shigaraki. she took some medicine and a cotton swab. she gently applied the medicine to shigaraki's face, where chisaki had punched.

he laid his head near hoshimi's neck, letting her apply the concoction. hoshimi combed through shigaraki's even more messy hair, after she was done. shigaraki thought for a moment whether he should tell hoshimi or not.

could he trust her?

"don't force yourself tomura. you can tell me when you're ready", hoshimi softly said.

"...i-it's fine", shigaraki mumbled. he looked into hoshimi's brown eyes. it showed worry and concern.

"I was abandoned by my parents", shigaraki softly said.

hoshimi had to brace herself as she knew a sad story was about to be told.

shigaraki didn't know what he was saying. it took years for toga and dabi to know his past. but here he is, telling a girl after only mere months.

"they left me and my sister on the streets at a young age. but we separated after we resided in an orphanage, and someone adopted her.

then my now adoptive father took me in. he gave me everything I needed and more", shigaraki finished.

hoshimi just continued patting shigaraki's head, soothing him.

"and somehow, that prick found out", shigaraki seethed.

"it's okay now. and I'll never leave you", hoshimi said, smiling.

shigaraki looked up, wrapping his arms around hoshimi.

hoshimi took some snacks off the nightstand and handed them to shigaraki. she wrapped a fluffy blanket around themselves, making them a double burrito.

"I thought that guy left?", hoshimi asked, watching terrace house with shigaraki.  

"no. that's the next episode", shigaraki said.

"how do you remember this?", hoshimi questioned.

"I've watched this show since I was 17", shigaraki replied.

hoshimi snorted. "wow".

shigaraki raised an eyebrow. hoshimi took a chip and stuck it in his mouth.

"can we nap?", hoshimi asked. "I'm so tired. and even though the new semester just started, I already have two essays due next week".

hoshimi pouted, giving shigaraki puppy eyes. he sighed and just nodded.

shigaraki laid down on his side, opening up his arms.  hoshimi quickly laid beside him, wrapping her arms around shigaraki.

even though she said she was tired, shigaraki had quickly fallen asleep. hoshimi carefully took out her phone and texted iida.

hoshi:
hey iida! quick question.
is it possible to hack into
the school system??

robot man: Well, it
is certainly not impossible.

hoshi:
has anyone new recently
joined your computer
science classes?

robot man: I believe this
man named Nemoto Shin
is in one of my classes.

Is something wrong?

hoshi:
nothing really.
thanks iida!!

robot man: No problem. Let
me know if you ever need anything.

hoshimi turned off her phone. she looked down at shigaraki, who was peacefully sleeping. she then remembered that ashido had told her there were 11 transfer students.

there was chisaki, kurono, and irinaka. but what about the other 8?

she sighed, hoping that everything would just blow over.

lightly moving shigaraki's hair out of his face, hoshimi leaned in to place a soft kiss on his cheek.

"it'll be okay", hoshimi whispered. "because I'll be here to get through it with you".