•*•*• "IT'S his birthday?!?!", chō asked.

"well, it was", kurogiri replied to the girl's sudden outburst. "it's april 4th but since we've been so busy planning the usj attack, it totally blew over my mind".

"is that why you're baking him cupcakes now?", chō asked.

"yes. despite how much he hates it, I'll still bake him something every year as celebration", kurogiri replied.

"how old is he turning?"

"I believe he has turned 20".

"woahhh I'm still 19! what a bummer", chō pouted.

kurogiri just gave the girl a smile as he piped the blue frosting onto the vanilla cupcakes.

"so what does he like?", chō asked.

"um...that's quite a hard one as he doesn't seem to take interest in anything but killing all might", kurogiri replied.

"wow, what a boring man", chō bluntly said. "any hobbies?"

"hm...oh gaming! he games all the time! in fact, he's probably doing it right now", said kurogiri.

chō thought for a moment. she could play games with him. but would that even count as a birthday gift? suddenly gaining an idea, chō stood up from the stool.

"imma head out! I'll be back soon", chō said as she rushed out of the bar to go buy shigaraki the best present ever.

★彡 healer 彡★

once chō was back, kurogiri almost thought he was going to have a heart attack.

"i-is...is that what I think it is?!"

"you betcha!! shiggy will love it!", chō exclaimed as she went upstairs to go get him.

kurogiri prayed everyday for the girl's safety. it seemed like she was living on a thread every single moment she went to go talk to shigaraki.

"SHIGGY!!", chō yelled as she busted into shigaraki's room once again.

shigaraki was annoyed. "what the hell do you want?! and why can't you ever just knock on the door before entering? what if I'm changing or something?!"

"not like there's much to see—ANYWAYS! I have a present for you downstairs. wear your hoodie because we're going out", chō excitedly said.

"and who do you think you are? I don't take orders from you—"

"if you do I'll start knocking on your door", chō quickly said. to which shigaraki responded by immediately putting his hoodie on.

once shigaraki and chō reached downstairs, shigaraki stopped in his tracks.

"what the fuck is this?"

"an all might poster board!!", chō said. "I bought it for you so that you could light it on fire! or disintegrate it, whichever you prefer honestly".

"are you mocking me?!", shigaraki asked. was she taking pity on him that he couldn't destroy the real one?

"hell no! just thought it'd be good practice for you, ya know? when you do the actual thing?", chō happily said.

kurogiri just watched. he didn't want to see the wrath of shigaraki tomura. but if things turned out bad, he'd for sure step in.

chō grabbed shigaraki's wrist and and put it on all might. shigaraki would've liked to choke the poster board but all might's neck was just a bit too thicc.

"whew! look at all that dust!! sorry kuro!", chō said. "by the way, can you do that thing with your body?? I'm taking shiggy out tonight. to you know...that place?"

kurogiri sighed. "it's called warping but yes, yes I can".

kurogiri opened up a portal, allowing them to step through.

"also, I borrowed some money from your wallet, you can just take it out of my monthly payment", chō said, smiling.

"but you don't even get paid—"

"where are we even going—"

before shigaraki could finish his sentence, chō pulled him through the portal and into an arcade.

"kuro told me you liked games", chō said.

"why do you call him kuro?"

"because I can't remember his full name", chō admitted while dragging shigaraki to a call of duty arcade cabinet.

"is that why you call me shiggy?", he asked.

"yeah. unless you'd rather me call you tomu", chō offered.

shigaraki scowled. "don't".

as they sat down on the seats, chō held up the fake gun. shigaraki had to carefully hold it so that he didn't disintegrate anything.

"DIE BITCHES!!", chō suddenly yelled, making shigaraki jump out of his skin.

this girl was full of surprises and he was sure he was going to have a heart attack from her before he ever gets to kill all might.

with shigaraki obviously taking the lead, chō was struggling to even stay alive. she yelled for shigaraki's help. she needed him to revive her so that they could go on. ironic how this worked.

"god fine!! you're so goddamn annoying. I can't even leave you for 5 seconds without you dying on me!"

"well sorry I'm not a pro gamer or zombie killer!!", chō retorted.

after dying for the 26th time, she finally gave up.

"what, tired already? you're the one that dragged me out here", shigaraki said, slightly smirking.

chō just pouted. she stood up and left. shigaraki sighed. at least he got some peace and quiet. he also stood up and walked over to another arcade cabinet.

street fighter II

after playing for about 10 minutes, shigaraki started wondering where chō had gone. he didn't think she'd leave the arcade and just abandon him like that. but if it was that way, it definitely wouldn't be the first time that he's been abandoned.

"guess who it isssss!!", chō said as she covered shigaraki's eyes.

shigaraki was about to turn the person to dust if it hadn't been him recognizing the annoying voice.

shigaraki growled. "let go! and where did you even go?"

"I got us some ice cream!!", chō exclaimed. "but since I didn't know which flavor you liked, I ordered all 10 of them!!"

she handed some to shigaraki while holding the other five. he looked at the girl in confusion. he wasn't sure whether she was stupid or just thoughtful. either way, he thought was dumb.

by the time shigaraki looked up at chō again, she had already finished four cups of ice cream. leaving her with only the strawberry flavor.

she was a true monster.

"oh! I guess you can't eat while you're holding all the ice cream. so here!", chō said as she took the spoon from the strawberry cup and shoved it in shigaraki's mouth.

"like it?", chō asked. however, she got no response.

"that's fine! let's try mocha next then!" she set the strawberry cup down as she took the mocha flavored one from shigaraki.

she then fed him again, making him even more stunned. he was so shocked that he thought he was going to disintegrate the cups.

"no? alright then. I'm sure we'll find one you like", chō said as she kept feeding him.

shigaraki wasn't sure whether it was the ice cream or not. but he felt each flavor getting sweeter than he remembered.

meanwhile, kurogiri was at the base, sobbing over his now cold cupcakes.