•*•*• "I'M so sorry!!", chō said as emi ran towards dabi.

emi purred against dabi's leg. currently dabi, spinner, and toga resided at the bar along with kurogiri, shigaraki, and chō.

they were all eating dinner at the bar when chō had forgot to feed emi and she had run down to come find her owner.

dabi picked the cat up, making chō slightly nervous. emi meant the world to her and she wasn't exactly sure what dabi's quirk was. for all she knew, it could be something like shigaraki's, where he could kill her with just the touch of his fingers.

"what's it's name?", dabi nonchalantly asked.

"emi!!", chō replied. "she was a gift from my...from my ex-boyfriend...haha", she awkwardly laughed.

dabi raised an eyebrow and started petting emi.

"well, I can see why he dumped you", dabi said.

"ah well...it's more like why he cheated on me...", chō mumbled as the rest of the members just listened. although it was quiet, they all heard it loud and clear. even dabi felt a little guilty for making the comment earlier.

"say, what's his name? where does he live and what does he look like?", toga sweetly asked, although her demeanor said otherwise as she was now stabbing her food.

even though they had just met, toga had already developed a great liking to the girl. and anybody who hurt her needed to be punished for wronging such a sunshine.

"oh! don't worry about it himi!! I'm just glad he found someone and is happy now, you know?"

"I'm very sorry about that ms. chō", kurogiri said. he debated giving her some money so that she could go buy some kitkats but decided otherwise.

"again, don't sweat it kuro! it was a few months ago so".

shigaraki looked at the girl who was still happily eating her salad. although she had put on a smile, he saw a spark of sadness in her eyes.

★彡 healer 彡★

"hey! wait up!", dabi yelled to the girl who was walking alone.

chō turned around to the boy who was catching up to her. she was on a night walk and it was definitely not safe for her to walk alone, but she did it anyways.

"oh hey dabi! what's up?", chō asked.

"I umm...just wanted to apologize for what I said earlier. I didn't mean to—"

"please, I know you were joking. don't worry about it!!", chō interrupted.

just as dabi was about to speak again, another voice interrupted them.

"and what are you doing here, you burnt piece of shit?", shigaraki asked as he had his usual black hoodie on.

"same could go for you, you crusty fuck", dabi retorted.

shigaraki scowled. it wasn't like he wanted to check on her or anything. chō just had that sad glint in her eye and he thought that it was annoying for some reason.

and just as he was walking towards her, he saw her talking with dabi. a literal ash tray.

before it got any heated, a third voice interrupted.

"h-hoshi? is that you?", another male voice spoke.

chō turned around to see exactly who she didn't want to see. her ex-boyfriend.

takashima eito.

"a-ah! t-takashima! what're you doing here?", chō stuttered out. she was nervous after seeing her ex but even more nervous that dabi and shigaraki was witnessing this.

shigaraki studied the man while dabi just looked at him. all eyes were on the man now.

"oh, I'm actually here with—"

"hoshi!! is that you?? I haven't seen you in forever!!", a female voice said this time.

'jesus, why's there so many people calling me today', chō thought.

a girl wearing a showy red dress showed up, clinging onto takashima's arm. as if rubbing salt on her wound, the lady kissed his cheek right in front of her.

"and who are these two~?", the woman asked. her lips curled up into a smirk.

"t-they're my—"

"we're her boyfriends", dabi answered with a straight face. to which chō almost choked on her saliva.

shigaraki just gave dabi a 'wtf' look. he didn't remember agreeing to a polygamous relationship with this dumb girl, and especially this burnt nugget.

the woman just laughed. "t-that's the best joke I've ever heard!!"

"really? perhaps I can show you, just how serious we are", dabi said, slowly walking towards the woman.

maybe she was scared by dabi's intimidation or even entranced by his hotness. but she had stopped clinging onto takashima's arm and took dabi's hand.

"hey, wait! where are you two—"

but before he could finish his sentence, shigaraki had already swung his arm around takashima. with four of his fingers on his neck, shigaraki whispered something that chō could not hear.

"you're lucky she doesn't want to hurt you. but I'm one finger away from making you literal dust. show up in front of her or hurt her again, I won't hesitate. bitch", shigaraki whispered with venom.

takashima immediately nodded and stumbled away. he didn't know who chō was associating herself with, but whoever they were, they were hella dangerous.

as if on cue, a feminine scream was heard from a nearby alleyway.

"let's go", shigaraki said as he started walking to the opposite way they came from.

"but...but what about dabi?", chō asked worryingly.

"he's fine. just come with me", shigaraki said more annoyed this time.

"where are we going?", chō asked. no answer. "why aren't you answering me??", she whined.

"it's not like you answer me whenever you just drag me places", shigaraki smirked. he was a sucker for giving people a taste of their own medicine.

chō just pouted. "well if you're gonna drag me, at least do it correctly", she teased as she grabbed shigaraki's wrist and linked their pinkies together.

"the hell are you doing?", he asked.

"being dragged by the leader of the league of villains to who knows where", chō shrugged as she looked around.

"tch". shigaraki kept walking, taking chō to an ice cream store.

chō ended up getting strawberry like always while shigaraki just got vanilla.

"thanks", chō said while smiling. shigaraki glanced at her while she was swiveling her spoon in her melting ice cream.

she looked up at the dark sky, watching the stars twinkle. even though her last name was that of a star, she surely didn't feel like one. she felt...plain, and normal.

"do you want some?", shigaraki offered. he usually didn't share, and by usually, it means never.

"sure", chō happily agreed. as she was about to use her spoon to scoop up some vanilla ice cream, shigaraki had already shoved his spoon in her mouth.

again, a taste of her own medicine.

chō let the ice cream melt in her mouth. vanilla was a good flavor. and even though it was plain and boring, it tasted sweeter than all the others.