𝙄𝙉𝙁𝘼𝙏𝙐𝘼𝙏𝙀𝘿 ; 𝙨.𝙜𝙤𝗷𝙤

𝗖𝗛. 𝟬𝟲

"oh! yaga-sensei said that if you don't maintain your energy at a constant level it'll-" before the boy could finish the doll punched him the face because he got too excited. naoko was shocked by this but made sure to maintain her energy to avoid the punch. well, that answered her question.

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"RESPECT!" could be heard through the tv before they watched the guy from the basement stab the dad of the family. naoko was definitely surprised by the outcome of the movie but made sure not to reflect that emotion too much. naoko never got punched the entire movie but gojo on the other hand had gotten a handful of punches as the level of energy needed to maintain had a very small margin to maintain.

as gojo saw that ki-jung got stabbed as well, he jumped out of his seat and immediately took a heavy punch to the face and fell to the floor dropping all the popcorn on his head. and with that naoko started busting out laughing as gojo looked up to her surprised. he'd never seen her laugh. he'd only ever seen her with her serious face which she had on most of the time.

"you should smile more." gojo bluntly stated still staring at her in awe. naoko froze "what?"

"you look pretty when you smile like that, naoko." naoko's smile faded as she looked at the boy surprised at his bold remark and the fact that he used her first name rather than just calling her 'zenin'. naoko was flustered and you could see the obvious blush on her face if it weren't for the dark room, they were in.

naoko stood up leaving the room, taking her belongings with her. she didn't want gojo to see her flustered and she sure as hell didn't want to admit that one of his flirty remarks actually got her that time. "wait zenin-" but before the white-haired boy could stop her, she had already left the room while he'd gotten yet another punch from the cursed doll.

as naoko left the door getou could be seen about to enter as he was just as shocked when someone opened the door who wasn't satoru and that it was especially naoko, the last person he'd think to be in gojo's dorm.

"what was that all about?" getou walked in with his hands in his pockets. he sat on the couch as gojo got up from his position on floor joining his best friend as he grabbed a few chips off the coffee table.

"oh nothing! you came here to play a game?" gojo setup the game console putting on their usual fighting game as he passed getou a controller along getting his own. "yea.... what was zenin-san even doing here?" getou asked clearly curious and wanting his endless questions answered.
"um. i asked her to help train with me. yaga-sensei gave us these cursed dolls to help improve our cursed energy." gojo explained as the game started and they both chose their characters.

the countdown started and getou replied "and zenin-san helped you? that's like the last person i'd think of to train with you personally."

"and what was all that? she stormed out of here all flustered — you didn't do anything to her, did you?" getou questioned again giving his best friend 'i'm disappointed' look as he started to mash the buttons on the controllers creating a series of combos.

"NO! do you really think that low of me?" gojo looked at his friend in disbelief for a hot second before looking back at the television screen.

"no but you have been acting kind of weird these past couple weeks. you never even talked to zenin-san that much unless it was for training or school and even then, you barely talked to her or even noticed her. but now you stare at her during class and ask her to help you with training personally." getou mentioned his observations on his best friend.

"i don't stare at her during class!" gojo defended but his best friend gave him a deadpanned look as he fired back a response "i literally see you look in her direction instead of looking at yaga-sensei, satoru."

"fine. i do stare a little bit, but there's nothing going on with me. i promise!" gojo admitted but to him it was just because he had a lot of naoko on his mind with their current situation. gojo pushed those thoughts aside and continued to create combos with his character as getou also kicked and punched back with his.

"are you sure you didn't develop some kinda crush on zenin-san or something. i mean you guys are total opposites but i guess opposites attract." getou paused the game as he faced his friend and looked him in the eye or i guess at his shades. he wanted to see the white-haired teen's response. if it was genuine. if he was telling the truth.

"nah, i don't got a crush on her but let's just say my situation is complicated and also a secret." gojo said without hesitation and he wasn't lying. he didn't have a crush on her it was just their situation and he wanted to be good friends, at least. but he couldn't tell his best friend exactly what their situation was; naoko wanted to keep it a secret after all.

getou turned around starting the game again. "since when are you good at keeping secrets?"

"just shut up and play the game suguru." gojo retorted as he continued to mash the buttons on his controller with a lot on his mind. he didn't what he was feeling. yea naoko was pretty to him but it wasn't anything more than that. right?

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