The bond I'll never break

Chapter 02

When Suguru woke up, he could use cursed energy again, and this time, he managed to exorcise the defenseless and weakened Oni before him. Before he could ingest the cursed energy, Suguru felt a strange cursed energy coming from the throne seat. Suguru decided to put the orb in his pocket and will just ingest it later. He quickly used the reverse cursed technique and healed himself before cautiously approaching the throne seat. He had enough of the shitty surprises today. 

Sure enough, there is another surprise hidden for him. The throne seat is a door to an underground room, and that underground room is covered in talismans, protective talismans, and barriers. Inside is filled with cursed items, some are harmful - not all are harmful. At the end of the room were 5 of Sukuna's fingers, all wrapped in talisman.

No wonder 5 of his fingers were never found, it was hidden here. He noticed it already long before. The temple and this castle had some sort of barrier that stopped the cursed spirits inside from getting out, and the barrier was more than a millennium old. The barrier must have been created during Sukuna's time, and possibly, the one who stored Sukuna's fingers here and the rest of the cursed items is the one that made the barrier. The problem is, what he should do to these items? He will surely need to take them away now, especially when the cursed spirit that was supposed to protect these has been exorcised by him........................he'll just store them inside the inventory curse for the time being. The talismans too, seem to be in good condition.

"Woah, you look like shit" Shoko couldn't help but comment as she observed the condition Suguru had when he came back. He was sneaking back to his room, and it was in the middle of the night so he wasn't expecting anyone to see him, only to be caught by Shoko.

"Don't tease me please" Suguru groaned as he listened to Shoko's snickers.

"Don't worry, I won't tease you much, just to let you know, Satoru is sleeping in your room, he's been doing it ever since your one-week-long mission turned into two months. He started looking for you in the third week, and he didn't manage to find you"

"Wait, how long was I gone?" Shoko's words alarmed Suguru greatly.

"Hm? More than a month, wait, you weren't aware? what kind of shit hole did you get yourself into?"

Suguru sneaked into his room, grabbed a couple of clothes, and went into the bathroom for a quick bath. After clothing himself, Suguru couldn't help but sigh in relief, he never felt as refreshed as right now. Exiting the bathroom, Suguru came to the sight he had been ignoring since earlier. A Gojo Satoru sleeping peacefully sprawled in his (Sugu) bed.

He sighed as he fixed Satoru's position, giving himself enough space to squeeze himself in, however, his actions seemed to have awakened Satoru despite being careful.

"Sugu?" Satoru asked in a hoarse voice as he sat up groggily.

"It's me, did I wake you up?" Suguru sighed as he rubbed Satoru's hair - still as smooth as ever.

"When did you arrive?" Satoru stretched out his arms and engulfed Suguru in a hug, resting his head on Suguru's chest.

"Just now, did you miss me?" Satoru chuckled as he stared at Satoru's sleepy face.

"hmmm," Satoru merely nodded in answer, too sleepy to even say anything, causing Suguru to shake his head in helplessness. He carefully pushed Satoru, wanting the albino to lay in bed and continue his sleep, but Satoru was too stubborn and wouldn't let Suguru free from his clutch. Suguru had no choice but to sleep that night with Satoru in his arms. And for some reason, this sleep was free from nightmares that usually visit him. Maybe because of the albino cat beside him.