FRAGILE [Prequel]

Chapter 11 : Fragile

Utahime freshened herself and sat in front of the mirror, reviewing her face.
Her fingers moved gently across the scar on the right cheeks. The scar started from the right side ear and stretched all the way to her nose bridge.

As she felt the scar, that overwhelming cursed aura wrapped all around her body.

She suddenly took her fingers off the mark, and adjusted her hair. She tried different combinations, to bury the scar under her hair. None of them looked good on her. Exhausted from sitting for a long time, she decided to lay on the bed.

Then someone knocked on the door. Utahime reached the heavy wooden door and moved it away. As the door moved, it gave way for a tall, white haired guy with pitch black sunglasses. His eyes were not visible properly

Gojo stood with hands in his pockets. He noticed that Utahime's hair was hiding a portion of the scar.

Utahime sighed and peeked to the corridor. Gojo alone, visiting her was not in her expectations.

She did not mean to be rude.''Come inside. Have a seat" Utahime said while gesturing.

Gojo let himself inside.

''You don't have to try covering it up", Gojo said as he took a seat on the chair across Utahime's bed.

Utahime's fingers pushed back the hair strands behind her right ear and said,'' I didn't intend to."

''After all, we cannot simply sit and stare at our wounds forever", Gojo remarked.

''This scar....," placing her palm on the right cheeks Utahime continued,''It means I survived."

Gojo gazed at Utahime. But Utahime never looked at Gojo. She kept her eyes focused on the bottom floor.

''Do you trust Mei San?", Gojo decided to come to the point.

Utahime looked at Gojo and said,''I don't think she is the one to take the blame."

Utahime is that kind of a person, who would still love the people even if she crossed the streets to avoid them.

''That would be fine", Gojo said while stretching himself sitting on the chair. ''Handling missions together will be fun then" Gojo added with a calm smile.

Utahime did not return the smile. instead she asked,''What's in it for you?"

''Huh!?",Gojo sounded clueless at first. Then continued with a straight face,''There are things you might not know. But you can wait"

''Things that I don't know?", Utahime's bold voice filled the room. ''You were the target that day. And others had to pay for it. Even Mei-san."

Gojo understood where this conversation is heading.

''She could, so she did", Utahime stated.

Others had their life on the line while Gojo was the target. Even Mei Mei could have lost her position(life) as a Sorcerer.