You Stop Suguru

The Intervention

Gojo laughs lightly. "You know you've never admit that before"

I blush. "Shut the hell up. I'm not saying it again." I stand up. I reach my hand down to him. "Let's go talk to him" He grabs my hand and stands up. We walk over to the sand again. Geto seems to notice us walking out of the water. He calls out to us.

"Was it too cold? That was rather fast." I walk over to Geto and sit next to him. I lean my head on his shoulder.

"We just missed you too much" I nudge him playfully. He smiles, ever so slightly.

"Is that so?" He retorts. Gojo walks up to him, hands in his pockets. He looks...a little upset. Why is he acting so suspicious? This is a delicate situation and we need to handle it delicately. Oh god please don't say something stupid Satoru. He looks like he's about to say something stupid.

"Yeah we'd miss you if you weren't here." Gojo states, looking down. Ok well that wasn't as stupid as I thought it was going to be but it's still on the nose. Geto raises an eyebrow and stares at Gojo. He glances over to me.

"I think... I think Gojo just wants to say that we really love you and we like spending time with you." I smile at Geto. He looks suspicious. Like he just realized he's at an intervention.

"Oh...ok" Geto says. He looks down at the sand again. Gojo's hand starts to shake. I look up, very concerned. Please don't do something stupid Gojo...

Gojo speaks again. His voice elevated. An edge to his tone. "You know...you know you can talk to us about anything right?"

Geto keeps looking down. "Yeah" he responds dryly.

Gojo's voice gets louder "Anything..."

"Yeah I know..." He keeps looking down.

I speak up. "Gojo stop. He gets it."

"Does he?" Gojo sounds genuinely hurt. Like Geto personally did something to offend him. Like he cut through one of his own cashmere sweaters. Maybe I should have waited a bit longer before asking Gojo to talk to him. He's way too worked up right now. 

"Gojo, why don't you go to the bathroom. You need to use the bathroom right?" WINK. HINT. I nudge him to leave us alone for a minute. He refuses the hint.

"I don't have to use the bathroom and I'm not going anywhere." Gojo walks up to Geto. He bends down at his eye level. Geto still doesn't look up. Gojo reaches down to Geto's arm and starts pulling up his sleeves. Geto yanks his arms back, fast.

"THE FUCK?" Geto yells.

"SO IT IS TRUE THEN?" Gojo yells. He isn't reacting to this well at all. I chime in.

"GOJO STOP. That wasn't cool, ok just drop it!" Geto starts breathing faster, he clutches his sleeves. Gojo balls his hand into a fist. He's starting to lose it.

"Show me your arms Suguru." Gojo commands. He looks violent. He's staring daggers into Geto. Geto refuses to give him eye contact.

Geto holds his hand to his arm, gripping it tightly. Geto responds, quietly. "I don't have to show you anything." Neither of them are budging. I get increasingly nervous at the tension between the two strongest sorcerers in front of me. I sense Gojo's cursed energy increase.

I need to stop this right now or someone's getting hurt. "GOJO! I know you're upset but this isn't working. You're just making him shut down more." I yell at him. I look over to Geto and offer him a hand to help him up. He smacks my hand away.

"Will you two stop discussing me like I'm some child." He stands up and turns his back to us. My heart drops. He's putting up his walls again.

"WELL YOU'RE CERTAINLY ACTING LIKE A CHILD" Fuck, Gojo, shut the fuck up. You're making it way way way worse. Gojo shut the fuck up please. Please...

"EH?" Geto spins around violently. His eyebrows are furrowed now and he glares at Gojo.

Gojo points a glowing finger at him. "SULKING AND POUTING IN THE CORNER WHEN YOUR SAD. REFUSING TO TELL PEOPLE YOU'RE UPSET. HIDING YOUR BOO BOOS-" He crossed a line and even he knows it.

Geto's eye twitches. He releases two mid-level curses. "Shut your fucking mouth..." I can feel Geto's cursed energy rise now. "...honored one" He snarls.

They're definitely about to fight. But why? This isn't going to help anything. I run in between them. I hold my hand out to Gojo. "GOJO STOP! This isn't going to change anything" Gojo's mouth is twitching. Dozens of emotions flood his head at once. He seems to snap out of it somewhat and takes a deep breath. He closes his eyes for a moment. He lowers his finger. This is good. I think he's calming down.

"Like YOU could understand anyway..." Geto gets another jab in.

"The fuck is that supposed to mean?" Gojo looks up again. Sunglasses off. I get nervous.

"I said it's not like you could understand what normal people go through." Geto is just getting cruel now. He knows how sensitive Gojo is about being isolated from normal people. It seems like he's just getting defensive and mean to protect himself.

I snap around to Geto. "Geto enough. You're being childish." I look at him now, disappointed. He scoffs at me.

"And what would you know? Underclassman..." Geto snarls. It's clear that he just wants to hurt us to push him away. I won't let him.

Suddenly I feel a rush of wind. Gojo starts levitating. I turn around slowly. His eyes are fucking glowing. "Shit" I mutter. Gojo points a finger at Geto and growls.

"FIGHT! NOW!" Gojo commands. At this point I start running. I sprint away from both of them and hide in a corner, watching the fight go down.

I see a burst of blue light. Gojo throws a blast over at Geto which he blocks with a couple spirits. Geto manifests a floating spirit and stands on it, floating into the air. Gojo flies over to him in seconds and starts swinging. Geto dodges, barely. He sends three cursed snake spirits to Gojo. The snakes wrap around Gojo's body and restrict his movement. Gojo tilts his head slightly and the snakes explode. He stares at Geto, eyes glowing. He moves faster than I can process. His fist swings to Geto's face and makes contact. Geto's body flies instantly across  the air and onto the sand. Geto manages to gain composure and land on his feet, but his face has a bright red mark on it.

"That one hurt, Satoru" He says, wiping blood from his nose.

"Oh so you don't like getting hurt? Sorry I must have been confused." Gojo responds viciously. I think I understand what he's doing now. Is he trying to beat the self-harm out of Geto? That seems like it would be logical in Gojo world. Unfortunately we don't live in Gojo world.

Geto scowls at him. "I told you it's not something someone like you would understand. You have no idea what it's like-"

"DAMNIT" Gojo yells over him. "I LOST THEM TOO!" Gojo screams, arms flailing. Geto's eyes soften. "AMANAI, HAIBARA...THEY WERE MY FRIENDS TOO!" Gojo's voice cracks.

This seems to strike some sort of chord with Geto. He lowers his guard slightly. "I...I know..."

"SO WHY DO YOU KEEP ACTING LIKE I DON"T KNOW WHAT YOU"RE GOING THROUGH? I'M NOT SOME SORT OF COLD UNFEELING MONSTER. I'M A HUMAN BEING!" Gojo's bright eyes are muffled by welling tears. It's clear that they both hit a nerve with each other. Geto lowers his fists.

Ok I think it's time to intervene again. I decide to walk forward to comfort Gojo. Geto beats me to it. He walks up closer to him, completely lowering his defenses and putting his spirits away. "I know Satoru..." He whispers. "...I'm sorry." I slowly inch my way closer to them.

Gojo starts full on crying now. His eyes flash on and off. He rubs his eyes with his wrists. I decide to risk it. I walk over to Gojo and put my arms around him. He drops his infinity. His eyes dull. I hold him tightly and close my eyes. He jumps at first, but lets himself be hugged. Geto walks up to us both. He wraps his arms around both of us. Even now...even after all of that...Geto still holds us close. Gojo slowly stops crying.