!smut warning!
lol jk. i just always wanted to do that💀. carry on 😗.
but fr, tw: mentions of suicide/death
"WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?!"
your father stumbled into the room, barely able to stay on his feet. the noise of the front door being blasted open woke you from your slumber, only to be confronted with the sight of your father with blood coating his body.
he grabbed his ears, hoping the excruciating headache and his heart rate would slow. his heart was beating so fast, it forced his lungs to work much harder. he felt like he was drowning in his own blood.
'stupid gum doesn't do shit again that many special grades. i've left the scene, yet, my body is still reacting.' he thought.
with bloodshot eyes, he looked up at you, seeing the tears in your eyes. it broke his heart seeing you so scared.
"c-call nanam—" before he could ask for his best friend, he cut himself off with an agonizing shout. that woke up megumi, who was sleeping over at your house that day. this would usually happen when your dad or gojo would go on an longer mission, which is more common than you'd think.
he stood behind you, watching your father aggressively punch his own chest, hoping that would calm his heart somehow from attempting to beat out of his own chest.
"no!! stop!" you cried, rushing up towards him. but megumi stopped you, clutching you by your shoulders. once you looked up at him, he shook his head. although he trusted your father, he was afraid that in his current state, he would accidentally hurt you.
the sound of his screams along with flesh and blood striking each other echoed through the vast living room as he continued to whack his chest. the two of you backed away gradually, being both frightened and confused.
'my heart is beating so fast.
how do i slow it down?
how do i make it stop?'
all too quickly, engulfing his hand in violet and white, he rammed his fingers into his chest and ripped his heart out.
megumi turned your body, shoving your face into his chest to try to block you from the sight. but you had already seen enough.
still, megumi couldn't shift his eyes. mute tears streaming down his face as he saw the man who treated him like his own (other than gojo) in this state.
you felt as though your vocal chords were snatched from you. you couldn't make a sound. just staring at the high windows megumi made you face with a murky vision as you listened to the beat of his heart.
"I SAID, 'YOU ARE NOT WELCOME.'"
you jerked awake from your dream and reacted quickly. seeing itadori's head about to be rammed with a door, you wrapped blessed energy around him and pulled him into the room.
"did he just!?— oh, hey (l/n)! glad to see you're awake! i think you just saved my life..."
with a raspy voice, you responded, "hey.. um, you can call me (y/n) if you'd like."
"oh, okay! then you can call me yuuji— whoa, are you okay?" he asked seeing that it was taking longer than normal to get a bearing if your surroundings.
the door swung open, revealing a smiling gojo and an infuriated megumi. his features softened once he saw how you looked.
"I'm fine, yuuji." you lifted a smile, "just nightmares."
without hesitation, yuuji got up from the floor and came to the bed, smothering you in a strong hug. even though you've only known him for a day, something about him made you feel comfortable. and in a world like yours, that's all you could ask for.
"do you wanna talk about it?" he asked lowly, making sure he wasn't loud enough for the other two standing at the door to hear.
"i'm fine for now, thank you." glancing at the doorway, you noticed megumi watching you with a guilty look. he was aware of the gum's side effects, a common one being nightmares.
he wasn't jealous of itadori. actually, he was thankful that he was there to give you some sort of comfort. but he felt like he failed by not being there when you might have needed him.
realizing the droop in his features, you sent megumi a small smile. it took him a minute to snap out of it, but in a flash, he smiled back.
°°°
"so if curses run in negative emotions, blessings run on..."
"positive emotions." yuuji answered. the three of you were in the shopping district near the harajuku train station. gojo decided to use yuuji's curiosity to his advantage and started teaching him about blessings.
"what did you notice about (y/n)'s fight with sukuna?" gojo asked the vessel.
"well, she was making jokes majority of the time."
"why do you think she did that?"
"making jokes made her and the people around her happy, which would make her energy stronger."
"correct!" itadori through a fist in the air, nearly hitting megumi square in the jaw. a single scowl from him was enough to stop itadori's mini celebration.
"alright, i'm gonna go search for some sunglasses. meet back here in about an hour?" gojo suggested.
"you need an hour to look at sunglasses?" you pondered.
"yes. i need to find one that looks as good as i do." and with a wave, he was gone.
"you think we can go to hot topic now?" megumi asked softly.
chuckling, you answered, "sure! yuuji?"
"yup! let's go!"
°°°
"that's cool!"
"what?" both you and megumi asked, momentarily freezing your actions of browsing through clothing.
"blessings run on positive emotions! i think that's a lot better than using negativity to be stronger... no offense fushiguro."
"absolutely none taken." he mumbled.
"i wouldn't really call it cool." you said, picking up a pop figure to show megumi.
"what do you mean?"
"well," you started, dropping the figure in your basket. "it's difficult to stay positive when a monster who ate your friend is trying to bite your head off."
"...oh."
adding a third black, oversized t-shirt to his bag, megumi stated, "'positive emotions' is a weird description for it. the term 'positive' is subjective."
"what do you mean?" yuuji asked, picking up a pair of funky glasses.
"cockiness can be utilized as a positive emotion, even though it could have negative outcomes. regardless, those negative outcomes will not be reflected in the output of energy."
"(y/n), can you repeat what fushiguro said in japanese, please?"
laughing, you patted yuuji's head. "don't worry, you asked a lot of questions today, so it's a bit of an info overload. you'll learn a lot more later."
he gave you his iconic smile that could melt hearts as you guys made your way to the cashier. you were sandwiched between megumi and itadori while on line.
bored, as per usual, itadori leans forward to wrap an arm around your shoulders. "let's take a pic," he says, revealing his lock screen for a second before sliding the screen to the quick access camera.
you couldn't place your finger on it, but there was some sort of pain in his eyes. 'is he going to be executed? i don't want to ask him about that right now. he seems like a good person.'
"jennifer lawrence?" you questioned, referring to his lock screen of the actress.
"yeah," he chuckled. "she's totally my type."
"uh... what's your type?" you were terrified that his answer would be 'white women.'
"a tall woman with a big ass." he smiled. megumi face palmed loudly as you stared at yuuji with a fearful face.
"oh... i see."
"i- is there something wrong?"
"it's just... you know what?" pulling out your phone, you opened up instagram. "i'm about to change your life."
once you revealed the screen, his jaw fell, hearts replacing his eyes. "WHO IS SHE?? TELL ME NOW." he squealed, shaking your shoulders.
"that, my friend, is megan the mother fucking stallion."
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a/n: hey hey!
typically i would post two chapters a week, but i'm still finalizing edits for the next chapter so for now, you'll only have one for today :(
i'll try to see if i can post it later tonight, but if not, it would probs be out tomorrow.
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