Jujutsu Kaisen x Reader [PAUSED]

Part twenty two: I swear, I can stop whenever I want

After that little fiasco, your teacher and Megumi escorted, although rather reluctantly, the kid your two other classmates had rescued from that building.

I need to get stronger. This isn't enough. But wait...why do I want to be strong? What was my goal again?

Sitting in between Yuuji and Nobara on some stairs, the latter tried to take your mind off of your thoughts that seemed to have left a sour expression on your face by declaring that being hungry put her in a bad mood.

Luckily, the two males returned rather quickly and this time your teacher seemed to remember his promise and asked you if you wanted to grab a bite.

Well, it's no use dwelling on it right now.

"Beef stake!" "Sushi!", declared the two on your sides.

"Cake!", you added, having pushed your thoughts aside, being back to your usual self.

"Leave it to me", was what you teacher said while holding his thumbs up: "And you Megumi?"

Seeing as he was ignoring you by scrolling on his phone, the three started to walk ahead and you, being the nice person you are, grabbed his arm, nearly making him drop his phone and dragged him along.

After a quick stop at some restrooms to empty your bladders, you were still bantering about what to eat.

"(Y/N) we can't have cake for dinner, steak is much better", argued your pink haired friend.

"Why noooot?", you pouted, puffing your cheeks out.

Turing to your teacher, you tried to use your puppy eyes on him but he didn't falter.

Well, maybe he did, but he'd never admit it.

"We can have cake after dinner, how about that? For now, we'll decide what to eat with a game of rock paper sissors", was what Nobara came up with.

After tricking your naive friend, the girl rejoiced her victory and you being the puppy in her eyes, also hopped on the train of happiness, sharing a hug with her.

Not wanting to hear them argue where exactly they wanted to eat, you made your way to some gacha machines that were nearby, looking though your options.

Your eyes finally landed on a simple and cute cat keychain. It wasn't rare nor particularly special but damn, your pupils had already dilated and there was no stopping you now.

Searching for your wallet, you always had more than enough coins to feed your gamble, or in this case, gacha addiction. You never did make a habit of keeping any of them since you moved so often but now that was about to change.

Inserting the right amount of money, you turned the handle and waited for a capsule to drop.

Once it was in your little racoon hands, you hurriedly tried to open it, almost sacrificing one of your nails.

Your exited mood quickly made space for the disappointment of holding a small dog in your hand.

Not letting that bring you down, you repeated the process at least 30 more times before Megumi, who had witnessed the whole thing, had to hold you back from slicing that machine.

Once again, your bad luck kicked in and somehow also affected your friend, making the both of you step on some of the discarded capsules on the ground that you gave up on trying to carry with you after stuffing every possible space in your clothes full.

Landing on his chest, the both of you burst out laughing. Finally, you managed to calm down a bit.

"Can you please get off of me, I think I'm being molested by a plastic ball."

And you erupted in laughter once more.

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A.N.: Picture is from alamy stock photo. Those are gacha machines if you've never seen one.

Regarding the gacha machines, I speak from experience. Those things got me addicted and my wallet dead.