𝐁𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐒𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐃 | satoru gojo

10 | Any Excuse Is A Good Excuse For Retail Therapy

"... Gojō. To what do I owe this displeasure?"

On what had been an otherwise peaceful Sunday afternoon, Nanami Kento stood at the door of his apartment looking thoroughly unimpressed with his surprise visitors.

"Now, now, no need to be so prickly!" jested Gojō, who stood at the forefront of his pack with Keigo's car seat in his hand. "I just thought we'd pay you a visit while we're in the area! Can we come in?"

Nanami's gaze trailed to the students behind Gojō, each of whom were swamped with an array of shopping bags and boxes. At least ten different bags hung from each of Megumi's arms as he also balanced a stack of medium sized boxes in his hands, while Nobara and Yūji had been tasked with transporting a large, heavy box that contained the pieces for a fancy, self-assemble wooden cot that came with a built in changing table and drawers. 

What Gojō had originally pitched to his students as a fun day of shopping and team bonding had actually ended up with them being his lackeys, and even though he had bought them lunch as compensation for their time and effort, they were still displeased with their teacher's decision to drag them around the city for his shopping spree.

Taking pity on the first year students, Nanami sighed and shook his head.

"Under regular circumstances I wouldn't even have answered the door, but for the sake of your students, I suppose I have no choice."

The first years all breathed sighs of relief as Nanami stepped back and opened the door wider, making space for them to fit through the narrow doorframe.

"Much appreciated!" Gojō happily strolled into the apartment and stepped out of his shoes, then headed towards Nanami's living room as he left his students to navigate the bulky box for the cot through the door. Nobara and Yūji were both understandably frazzled from their arduous task of carrying around the heavy box, and it seemed that their patience was about to run thin with their next challenge: Nanami's narrow doorframe.

"I'll go in first!" called out Nobara quickly, leaping aside and switching positions with Yūji so that she was in front of the door. He yelped as he was pulled sideways by her sudden movement, and cried out, "Hey! I nearly dropped it!"

"Here, tilt it so we can angle it in!"

"It can't fit!"

As the pair broke out into a fresh squabble, Megumi sighed mournfully.

"Um, if you two are going to take a while, can I go in first?" asked the Fushiguro, who went ignored by the pair as he stood completely covered by the stack of boxes that towered above his head. He was left standing with a dark look on his face as their bickering intensified and drowned him out altogether, earning a look of pity from Nanami as he placed a door stop under the door in case they did eventually manage to figure out how to bring in the shopping.

"What are you doing with a baby?"

After following Gojō to the living room, Nanami stood behind the couch with his arms crossed as he watched his ever lively colleague reach into the car seat and pull out a baby wearing a bright yellow bodysuit. The child made eye contact with him, and upon seeing the colour of his  luminous blue eyes, Nanami frowned.

"Didn't Utahime tell you? We had a baby together," grinned Gojō mischievously, holding Keigo above his head for Nanami to see. "Do you want to hold Keigo, or would you like to try your hand at making one of his bottles?"