Butterfly's Curse

A Painful Goodbye

"Why the curse of the blue butterflies?" Mifuyu asked his grandma with the intention of convincing her. "Why does he have to be exorcized too? I just don't get it."

"You ask why?" His grandma said in disbelief.

Mifuyu nodded: "The only one you said that I have to be careful with is the woman of the red butterflies."

"I know what I said," she stated, trying to not lose her patience. "The other curse could be as dangerous as that woman."

She was aware that the blue butterfly never caused harm to her husband or son, but she knew he was responsible like the red butterfly for the disappearance of children since she was young. All this time, she was worried about her grandson being taken away for being able to see the unseen, just like her husband was taken away by them. And since the day her husband returned, he wasn't the same man she once knew. So to protect Mifuyu, she thought of ending everything once and for all.

"But, since you did not say anything about him, then that means he's not dangerous." Mifuyu said, knowing better than anyone that Yugen couldn't cause harm even if he wanted to. "The time I shared together with the blue butterfly, he showed me how kind he is. He only wished to protect me and make me happy, just like--"

"That's enough!" She interrupted, raising her voice. "You perfectly know that I'm doing this to protect you, don't fall for the lies of a curse," her words hurt Mifuyu. "And since we have a guest behave yourself."

She started to walk towards Satoru, soon stopping in her tracks after the anger in Mifuyu's voice filled the living room. "What are you trying to protecting me from!?

This was the first time Mifuyu shouted at his grandma, he always hated how stubborn sometimes she could be.

"I have already looked into that woman's eyes," he confessed.

"What did you just say!?" She couldn't believe what her grandson was saying, she warned him and still he disobeyed her words. "After what I said to you before, you still decided to not listen to me?"

She turned around, confirming that Mifuyu wasn't lying to her. Both of them stared at each other with fierceness in their eyes, until Mifuyu could not stand his grandmother's piercing gaze, averting his gaze away from her.

"I didn't have any intention to disobey you, but..." Mifuyu struggled to say his final words, afraid that his grandmother would get even more angry. However, the real reason was because he didn't remember when he looked into the eyes of the red butterfly.

After a long silence, he said: "But... Somehow, I already looked into her eyes before you even told me."

His grandmother really didn't care about his reply, she wasn't going to change her decision so easily. "Then more reason to exorcize those curses, even better if they can be exorcized as soon as possible."

"Grandma, please listen to me." He begged.

"I don't have anything more to say to you." She approached Satoru, not willing to hear her grandson anymore. "Gojo, let's not lose anymore time. I'll show you, where that woman usually appears. Let's go now."

Mifuyu knew there was no use trying to convince his grandma anymore, so he turned his gaze at Satoru who had been quiet all this time. He hoped that he could help him convince his grandmother, but when his blue eyes meet Satoru's figure, he was already leaving with her.

It was stupid to think that this man could help him, after all, no one had ever wanted to listen to what he had to say and he wasn't an exception. Just like everyone else, no one ever wanted to believe him. Satoru and his grandma was just the same as his parents, the same as the kids in his school. He felt that only Yugen was the only one who truly listen to him and believed in every word he spoke, so for him, he wasn't going to give up.