𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝 | 𝐣𝐣𝐤

chapter 23

"DO YOU THINK SHE HATES ME?"

megumi questioned his pink haired friend, yuuji. the boy in front of him furrowed his eyebrows, a little confused and taken aback by his friend question. "who?" he questioned back, not sure who megumi was talking about. the black haired boy huffed at his heedless friend, they've been talking about you for the past 20 minutes and the boy still had the nerve to ask who? "we literally just talked about her man. it's y/n who i'm talking about, who else"

yuuji made a sound of understanding "why do you think she hates you? you didn't do anything for her to hate you, right?" megumi shook his head in disagreement. "it's just that she doesn't hang out with us like she used to, always so busy with 'stuff' you know?" megumi answered, remarking the word 'stuff' with a movement of his hands. "plus, gojo said he saw her with a tall boy recently, did she tell you about it?" yuuji shook his head like he did some minutes ago.

"see? y/n is hiding things from us, to her best friends! even maki didn't know about it" yuuji's gaze roamed over the lonely coffee shop they were at. it was true that you weren't spending lots of time together lately but, he believed you if you said you were busy. if you didn't want to tell them about whoever that boy was or whatever you were doing with him, it was okay, he understood that. so, why was megumi making such a fuss about it?

"why do you care about it so much megs? she can do whatever she wants anyway. she has her own life, there's no need to tell us about everything" yuuji's eyes were now trained on his friend, watching how his shoulders slumped a little at yuuji's words, face looking almost pained from them. "because i care about her yuuji. she, she means a lot to me you know?" megumi raised his head to look at his friend, his voice was barely above a whisper. he sounded almost afraid of saying it "and because a like her, i really do yuuji. i like her so much that knowing she's spending her time with another boy that's not me is hurting me"

yuuji's eyes widened in surprise. his friend's declaration of love towards their female bestfriend was something he didn't expect, not that intense at least. yuuji always knew megumi had a soft spot for you, it was so easy to see. his face would always lit up when you were with them, that common stoic and cold face would turn into a warm and soft one. he always thought of you first when deciding things, always taking care of you in every way. it was the little things that megumi did what made yuuji realize that he cared for you a lot; like covering the sharp ends of the tables with his hand when you were close to one, always bringing the chewing gums you liked the most or getting excited for the most mundane things you told them.

yuuji knew about his friend loving you, he just didn't want to acknowledge it yet. yuuji let out a long sigh and placed his right hand on top of megumi's left one "look, i don't know how much it can hurt watching the girl you love being happy with another boy because i've never experienced love but, what i do know is that y/n doesn't hate you, not in the slightest. it is true that she's been a little absent these past days but she must have her reasons" yuuji's grip on his friend's hand tightened, making megumi's eyes to look at him "if you're so interested in her, make a move 'gumi. don't stay behind and see how another boy is going to take your girl away, go for it"

yuuji's words seemed to be igniting something inside megumi's chest,. it was faith, even if it was just a little, maybe you would love him back, after all you two been through, perhaps you also had some sort of feelings for him, right? but then, the doubt creeped up on his mind "what if she rejects me yuuji? what if i mess our friendship because of my feelings?" the new shining in megumi's eyes disappeared rapidly, like snow in spring. his eyes were watery, fighting the tears that threatened to fall.

the look on megumi's face pained yuuji "megumi, believe me when i tell you she loves you enough than to end your friendship" yuuji's eyes wandered again on the coffee shop, his eyes landing on the tall bodies on the other side of the shop. "promise me you will tell her how you feel, regardless of what she says you will still have me, i'll always stick with you megs" and with a final smile, megumi agreed to do it. he would confess and see how things turn out, even if it ended in a heartbreak.

on the other side of the coffee shop...

"do you think she hates me?" gojo questioned to his bestfriend geto, who was stirring his black coffee boringly. gojo's body was slumped on the small table, taking all the space with it. he had his famous round sunglasses on, even inside of the shop where the sun wasn't bothering him. "you're talking about y/n, right?" gojo huffed giving geto the answer to his question. of course he was talking about you, you've been the topic of every one of his interactions with his colleagues.

"who else do you think i'm gonna talk about? i swear she's driving me crazy" he raised his body from the table, taking a long sip from his strawberry milkshake. geto sighed tiredly, as much as he was attracted to you, it was a little exhausting hearing about you every time of the day. gojo could not stop talking about you and complaining about the same thing over and over again; why didn't he had his turn already. "look if you're so interested in fucking her why don't you just go and have sex with her? that's what we all did"

gojo scoffed and supported his head on his right hand, eyes looking through the big window next to him. "it isn't that easy. everytime i get alone with her, there's someone that ruins it. first it was you, why would you tie me up on that chair? i was planning on sharing you know?" geto chuckled lowly "you didn't seem like you hated it" if looks could kill, geto would be dead by now. "then, she teases me during class time knowing exactly that the rules say we can't have sex during class or in any establishment. and to my surprise, she fucks choso on his class."

his words stopped when a certain couple walked not too far from them, recognizing the black and pink hair. "then, we sleep together in that uncomfortable couch on our common room and she has to go because yuuta was sick in her room. what the fuck is my problem bro? why does everyone steal her away from me? does the universe not want me to fuck her o what?" he continued when he saw the two boys walk out of the coffee shop, laughing about something.

geto, on the other side of the table, looked at his friend unamused, tired of hearing the same story every time they met. "jesus christ satoru, just go to her fucking room and fuck her. you literally live next to her, you must know when she's around or not" gojo slumped his body against the table again, making a loud sound when his body made contact with the surface. "i told you it's not that easy" he whined. geto finished his coffee before taking some money from the back pocket of his jeans, leaving it on the table. "i'm leaving, you're such a pain in the ass man" that's all he said before leaving a whining gojo on the table, cursing and screaming at him for being a bad friend.

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walking down the hallways of the science building, you were heading back to your dorm after a long and boring class. you gripped the straps of your backpack tightly while humming to a song you heard earlier on the cafeteria, that is until you felt a hand on one of your shoulders, stopping you.

turning your head back you were met with a dark haired woman, a big scar covering half of her beautiful face. "thank god i finally found you" your eyes scanned her face and body, hearing her labored breath and pants "i've been looking for you all morning" you recognized her, she was nanami's secretary; utahime iori, the woman that worked under the principal orders. "is there something wrong?" the woman shook her head, breathing slowly to recover herself "principal nanami wanted to see you. he asked me personally to look out for you. he wants you immediately in his office"

you shivered, knowing exactly why he needed you at his office but you decided to ask nonetheless "do you perhaps know why?" utahime shook her head again before answering, her breathing now normal "i have no idea but he didn't sound mad, so i guess it's nothing bad. but with nanami you never know" you thanked her before resuming your walk down the hallway but this time with a change on the destination.