Salmon..? •Inumaki Toge x Reader•

Chapter 4

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Under such circumstances, you would have expected to wake up suddenly, disoriented and confused. Instead, you woke up slowly, groaning a bit after becoming suddenly aware of the bright lights behind your eyelids. You were still confused, but the feeling that overwhelmed you was exhaustion. You felt absolutely spent of energy, and when you tried to lift your hand, it shook when it hovered mid-air. Even moving your head to look around the room felt exhausting and took too much energy, but you managed to take in a quick scan. You've never been in this room, but you could tell you were back at Jujutsu High.

"You shouldn't exert yourself too much," a familiar voice reached your ears. You sent a half-assed glare at your teacher but decided against speaking upon just waking up. They needed a bit more time to awaken from their own slumber. Gojo mused at the confusion on your face. "You weren't out for long. Only a day."

"F-Fushiguro...?"' You questioned, your voice hoarse as you forced the sound out. A worried expression flooded your face as you tried to sit up, but fell back down to the confines of your bed.

"He's alright. Unlike someone, he didn't use up all of his cursed energy and pass out before the fun began~"

You sent another glare in his direction, and he burst out laughing at your angry, but sleepy face. "Gee, thanks teach... What-... what about that boy and the finger?"

"Oh, yeah him! So that's a long story, but the short and more effective version is that Itadori is your fellow classmate now! Be sure to treat him well."

"Effective? You skipped all of the details-"

"That leads to the other news I have for you," Gojo's voice cut off your own. You were a bit taken aback by his sudden seriousness. It wasn't as serious as you've seen him before, but it contrasted the amused jests from before. "Your classmates and I are going to pick up your last classmate today."

"Oh yeah? Well, I can come too. Just let me-" you moved to sit up, but Gojo reached out his hand to lay you back down.

"No," he muttered softly with a shake of his head. "You pushed your limits and you need time to recover."

"But I'm okay," you declared determinedly. "I can push past this, just let me get up."

"Y/N..." Gojo pitied you, he really did. However, he wouldn't let you push yourself more than you already had. You had, whether you knew it or not, pushed past your limit at a faster rate than what you were used to. That was the main reason you passed out as soon as you did. "As much as I would love to take you with us, doctor's orders."

You let out a sigh and gave up. Gojo went on to explain that you would be able to move around a little bit after some more rest, but certainly not going too far and too fast as he planned to do. He had no doubt that you would have been perfectly capable of doing what he set out to have the new students do, but he didn't want to risk making your conditions worse. Despite feeling like you were being babied, you could also see where your teacher was coming from and agreed with another sigh. He bid you farewell and urged you to get some more sleep. You had no idea if that was even possible, but you relaxed a bit more when he said his "get wells," from Fushiguro and Itadori. He also promised to bring you back a souvenir, which you figured he would forget that promise as soon as he left the room.

After your teacher left and silence filled the air again, you found yourself feeling drowsy. You had no idea how your body could be so tired after just waking up, but you let yourself slip back into a sound slumber. Upon waking up again, you could tell it was early noon. Some food and water were brought to you, and you actually felt strong enough to sit up and eat on your own. The school doctor ran a quick evaluation of you and went over some of the details of what happened, along with a list of what you couldn't do for a while. Unfortunately, you'd have to call off your evening training with Fushiguro for a few days, but you were sure he would understand. You were specially told that you couldn't use your technique so freely for a while and to only do what the high-ups feel like you could handle. Again, you agreed, mainly just to get out of there sooner.