Eyes of Truth || Sukuna Ryomen x reader

Eyes of Truth

I know I never read other people's intros, but I'm writing one anyways. Some crucial info to understand is that canonically, Sukuna's black marks on Itadori's body are only for the audience, and the characters cannot see them. I have incorporated that into the story based on your character's cursed technique. The image above is not mine, and the only thing to consider about it is that this is the outfit I was thinking of when I wrote this. The reader leans towards afab but can technically be interpreted as otherwise. A slightly varied version of this story is also posted on my ao3 under the same name this is titled and under the username whovian247.

The image credit goes to ThePirateHunter on DeviantArt

I hope you enjoy!

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"What's the situation?"

Megumi's body twists in a rush at the sound of your teacher's voice. His face alit with fright relaxing at the sight of you two. Without needing your cursed technique, you can see that he is relieved to see Gojo-sensei.

"Gojo-sensei?" Megumi says in a questioning voice, following with your name as well just afterwards. His eyes flicker to you for a moment and he checks you over for any injuries before returning his attention to your teacher. "What are you two doing here?"

"Hey."

"Sup." You pop the 'p' sound at the end of your greeting, and you throw up a peace sign. You and Gojo speak at the same time, and the older man raises his own hand in a wave.

"I wasn't planning on coming, but man, you're roughed up. I should show the second years. Face this way." Gojo's voice has a mocking drawl to it that makes you roll your eyes and turn away. The air is hotter up here for some reason, and you pinch the front of your uniform top and begin to air it out as Gojo takes out his phone and begins to snap photos of the injured Megumi. Your mouth curls in judgement and watch as Megumi turns his back to the persistent Gojo. Not interrupting your aerating motions, you reach out an arm to lightly hit Gojo on the shoulder.

"Stop being lame." You say. Although he waves a dismissive hand in your direction, he stops taking the pictures and pulls his phone closer to himself, scrolling through the pictures he has taken. Megumi shoots you a grateful glance before fixing a glare on Gojo.

"The higher-ups wouldn't stop complaining with a special-grade cursed object going missing. So, I stopped by after doing some sight-seeing and running into my other precious student here. So, did you find it?" At Gojo's inquiry, you also fix your stare on Megumi, and the information that floods in causes you to drop your shirt in surprise and turn to face the shirtless boy with pink hair you had been ignoring until now. The two of you make eye contact for a moment, and your jaw drops.

"Um... sorry, but I ate it." The boy speaks up, and the other two turn to face him as well. Gojo pauses for a long moment and blinks.

"For real?"

"For real." Both Megumi and the boy respond to Gojo at the same time. You let out a slow whistle while Gojo tilts his head. Your eyes track Gojo as he moves toward the strange boy before leaning in very close to his personal space. To the boy's credit, he does not step back and instead only does a slight tilt backwards before stabilizing while maintaining eye contact with Gojo.

"Damn," Gojo laughs, "it really did combine with you. That's hilarious." The boy's eyes widen as Gojo leans even closer before backing away. His eyebrows furrow for a moment at Gojo's sporadic movements before evening out again. "Anything off with your body?" Gojo asks after another long moment of turning so he will have to look at the boy sideways. You suspect he is doing this to keep an eye on all three of us at the same time.