Bad Timing | Satoru Gojo | Toji Fushiguro | Jujutsu Kaisen

Chapter 14

One Hour Before The Exchange Event:

Today is the day. The exchange event is happening this afternoon. It's been two weeks of hell in preparing for it. There was so much to do, not to mention the training of the first and second years that I had to keep an eye on, even though Gojo was consuming nearly half of my time with his side tasks.

"You're late!" I snapped at Satoru once he reached where I was standing. I've been waiting for him for nearly forty-five minutes so we could go and join the others.

"Yeah, well, you know I had to bring Itadori back with me." He reminded me. I totally forgot about that.

"Oh! How did it go? Were there tears?" I knew they missed him so much and they were sad about his death, which was originally a lie. And I truly felt guilty whenever they mentioned him during training and I had to act all normal, like I didn't know what Gojo was planing behind their backs.

"Well... not quite well."

I shook my head at his answer. "I hope they kick your ass after this, let's go now, Yaga will start cussing soon." I said and moved to reach his arm, pulling at it, so he could get moving. Then we started walking and heading towards the monitoring room.

Oddly, me and Gojo were getting along pretty well lately. Thanks to our constant work together, 80% of my day was spent with him. Whether it was a mission, a training session, or just a stroll to go do something with him outside the school. And I have to say, his attitude has gotten a lot better, or maybe I've gotten used to it? Whichever it is, I think he could be a decent person if he only tries a little harder.

My mood has been good as well. Something about keeping myself busy and focused on my work got me really shutting out and away all of my anxious thoughts. Even my smoking was minimized. I used to finish one pack in two days, now I could keep a pack for a whole week!

Yet I couldn't help but feel like there is something still nagging at the back of my mind, something that I kept pushing away and kept hiding. It's not like I was scared to deal with it. But I knew it would only start to clash with what I have right now, this whole temporary bliss that I was enjoying, if I gave it a thought.

I'm not ready to deal with it, because honestly, I don't know how to deal with it!

My situation with Gojo, the resentment I used to have towards him and the fact that I was growing soft for him now when I started seeing how good of a person he is... I'm not ready to think about it.

We reached the door of the hall and I was about to twist the knob when Gojo's hand stopped me, his fingers wrapping gently around my right wrist. I looked up at him and he was looking at me.

"You okay?" He asked, "I know you're always quiet but you're awfully quiet right now... did I do something?"

My lips couldn't help but form a smile, then I shook my head. "No, I'm just nervous and maybe worried for those brats.." I said, trying to convince him. Shaking my head at myself mentally, I know I let go of my guard whenever I let my mind wander away with its thoughts, and Gojo always picks this up. The way my features change and even my silence, he always senses my troubled thoughts. And I honestly applaud him for it, because nothing can slip away while he's around.

"Yea, me too." He nodded tightly, "but you can talk to me, Ania, if there's something else..."

I took a breath in, feeling his fingers still around my wrist, then finally whispered. "Everything's okay."

Satoru stared at me for a second behind his blindfold, as if still waiting for me to say it. And when I kept quiet, he sighed and opened the door himself. Finally letting go of my hand.