mamoritai | f. megumi

二十二

Falling down from the roof, Momoka lets out a pained gasp from the impact of falling down on the ground and the searing pain from the bullet that hit the right area of her chest. It was even a miracle for her to be alive despite falling down from the roof and getting shot, Momoka wondered, did her life span decreased a little?

"Don't move." She heard a familiar voice speaking to her, feeling an arm hold the back of her shoulders and the other hooking underneath her knees. "What you were facing earlier was beyond your grade. Satoru and the others are on their way here." It was the voice of her father, scooping her up in her arms and then running out of the veil.

"What about the others..." Momoka whispered, noticing how the veil is suddenly being lifted. 

Nanami noticed the veil being lifted as well, still running away. "They're getting out of here as well." He simply responded, entering the school and making way to Shoko's office. Momoka could see nothing but the blinding lights on the ceiling, her body being stable on top of the bed.

"Consider yourself, Nanami chan." Shoko's voice came to her earshot, the older girl inspecting her chest shot. "The bullet hit your right area, not left. But still, I won't be able to guarantee you a short recuperation." She says, placing a hand over Momoka's eyes.

"Sleep for now." The older girl instructs.

And with that, her body relaxes, fading into the sleep.

"When did you become good friends with that gorilla?" Nobara asks. The four of them lounging inside Megumi's room, a box of cheese pizza on top of his legs. As Yuji is sitting on a black swivel chair on the left side of Megumi, Nobara on the right side, Momoka sat on the foot of his bed.

"No, were not really good friends but...although I do have some memories of it, I can't exactly recall anything." Yuji explains, placing his fingers on the bridge of his nose.

"What are you talking about? Are you drunk?" Nobara asks again

"Do you think I can drink in that situation?" Yuji asks in a deflated tone.

As the two talked amongst themselves, Megumi had his eyes on Momoka's chest. The girl in front of him was wearing a gray tank top, although she was covered, the tips of the white bandage were peaking out of her clothing.

"How does your chest feel?" Megumi asks out of the blue.

Momoka blushed a little upon hearing his question, Nobara choked on the pizza and Yuji stared at Megumi in horror.

"Why're you asking a girl a question like that, Fushiguro?" Yuji asks

Irked, Megumi turns his attention to Yuji. "I was asking about the wound, idiot!"

"Ahhh" both Nobara and Yuji chorused, slowly nodding their heads. "You should have clarified it better. Momoka would get the wrong idea and think you're asking for her size!"

"It's alright!" Momoka chimes in, smiling with her eyes closed. "Shoko san said I was lucky not to get any infection and that the bullet didn't hit any vital organs. It's all good!" She proudly explained, holding onto the strap of her tank top and then lowering it a little, showing to them a bandaged wound area.

"Oi! Lift that up!" Nobara immediately stood up, using her arms and back to cover up Momoka. Yuji covered his eyes with his free hand while Megumi could just look away, his face a little flustered.

Chuckling to herself, Momoka lifted the strap of her tank top on again, Nobara sitting back down on her seat.

"At least Fushiguro and Nanami's injuries weren't serious! They can both eat pizza." Yuji happily announced, as he was about to take a bite, his eyes suddenly widened, whipping his head to look at Momoka.

"ARE YOU NANAMI SENSEI'S CHILD?" He shouts, Nobara leaning close to whack his head.

"Don't shout at girls like that!" She reprimanded the pink haired male.

Momoka, who's eyes were wide, slowly nodded her head. "Yeah. My father's a jujutsu sorcerer too." She responded, taking a bite out of her slice of pizza.

"That's so cool. Having a sorcerer parent." Nobara says

"Nanamin sensei's really cool! He's a cool adult!" Yuji gushes. "How come you have different technique from him though?" He asks, earning himself a wack in the head by Megumi next.

"Don't ask a question like that!" Megumi half shouts

"Why not?" Yuji asks innocently

"Because I'm only adopted by him." Momoka smiles, "It's not a big deal honestly! So what if I don't have his technique? I have my own!"

Megumi squinted his eyes a bit on Momoka, looking for any trace of embarrassment or shyness on her face. When he couldn't detect any, he internally lets out a sigh of relief.

"Please bring food that are easy to digest." Megumi requests

"Don't complain." Nobara quickly responded

"At that time, it seemed better that my cursed energy was almost used up. After the roots were removed, Ieri san was able to treat my wounds." Megumi begins to say

"Is that so? So things like that happen." Yuji suddenly chimes

"You and Momoka fought that cursed spirit, right?" Nobara asks

Instead of answering the question, Megumi turns his head to talk to Yuji. All the while, Momoka finished her first slice of pizza, her phone began to ring. As curiosity not only piqued on her, so did Nobara, Yuji and Megumi. Looking down at her phone, the contact name ' Father ' flashed on her screen.

"I'll go take this first." Momoka says, taking her phone with her oil free hand and then leaving Megumi's room and into the hallway.

"Hello, Father!" Momoka happily chirps, leaning her back on the wall. "I feel much better now, the pain has already subsided and I'm with my friends right now, were eating pizza!" She happily spoke to him on her line, going to the restroom to wash her oily hand.

"Today? No I'm not doing anything right now." She responded to his question, all of a sudden, her eyes widened in surprise.

"Eh?!" Momoka gasps, her phone almost slipping out of her hand, catching it and then pressing it between her ear and shoulder. "Why? It can just be the two of us! No need-" she suddenly stops talking and sighed through her nostrils.

"Okay, I understand. I'll mention it later." She said and with that the call dropped. Walking back to Megumi's room, Momoka noticed the window had been left open and Yuji is nowhere in sight.

"Huh?" Momoka asks, blinking twice. "Did I miss anything?"

"Nothing big." Nobara responded, resuming back to eating her pizza. "Gorilla was here earlier and chased after Yuji, issall."

Sitting back on the foot of Megumi's bed, Momoka placed her phone on top of his bed.

"You look like you're going to say something" Megumi says, his eyes on hers.

Momoka chuckles, motioning her hand up and down. "It's nothing!" she said but Megumi remained stoic faced. When he didn't respond to her, Momoka slumped her shoulders.

"My father...is inviting you to dinner...with us." is what Momoka said.

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