Love Is The Most Twisted Curse | Suguru Geto

Chapter 15: Birthday Blues

She is walking towards the unknown. She could feel the void inside her. She doesn't remember who she is, where she is from.

After walking for what feels like several hours, she finally reaches a park. Children are playing there. She looks around and sees a boy with dark hair.

It appears that others are bullying him. He's not saying a word or protesting against the bullies. She tries to say something to the other boys but she realizes her voice won't come out.

But the boy with dark hair looks straight at her and smiles. It is the most pure smile she has ever seen. It seems so familiar.

Suddenly, she felt a hand on her shoulder. She turned around to see a man standing there. She couldn't see his face. After a pause, he told her

"Let's go home, Sayuri."

Sayuri? Who is she? She thought to herself.

Her eyes snap open. She realizes she's sweating. It takes a while for her to understand where she is. It's the hotel room in Okinawa.

Her gaze falls on Suguru, who is sound asleep. He looks so at peace, his eyelashes are so heavenly, he's breathing slowly. Sayuri feels a lot better after seeing him.

She doesn't know why she had such a strange dream. She couldn't even remember the whole thing. It sounds like a familiar voice at the end.

She lowers her face to kiss his cheek. She still remembers every little thing that happened between them last night.

"This won't do, come here."

She opens her eyes to see he's awake. He slides his hand to her waist and gives her a kiss on the lips. God, she missed that. She wants to feel like this every day. He's so perfect.

"Sayuri-chan. Open the door please." It's Satoru's voice coming out of the door.

"Fucking cockblocker." Suguru mumbled, "Don't open the door, love." He's begging with his eyes.

"Sayuri-chan. Come on now, are you sleeping?"

It can't be. She jumps from the bed to get a peek through the peephole. Everyone is here - her friends accompanied by Satoru. Shit.

"You got to hide." Sayuri told him. She's panicking.

"Fine. But Satoru would sense me anyways" Suguru says wearing his shirt.

"I will handle him." Sayuri says confidently.

Suddenly Suguru closes the gap between them and gives her a full-blown kiss.

"I will be in the washroom, love."

Sayuri is stunned to speak. After adjusting herself and fixing the bed, she opens the door.

"Surprise!"

It is all of them - Akane, Haibara, Nanami, Gojo.

Akane is holding a cake, Haibara is holding several black balloons. She didn't expect any of this.

"Come on in, guys."

"Why did it take so long to open the door, Sayuri-chan?" Haibara asked her

"Umm. I was sleeping." Sayuri says with a faint blush. Akane is eyeing her suspiciously.

"Yeah. Of course. How did you sleep last night, Sayuri-chan?" It is Satoru. He's smirking like an idiot. He knows everything, Oh God, she thought to herself.

"Did you hurt yourself?" Nanami asks, noticing the way she's walking. Shit. This is so embarrassing.

"Yeah. I kind of fell."

Satoru is trying so hard not to laugh. It's irritating.

"Okay. Now. Cut the cake, birthday girl." Akane said. Finally, she changed the topic. She is so grateful to her.

She cuts the cake. Everyone sang happy birthday - especially Satoru with his weird high-pitched voice. They were casually chatting when they heard a knock. She opens the door. She is startled by what she sees. It is Suguru.

"Am I not invited to your party?" He asks casually as he walks into her room like nothing has happened.

"Geto-san. Come on in. We're discussing what we could do on your last day here." It is Haibara.

"Wait a minute. Why are you guys here anyway?" Sayuri finally asked.

"Yaga-sensei sent us as backups." Nanami told her.

"Yeah. We will escort you back to Jujutsu Tech." It is Akane.

"You know, for extra safety." Haibara says while eating the cake.

"And we could all celebrate the new year together." Satoru says knowingly.

"Where were you last night?" Suguru asked him

"I could ask you the same." Satoru asks with a smirk.

They stared at each other hard. Everyone could feel the tension.

"Call it even?" Suguru finally asked him

"You bet." Satoru says happily.

First they tried boat paddling, then had lunch by the beachside. Finally to end the day, they visited an aquarium.

It was the most exquisite thing Sayuri had ever seen in her life. There are so many fish that Sayuri doesn't even know all of their names.

She's standing near the glass door, her forehead resting on the glass. Only if she could live like these fish, if she could live this freely, without a worry in the world.

"Did you enjoy your birthday, princess?" It is Suguru.

"I did. But.." Sayuri says fixing her gaze on the view. Suguru is still looking at her side. To him, she's the view - she's the most exquisite thing to ever exist. From the small mole on her cheek to the curve of her lips, she's pure art to him. An art he's ready to become a slave to.

"But?"

"I don't know. It feels wrong to have this much fun. I think I don't deserve this." Sayuri confessed to him.

She's telling the truth. She doesn't feel okay that she's having fun on the day her mother died.

"She's looking at you right now from up there and feeling proud, you know. She wants you to be nothing but happy."

It's as if he read her mind.

"You do know how to shut me up, don't you?" She says looking into his eyes. His eyes would be the death of her, she thought.

He smiles. His smile is so pure, his eyes close when he smiles. It feels so comforting for some reason. Sayuri lifts her hand to touch his cheek. He's a bit startled she could tell. At this moment, she realizes something.

For this man, she could end this world.

For this man, she could learn to love herself.

For this man, she could finally start to believe in this world again.

Sayuri didn't believe she was capable of emotions. Capable of living for someone else.

She finally realized she had fallen.

Fallen hard for Suguru Getou.