Therapy Playlist (Ikuzo, Temera!) Ryomen Sukuna x Fem!Reader

1: Mobbing

A/N: Toji is not related to the reader by blood. The reader and the others are of legal age (aged-up characters). Paedophilia is strictly prohibited.

Since you graduated from high school, studying was all you know. You even took a gap year to focus on preparing for the university entrance test. Every weekday, you wake up early for an extra tutorial study course or additional lesson that your mom spent so much money on. The comprehensive course focused on preparing students for university entrance exams. It started at 8 am to 1 pm. But on some days, they would provide students with course counselling outside the main hours which you took the opportunity of and lasted until late afternoon or even evening. On Saturday, you went for tryouts and mock exams. Sunday was your only rest. It felt like a marathon race. You could never have enough breaks. These months are relentless and never-ending.

The thing with a gap year is it wasn't just about the academic stress and tiring chase. But it also how you were still studying for next year's entrance exam when all of your friends from your batch were already celebrating their successful admittance and being busy with university orientation assignments. Or how they had been accepted into the Ivy League; made money after inheriting their parents' ramen restaurant or izakaya; and even got married. It was confusing, lonely, and anxiously rushed. Everything felt competitive and personal. Then time moved on as they were busy with semester exams, presentations, practical sessions, serving customers, cooking delicious food passionately, and making money. Meanwhile, you were waiting for the long-awaited university entrance exam next week.

But you felt lucky for Megumi and Nobara who willingly took a gap year with you. When they first brought it up, you were baffled at their decision. This was their future after all. How could they be so willing to accompany you throughout the gap year? But they came up with pretty good reasons. Nobara said that she needed more time to study and understand the exam subject, asking for your help in tutoring her. So you studied together at the same course tutoring place. On the other hand, Megumi said he needed more money because he thought a scholarship alone wouldn't be enough with which I agreed. So you took part-time jobs that generally started in the afternoon. Aside from them, your mom and your piano teacher, Sara, were also people you felt lucky to have.

"You're cheating," You glared at the person sitting crisscross in front of you across the coffee table.

"No, dear. You're the one who counts cards," Your mother laughed, holding her cards close to her chest.

"Even with your 180 IQ, you just can't beat someone from Vegas, (Y/n)," Your piano teacher chirped in, raising her stakes with the pistachios peanuts scattered on the coffee table in front of her.

"That's right. You have to think outside the box," Your mom nodded with a smirk on her face.

"Tch, annoying," You muttered. Then, the oven's alarm sounded, making you slam your cards on the table. You got up so fast that you stumbled a little and quickly dashed toward the kitchen.

"Slow down, kid! The cookies aren't going anywhere!" Your mom called you out from the living room as you grabbed a mitten to take the cookies out of the oven.

"The cookies are going into my stomach, Mom," You yelled back. You put the hot tray on the counter as your mom entered the kitchen.

"Let it cool, gosh!" Your mom slapped your hand away as you were about to reach for one of the cookies.

"Aw, come on. It tastes better when it's hot," You pout.

"You're gonna die of diabetes, I swear," Your piano teacher, Sara, said as she joined you in the kitchen.

"I'm not Toru," You giggled, recalling your cousin. "Can I please have it now? Pleaseee?"

"Alright," Your mom said as she shook her head in disbelief.