𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 | Fem reader x Gojo Satoru

Pretty when you cry

Author note: I have two song recommendations for this chapter: 'Reflections' by The Neighbourhood and 'Pretty when you cry' by Lana Del Ray!
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I awake lying on a bed in Jujutsu Tech's infirmary. I look around and see Satoru lying back in a chair in a corner of the room as I attempt to prop myself up. He looks fast asleep and has his blindfold draped over his eyes, but not on. I lift my shirt up to inspect underneath the bandages where I was injured, only to see the familiar pink scar that appears immediately after Shoko heals me.

I look to the other side of my stomach and my shoulder and see she's healed all of my wounds, but it's not like they don't still hurt. I wince as I pull the bandages back securely over them. I can also see the various other slashes over my arms and legs where the shards caught me, but they were only surface wounds so Shoko's reversed cursed energy has managed to heal them almost completely, so much so that they've already turned white.

I look back over to Satoru and he's no longer in his uniform either. He's wearing a white t shirt the same as me and I can see bandages wrapped around both his shoulder and arm where Hana hurt him too. I watch the steady rise and fall of his chest with content, wondering what type of conversation we will have once he wakes up. A few minutes later, he regains consciousness and stretches his arms above his head before removing his blindfold from where it's resting on his eyes.

He looks over to me and I'm already staring at him. He practically leaps from his chair and reaches the side of the bed in an instant, sitting on the edge to get closer to me. He hesitates slightly before grabbing my upper body and encasing me in a strong hug. I reach my arms around him and reciprocate.

Before any words are spoken I want to touch him like this. No matter how alone I feel in his arms currently, I want to experience the false security that he's given me the past few days once again. All I want is the belief that my life can be without pain to be instilled back into me.

I push my face into his neck, wishing we could simply exist as one to stop causing each other pain, to stop making mistakes over, and over again. I feel my eyes begin to well up and my tears start to flow freely onto Satoru's neck, soaking his t-shirt. I feel him do the same thing as I practically shake against him with the force of my crying.

He pulls back and meets my eyes, both of his are bloodshot and red from his tears.

"I want to you tell me everything." I say to him. He looks down at the bed, as if he's contemplating whether or not to do so. "Please, Satoru. Just tell me everything, there's nothing better that you can do now, it's finally all over but..." The tears threaten to burst out once again. "But... but I'm going to need you to tell me what happened." I say, trying to attract his averted gaze.

"I didn't fight her." He repeats what he said earlier during the fight. "I teleported with her to Rome." I look at him in confusion as he finally looks up to meet my eyes.

"Rome?"

"Yes... I thought that if I took her there and left her... if I made my feelings clear that I didn't want to be with her and told her to start a new life..." He begins but starts to break down once again. "I...I thought that she would leave us alone. That she would stay there at Jujutsu Tech where you worked and let us be in peace."

"You really... You really thought that a psychopath like her would leave us alone? After all she's done to us?" I say in disbelief that he wouldn't go the full way to make sure she couldn't harm us again. "I can't believe that you were so careless too. You had your infinity off even though you knew that she was still out there. Look at you!" I say, poking my finger into his chest and pointing to his shoulder. "You've been hurt Satoru!"