in every timeline (satosugu oneshots)

ten

Summary:

Ten years and it still feels the same...

Loosely based on the song I'd Have To Think About It by Leith Ross.
So I recommend listening to it on repeat while you read.

TW:

angst
major character death

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It's been ten minutes since Satoru's last phone call to Suguru. But in the infinity user's mind, it was nine minutes of unnecessary silence. Suguru wasn't one to leave Satoru hanging, especially since they...well– since they made things official a few weeks ago.

Flipping his cell phone open and then closed twice, Satoru debates leaving another voicemail.

I'll give him ten more minutes before trying again, He decides as he lays back on their shared futon. Just wanting Suguru to be safe, Satoru sighs and closes his eyes in an attempt at self-soothing.

— —

It's been ten weeks since Suguru's disappearance.

Satoru hasn't been able to sleep, eat, drink, think, talk, move, blink, breathe.

He knew Suguru wasn't coming home the second he left that tenth voicemail.

He still left ten more.

Satoru Gojo was the last person to show any weakness, but when it came to Suguru Geto, the young man was beside himself. No one knew what to do.

He feels as if he's in a constant free fall. Every moment he's awake is just another reminder that Suguru left him– and that he isn't coming back. It made him want to sink to the bottom of the ocean tenfold.

And this, Satoru Gojo, was the person who was the strongest jujitsu sorcerer in the world.

But what truly makes one strong?

Power? Strength? Money?

None of these added up in Satoru's brain.

Love is what drove him to become the strongest.
His friendship and love for Suguru made him who he is.

So what is Satoru Gojo without his one and only?

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It's been ten months since Satoru Gojo was ghosted by his best friend and lover, Suguru Geto.

As he walks through the crowds of people, Satoru takes a deep breath through his nose. He's prepared for this. All the things he'd say to Suguru if he ever caught a glimpse of him around the city.

He knew exactly how he'd stop the man that held his heart. He'd make him listen, make him watch as Satoru laid his heart out for him one last time.

"Take me with you this time, please," Satoru would beg unashamedly. "Take me back. Take me back. Take me back."

That's only if Suguru even wanted him...maybe he doesn't, which is something Satoru has to remind himself of constantly. And Satoru found out exactly what Suguru's been up to lately, and he doesn't even fucking care.

Ieiri called him a bit ago and told him she ran into Suguru and where. Satoru didn't even bother listening to anything else, teleporting to the strip of shops outside a train station.

Satoru's been telling himself for months and months that he'd find love again. He'd get another chance. He'd find someone worthy of all this cursed romantic energy he's been holding onto for Suguru. He'd find a place, a person, to put it into.