A Case of You (Yuji Itadori x OC) AU

Gojo's bar

Their last careless summer together started.

Nobara and Yuji walk ahead. Megumi and Umi follow a couple of feet behind.

Umi taps away on her phone ignoring the blabbering and Megumi's side gazes.

"Umi," calm voice of her brother penetrates the exterior.

"What?" She doesn't look up.

"What happened between you and Yuji?"

She freezes.

For a moment.

But it's enough for Megumi.

The phone slides into the back pocket of her jeans.

"Why do you think that something happened?"

Megumi looks up at the sky.

"For one, you are not denying it."

Umi looks ahead, not wanting to talk about it. But it's Megumi. He has a third eye for those things.

"Nothing I can't handle."

Her reply does not satisfy him.

His eyebrows furrow. Lips stretch into a thin line.

"Think twice before you do something that you will regret."

"Guys! Hurry up! We're going to be late!"

Nobara falls behind and wraps her arms around the siblings.

Yuji stops to wait for them. Smile plays on his face, but insides are twisted in knot. Suffocating.

Four days since that night.

Four days since their kiss.

Four days since the last time he slept more than three hours.

Four days.

They felt like eternity.

Pathetic. He is so pathetic.

Suddenly Nobara drags Megumi into a 7/11. Umi stays out. With Yuji.

They wait in the shade of an awning.

She huffs quietly and puts down her acoustic guitar.

"Let me carry that for you." He picks it up and hangs it on his shoulder.

"You don't have to do that."

I want to. He thinks, but instead he only smiles.

"Busy days?" She asks, making his smile shake.

"No."

"I see."

They remain silent until Nobara and Megumi return.

***

When they enter Gojo's bar, Sukuna is there. Yuji's tenses.

Why is he here? Sukuna Ryomen hates Satorou Gojo.

But nevertheless, there he is sitting at the bar beside Gojo with his usual predatory grin and slightly bared teeth, twirling the amber liquid in his glass.

Gojo's face is shining brighter than the sun, with a smile that promises all pain of hell to the man before him.

Yuji glances at Umi.

Her full attention is on Sukuna.

And he feels like everything inside him is crashing against the rocks of reality. Truth covers with a nauseating wave and Yuji wants to howl from unbearable hopelessness which fills his chest.

Umi greets the two in her usual manner and goes to the back room to prepare.

"She's singing tonight?" Sukuna raises an eyebrow. His smirk widens. "I didn't know she can sing."

"Why would you? You are nobody to Umi-chan." Gojo tilts his abnormally beautiful face.

Sukuna bares his teeth and leans closer to Gojo.

"Blonde bitch."

"I try. Why are you here anyway?"

"Thought I'd pop in." The amber liquid quickly disappears in his mouth. "Wasn't expecting a show. How interesting."

Cold binds Yuji's body.

Interesting.

"Keep your filthy hands to yourself Ryomen." Gojo is still smiling. "Or I will rip them off and shove them down your throat."

Sukuna throws his head back and laughs.

It was said so cordially that if he didn't know, he would have thought Satoru was joking.

Nobara grabbed Megumi and Yuji and dragged them away from the bar. "Satoru won't serve us alcohol." Megumi says casually. Nobara pouts but is not discouraged.

"Juice it is then."

Yuji rises to his feet.

"Hey, where are you going? Umi will be out soon."

"Bathroom."

Megumi sends him a long heavy look but keeps quiet.

"Be right back."

***

The door creaks open and Umi looks up from the guitar.

"Yuji?"

He quickly crosses the distance, drops to his knees, and presses his lips to hers.

His irritation peaks.

He kisses harder, hungrier, biting on her bottom lip. Like he wants to eat her alive. Devour the girl completely.

His eyes are shut.

He is waiting for her to push him away.

She doesn't.

Instead, she buries her hands in his short pink hair, pulling at the roots. Not hard enough to hurt, but strong enough to send shivers down his spine. Umi kisses back.

Yuji opens his eyes to see her looking at him.

And anger washes over him.

At himself.

At her.

At Sukuna, who has never done a single legal thing in his life. Whose arms were covered in blood to the elbow. Whose mouth spat venom whenever he opened it. Who stepped over himself to take him, Yuji, in. Who financially took care of him and their grandfather until he died. Who still takes care of him in his own perverse way. Who...

Enough.

Yuji groans into her mouth, wincing from the flood of emotions.

Her guitar slides between them.

And Yuji's hands find themselves around her, stroking her back, guessing every sensitive spot she has.

"Yuji..." She moans into his mouth. "Yuji...we need to stop."

He stubbornly buries his face in crook of her neck.

"Itadori." Umi clenches his hair harder and pulls his head back. The look in his eyes makes something painfully clench in her chest. Blurred, darkened gaze looked at her... differently. "You should go back to everyone."

Before they come here looking for you. Remains unsaid.

Yuji nods and leans in one more time, but Umi turns away and his lips scrape her cheek.

"One more." He asks but Umi shakes her head.

"No."

And Yuui reluctantly releases her. Slowly gets up and trudges to the door.