Worship || Jujutsu Kaisen

04

A few days had passed since the day he found out Itadori Yuuji lived. He had remained it as a secret from the others as he had 'promised' Gojo.

Today he was on a mission, a mission to retrieve a finger. And on very strict orders to not even lick the damned finger.

It seems that Gojo knows Ai a bit too well that he would try to atleast lick a very crusty finger for the fun of it. He was atleast threatened with five cursed dolls in his room, and to never take a finger-retrieval mission again.

Needless to say, Ai was pretty much intimidated and was forced to not even take a tinsy lick on the.... disgusting finger.

Ai was confused as well, why was he so fixated on tasting those cursed fingers anyway?

It was very weird.

He finally decided to shake those thoughts away and move on towards the abandoned shrine.

Through the dense foliage of the forest, Ai walked quietly. Each step he took felt like a brick upon his shoulders, it was nauseating.

"Sukuna! Hurry!"

His mind flashed with voices that seemed so similar to his own.

A forgotten timeline.

A cold sweat formed on the arch of his brow as he gazed upon the shrine, the rickety wood and the insects that crawled in it brought shivers down his spine.

"You can do this Ai..."

He mumbled under his breath and took a step inside the open door.

The dark interior of the old shrine felt familiar as a single flame flickered upon the altar, beside it was a small box.

Ai approached the altar and stared down at the box, it felt quite.... familiar. Like he had seen it before but Ai could swore he never went here when he was a child nor when he was older.

He swiped the dust away from the top and it revealed a name,

"Ryomen"

Ai whispered as he lifted the top of the box, inside it was the cursed finger and what seemed to be a bunch of talismans that was ontop of a handkerchief. He hummed and closed the box once more before carrying it out the shrine, as he walked farther and farther away from the shrine his heart ached.

"Ai...."

A voice whispered from behind him that made Ai freeze up in fear, like a deer in headlights. However, why did this voice feel familiar as well?

Unconciously, Ai whispered out a name.

"Husband?"

As he uttered those words the scenery changed. Fireflies littered around Ai as he slowly turned around, the lights flickered infront of the shrine.

"Where are you off to at this hour?"

Sukuna asked in a stern voice, his four-eyes glaring down at Ai.

"I was off to pick flowers for you, Husband...."

Ai replied towards his monstrous husband whose hand roughly gripped his chin.

"You rarely go out at night without me."

Sukuna replied, his tone was filled with venom. His little wife's actions were out of the ordinary.

"Forgive me... I just wish to...."

Ai mumbled as he gestured towards the box in his arms.

"It was supposed to be a surprise...."

He smiled sweetly at Sukuna who scoffed and grabbed the box, as he opened it... a handkerchief with a spider lily embroidered on it was seen.

"It is just a little piece of trash, it is not surprising."

Sukuna took out the handkerchief and crumpled it up, causing a frown to appear on Ai's lips.

"Now go back inside, one might think you as a whore who is sneaking around at night to meet another man."

He commented with venom laced in his tone as Ai walked back inside the shrine with his heart aching.

As soon as Ai entered the shrine.....

His eyes snapped open once more, panting heavily as he found himself slumped on the ground. Ai took a deep breath and got up, carrying the box once more as he ran away from the shrine without a single word escaping from his lips.