Koi No Yokan (gojo x oc)

4. Arachnophobia

April 2005
The next day.

"Uematsu-chan, we saved you some dinner last, but Satoru tells me you went for sushi last night."

I freeze. "Is there anything else he told you?"

"Mmm... Ah, that you wanted to try playing baseball?"

The next breath that leaves my lips is a sigh of relief. "Yeah, I did mention I wanted to try out different sports."

"In that case, you'll let me teach you how to play basketball some time?" Geto says. "I think you'll enjoy the pace of it more than baseball."

"Then, I'm excited to try—"

"There's my favorite first-year!" A warm arm lands heavily around my shoulder. "What have I missed this morning?"

"I was telling Uematsu-san I want to play some basketball with her."

"Is that so?" Gojo says, rattling my body as he speaks, "Well, I'm sure she'll enjoy that."

"He said something about baseball too," I say. "Is that your favorite sport?"

"No, it's judo!"

I feel Gojo's arms peel me up from the floor, "Wait!" throwing me over his shoulder, as my limbs flail against him helplessly. "Gojo! Put me down!"

"Why should I? I'm having fun." He turns violently, my hair obstructing my vision as I teeter dangerously against his shoulder. "And I promised I would show you different sports. This is our first one!"

I still my body for a moment, feeling the blood rush towards my face. "Are you sure you want to do Judo as our first sport, Gojo?"

"Bring it on," he laughs, "What could you possibly know about—"

I launch my upper body up, using my legs to throw Gojo off his balance. Within the single swing, we're on the floor, and Gojo's stuck in a headlock between my legs. "If that's the case, we can cross martial arts off the list."

"I got it," His voice is strained, his hand tapping against my shin repeatedly. "I forgot, Suguru, she's like a ninja."

When I look up at Geto, his eyes crinkle as he laughs. It's cute.

Gojo feels my grip loosen, and takes advantage fighting tooth and nail to climb above me. "Round two!" He takes my wrists and pins them above my head. "You won't catch me off guard again, Uematsu."

"You tapped already!" I say. "You can't—"

He leans in, letting the point of his nose prod mine again. "I can and I will."

"Before you two destroy more of our campus..." Yaga's voice draws all of our eyes away. "An incident's been reported down in Odaiba. Gojo, you've been assigned to take care of it. Bring Uematsu along with you."

"Wait, I just got the chance to get away from him," I whine, trying again to free my arms to no avail. Gojo's able to hold them down with a single hand.

"This is your first mission here at Jujutsu Tech. You're in no position to make complaints."

"Don't worry!" Gojo finally lets go, happily seated on my stomach as if I were a cushion. "I'll keep you safe, Uemats-ugh!"

I push him off me, letting him land on the gravel. "I don't need you to keep me safe."

∞

"This is it."

Gojo and I stop outside of the house, a decaying wooden structure that could tip over at any moment. With that, it was radiating waves of cursed energy. Four people had already been reported missing.