Yuuji Itadori's Suffering | Oneshots

Found

(Shibuya arc)

Third person POV:

Yuuji's exhausted. He stays awake late at night due to the previous nightmares Sukuna has tormented him with. He stays awake late at night thinking about the things he could've done better, what he could've changed, and what he could've avoided if only he had been stronger. He remains awake, although his body screams at him for sleep.

Yuuji's body aches exhaustion that weighs him down, causing him to drag his feet with echoing footsteps in the abandoned hospital he had come across. He can't stop now. He needs to find a safe area to settle down first.

He needs rest, but he can't bring himself to give into the luxury of sleep. Sleep is rare nowadays, but Yuuji keeps a stable control over Sukuna. His control does not falter nor waver, for it is stronger than ever.

Yuuji turns a corner inside the hospital's hallways, his vision blurring at the edges and black splotches entering his vision. He doesn't notice the first grade curse heading his way, nor does he feel the pain in his back when he's thrown against a wall.

He feels numb. His body already previously ached, so what's a little more added pain? He deserves it. His pain is nothing compared to the blood staining his hands.

His body disagrees. His mind screams at him to get out of there, but Yuuji has never been one to run.

Even as the curse lands hit after hit on Yuuji's exhausted, slumped body, Yuuji doesn't not feel a thing. His exhaustion had already seeped into his bones long before.

But pain has never stopped Itadori Yuuji, has it?

So Yuuji pulls himself up and lands punch after punch against the curse until it is no more but a mess of the cursed spirits blood splattered against the floor. His knuckles ache after and are coated in the cursed spirits purple rotten smelling blood.

Yuuji's battered, bruised, and bloodied body protests violently as he attempts to take any further steps. His knees buckle under him as he lands with a loud thud on the hospital floor. His head feels like it's underwater, and he can no longer fight the temptation of sleep.

His body is shutting down.

As Yuuji's eyes start slipping shut, he can hear a voice as clear as day despite the current static in his mind.

"ITADORI?!" A familiar voice shouted in worry, and a new pair of footsteps pound against the flooring.

Yuuji's eyes slip shut into a deep slumber as Megumi Fushiguro slides into a crouch beside his friend.

"I finally found you…" Megumi breathed out a sigh of relief as his Shikigami, Kon, nuzzled up close to Yuuji.

"Stop trying to do everything by yourself." Megumi scolds his unconscious classmate and picks the boy up delicately, holding him bridal style as he starts walking aimlessly.

"I've got you." He whispers.