Koi No Yokan (gojo x oc)

6. Suguru

June 2005
3 minutes later.

"SENSEI, WHAT DO YOU MEAN!" Gojo raves over the phone. "I DON'T CARE IF THE HIGHER UPS ASKED FOR THEM. WHY ARE THEY SENDING SUGURU OR KAEDE WITHOUT ME?!"

"He doesn't handle not getting what he wants well."

"You're just realizing that?" Geto whispers back. "Believe it or not, he's gotten much better since we were first-years."

"I'M THE STRONGEST! WHY ON EARTH WOULDN'T THEY WANT TO SEND ME?!"

"He's so difficult," I hum to his mellow counterpart, "How did you two even become friends?"

"There aren't exactly enough of us here to be choosy," he chuckles, "Besides, he has a way of growing on you, however forceful. You would know about that."

"I wouldn't say he's 'grown on me' exactly."

"TELL THOSE HIGHER UPS THAT GOJO SATORU SAID SO!"

"It seems like he has from what I just walked in on."

I feel my face flush. "Y-you didn't walk in on anything."

"If you say so."

Gojo curses, "He hung up on me."

"Satoru," I find it interesting, the way Geto simply saying his name seems to pull him back to Earth—however slight. "It's just one mission."

"Kaede-chan has never been in the field without me," he pouts. "What if she gets hurt?"

"Do you really think so little of me, Satoru? I am fully capable of keeping Kaede safe."

"She gets clumsy on missions," Gojo argues. "You could get hurt too, if you're not careful."

"I've been on a hundred missions," Geto's eyes roll. "Stop trying to spew so much bullshit, talking on and on like you're the strongest."

"I am," Gojo says. "Do you need to be reminded?"

Suguru's shoulders tense. He leans forward, hands ready. "I think I have time before we leave."

"You two do realize I can take care of myself?" Their heads dart towards me. "Not that you actually care, Satoru. We all know you just don't want to be excluded." I've never used his first name before. I hadn't even meant to, but Geto kept using it and it just slipped out.

The arrogant look drops from his face. He stuffs his hands away in his pockets. "Whatever. Try not to die without me."

I'm staring at his back as he walks off. "Should... Should I go after him?"

"Don't bother," Geto says lightly. "He'll be over it by dinner, and bugging you again by morning."

For Geto, who seems completely impartial, this is probably routine. It's a first for me, though. I've never had friends before, not like this. Have I ruined something? 

Geto catches on, reassuring me, "He'll be okay, Kaede-chan. You're one of the few people whose opinion Satoru cares about, that's all. You should be glad."

"Well... okay."

His smile returns. It's not bright and wild like Gojo's, but soft and compassionate. "We should get going. There's a special-grade curse waiting for us."

"Right." My stomach drops. "Wait... Special grade?"

∞

"Emerge from the darkness, blacker than darkness. Purify that which is impure."