Cigarettes and ashes| Choso Kamo

9. Games

As promised he met me outside the building of their dorms. He stood there with hands in the pockets of his loose pants, and an oversized hoodie of some band. His face never betrayed his feelings as always stoic while his hair were disheveled, more than usually. The same could be said about the eye bags under his eyes, darker than usual too.

I greeted him with a simple "Hi" while smiling and he replied too, his voice husky and low. "What do you have in there?" He pointed at my backpack nonchalantly. "Books...?" I raised an eyebrow at his question. If that's how we were about to start I can imagine how this project will actually go.

Unlocking the door of his dorm the first thing that came was the smell of lavender. "Come in." He said quietly as he opened more the door for me. "Put your shoes here and you can give me your jacket." He said and I complied to his requests.

As we walked towards his desk I couldn't help but notice how clean his room was. Maybe even more than mine and Nobara's. Posters were on display for me to see and learn a bit more about him. He liked metal, rock and generally grunge music. He seemed like the type so it didn't surprise me. That's where Eso's music taste comes from.

"You like rock music?" He asked because he noticed my stare. "Yeah, i listen to most genres of music. If I like the melody or the lyrics I listen to it." I stated now my gaze towards him and not the wall with the posters. "That's cool. I mostly listen to metal, but sometimes I like listening to R&B for a change." I laughed at that. "I would never guess that you listen to R&B."

"I don't usually." He pouted. "Yeah keep telling yourself that." An image popped into my head of Choso, listening with his headphones and dancing to R&B, his hair bouncing along with his head. I laughed again internally this time as I opened my back and took my books out. He saw my actions and opened his laptop.

After a bit of research on the internet and reading we made some notes about the economic impact of the last ten years. With my exceptional skills of writing, we made a power point presenting the issues. All that only in three or four hours. While he typed in my notes I decided to take break. I asked him for a glass of water and he told me that I could use his kitchen on my own.

Self service at its finest.

You took a sip of water before placing your hand on his chair bringing your body closer to him and leaning in, in order to see more clearly the process. You didn't notice the way his fingers froze above the keyboard as he felt your warm breath on his cheek. Your eyes locked.

While in reality it was some seconds, to you it felt like years. His intense stare, along with his messier hair and glossy eyes with deep eye bags due to his perpetual exhaustion made your heartstrings tug. You realised now the distance you shared. So small. Your noses almost were touching. You shifted you gaze back to the screen ending the little moment you just had. "That's good." You said not daring to look at him again in the eyes.

The door swayed open and his brothers came in. The thought of them catching you two almost kissing, made your blood flow to your cheeks.

Well in your defence, you wouldn't have kissed anyways.

The two of them stopped dead in their tracks when they saw you and his brother, you leaning close to him as he looked to the screen. The pair quickly turned their heads around and were met with Choso's brothers.

"Hello." I smiled and lifted myself up again, turning towards them. Choso also stood up, leaving our work, which was almost done. "This is Y/n my partner." He introduced me to his other brother, because I was already familiar with Eso. "Hello, nice to meet you Y/n!" He seemed enthusiastic, totally contrasting with his older brother's character. He didn't look to much alike him either except from his pale skin. His characteristic was the blond hair. "Likewise."

Choso looked at his phone checking the time. "You want something to eat?" The sounds of your stomach alerted him, giving him the answer that you didn't. "You eat pizza right?" He asked again as he looked up from his device in his hands. You gave him a simple "yes." He didn't even bother asking his brothers because he knew they would be hungry. They just got back from the gym after all.

While Choso was ordering food for all of us, you sat on the chair he previously sat and completed the project while making conversations with his brothers. "What is this project about?" Kechizu asked looking at the screen with interest. "It's about economy." You said and you explained further to him the whole aspect. He was after all a year or two younger than you and his courses were different. "That's cool! All we do is read some boring poems." He sighed in contempt.

"Do you like board games?" He suddenly asked making you confused. "Board games?" You repeated slowly as if you didn't understand what the meaning of this word was. He nodded. "Yeah, why are you asking?"

"Well, me and Eso and Choso sometimes when he's not busy, like to play so..." he trailed suddenly becoming embarrassed. "Well I only used to play monopoly." His eyes seemed to sparkle at the sentence. "We have monopoly, you want to play?" He asks while he almost runs to bring the game to prove you he's telling the truth. I looked at Eso and Choso who seemed to have an amused expression on their faces. "Sure, if they play too."

And that's how you are now arguing with Choso about some money he apparently owns you. "Come on, give it." You opened your palm closing and opening your fingers to signal him that he must give you his money. The bell rang though and saved him.

"I'll go open." He says as he stands up and goes to open the door. You hear a conversation between the individuals and you stand up from the table going to give him your share of real money to pay the pizza.

"Suguru?" Surprise and confusion were the two evident tones in your voice. "Y/n?" He questioned with the exact same tone. You chuckled at his clothing, nothing that you were used to seeing him with. "Don't you dare tell Satoru..."

"I won't!" I raised my hands in the air in defence trying to hold back my laugh. "If you take a picture with me!" A devious smile was on my lips and he rolled his eyes. Choso was trying too, to hold back a laugh, his expression amused just like before. I hadn't seen so much emotion out of him as I had today. I liked that side of him.

I shaked my phone between my hands as I looked at the male who was dressed in red clothing and a red hat with the symbol of the shop. I made my way there and wrapped my arm around his shoulder giving him a side hug. I grabbed Choso's arm and I tried to drag him -because who could drag him? He was strong as hell- towards me. He complied, and with that I captured a couple pictures.

"I'll kill you if you send that to Satoru." He warned and I replied with a hum. "Here." I turned to the other male and gave him the money. He only raised an eyebrow in response. "For the pizza." I pointed out the obvious and he in return just ignored me paying Suguru the amount. "Have fun, but not too much!" It was Geto's turn to smile devilishly as he left stuffing the money in his pocket.

Choso closed the door, ignoring the other male's comment. "Like hell I would let you pay. You're in my dorm, keep that." He pointed at my money. I sighed and following Suguru's example I placed my money in my back pocket and helped Choso with the food.

"That smells so good!" Kechizu grabbed the boxes from his brother's hands and opened them. The game we were playing paused as we ate all together on the table, joking around and conversing

Choso was sure that this day was one of his favourites.

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A/n: Hi! I wanted to tell you that I uploaded another book of Jujutsu kaisen one shots. Check it out if you're interested.