Troubles (Itafushi, Itadori x Megumi)

Chapter 7: Indulgence

A/N: Late update. Sorry. The chapter turned out longer than expected (~6k)

As I said before, this chapter is VERY IMPORTANT to the whole story. Stuff is happening here that will shape big parts of the plot.

If you skip a line, I'll hunt you down :P (just kidding)

Chapter Summary: Yuuji drags Megumi to a party. Things go unexpected.

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Gojo and Megumi had fucked. Gojo was Yuuji's adoptive father. Yuuji was Megumi's roommate. Yuuji wanted to become Megumi's friend. Yuuji would drag Megumi to Gojo's again in the future.

Gojo and Megumi had fucked.

And Yuuji didn't know.

And Megumi couldn't think of ways on how to get out of this trouble.

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Things seemed to have calmed down for a while. Yuuji hadn't felt the need to visit his dad this week. One week in which Megumi wasn't troubled with trotting alongside Yuuji and facing Gojo. The reason for that was quick to be delivered without Megumi having to trace it.

A freshman party.

Yuuji's mind had been occupied by it ever since the first few flyers were passed around and put on pinboards.

Yuuji's anticipation was tangible in their dorm room, late in the evening.

"The freshman party is today. Come with me. Let's go." Yuuji declared, exhilarated.

"I don't have a ticket for the party." Megumi muttered indifferently. And I never planned on taking one anyway, he finished the thought in his head.

This semester, students needed tickets to gain entry to the freshman party. Due to unforeseeable circumstances the event was moved to the smaller gym hall on campus, so that organisers had to give out free entry tickets on a 'first come, first serve' basis to have the amount of partygoers under control for the smaller space. Megumi hadn't shown any interest in that party, but the special ticket entry was talked amongst students so profusely that even Megumi got to hear about it.

He was sitting at his desk, revising a lecture. Having been under constant stress the last few days because of finding out that Gojo was Yuuji's adoptive father, Megumi now had to catch up on all the lectures, texts and assignments he hadn't been able to concentrate on.

Yuuji snickered to himself. "I guessed that much. That's why I got tickets for you and me." Megumi wasn't watching him, but he heard Yuuji taking something out of his pockets and then a ruffling sound of papers being rubbed together. Yuuji edged on, "Eh? Eh, eh, eh?? Let's go."

Megumi kept his back turned to Yuuji.

He disliked how well Yuuji – the very sociable Yuuji – was able to deal with his antisocial and reserved self. The worst was how Yuuji knew perfectly how to deal with Megumi's attitude and protests against his plans. He didn't even take Megumi's coldness to heart, none of the coarse or silent treatment Megumi had occasionally given him had actually affected Yuuji or his friendly attachement to him.

"My friends will be there, too. I wanna introduce them to you."

Megumi highlighted a paragraph in the text. "Your friends can stay your friends."

Yuuji sighed amusedly. "Come on, meet them. They're nice."

"They probably are. But I still don't want to go."

Yuuji opted for a dramatical pause, squinting his eyes as he pondered on his next steps.

"Do you drink?"