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Yuji Itadori // ​🇷​​🇦​​🇮​​🇳​​🇾​ ​🇳​​🇮​​🇬​​🇭​​🇹​​🇸​ [❤️‍🩹]

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-!! Gender never specified 

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You sit up and look out the dark windows. Droplets of rain covered the entire surface making it impossible to see out of. The slow and steady beat of the drops hitting the glass soothed your body. It gave your heart a beat to match. Your lungs a pace to breathe at.

Moments like these were the most peaceful.

But it was getting late.

You feel the empty bed below you in the darkness. If you could feel sadness in this moment you'd imagine it to be heavy.

If only nights like these could be shared.

You lay back and pull the covers over your head. You stare straight up into ceiling and yawn. You can feel yourself slipping away.

As you were about to close your eyes and let oblivion take you under, the door opened faintly.

It closed with the same measure of low volume.

Although it was pitch black inside the room, albeit from the faint glow of the window, you already knew exactly who it was.

"Yuji", the words softly leave your lips in a quiet whisper, barely a breath.

"Hi,"

You smile into the dark.

"Did I wake you?" He whispers, now at the side of the bed.

"No, I was just about to go to sleep"

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to disturb you" He sounded so guilty it almost made you laugh.

"Don't be sorry, really. It's been awhile since you've come to bed this early"

"Love, it's three in the morning", Yuji walks over so he is at your side of the bed, he crouches down to your eye level. His words are gentle but you can hear concern laced into them.

He leans in. He's so close now you can make out his soft facial features. His gentle eyes, his fluffy pink hair. You're glad the darkness conceals your warm face. He is so, so beautiful.

"Have you not been sleeping?" He asks softly, the question snapping you back to the present.

"Hm-? Oh-, Yes... I've been sleeping."

"..." You briefly make out his face crinkle into a frown.

"Maaaybe just a liiiittle bit later than usual though"

"Love, is everything okay?"

"Yes" You stare back up at the ceiling. Both of you say nothing else, opting to lapse into silence. The rain seems to beat down even heavier- though not too heavy it's loud. The light from the window flickers for a moment. The raindrops slip from the glass and tumble to the floor. So, so peaceful...

You sigh.

"I don't know"

Yuji says nothing.

"I- to be honest,- I do not know if everything is okay." You confess, still not looking at him

"I do not even know if 'stable' is even a correct definition for what I feel right now. Everything is just going so fast and I can't seem to-" You pause, hearing Yuji quickly move from his spot.

You track the movement in the darkness as you hear him hastily change clothing.

He comes closer again, though this time on his own side of the bed, and lays down.

He gently takes you up in his arms, pulling you close to himself.

"Shhhh," He softly urges, the words whispered into your ear. "It's alright. It'll all be alright. Just tell me what you need. Just tell me what to do. Please, just tell me what to do to make you feel okay" You've seldom seen Yuji desperate, so the raw emotion in his pleas startled you. He touched you as if you were made of glass, and would shatter at any moment. He was so, so gentle, so sweet.

"Its- I- I just-" You swallow, "I'm so tired, Yuji. I can't... I can't do this anymore" You're shaking by now, caught off-guard by the sudden surge of emotion. You hate yourself for ever letting him see such a vulnerable state.

"It's going to be okay. I promise I'll make it okay." He says softly, so, so softly. "Cry, if you need to. Or sleep, please sleep. You deserve it. You've done enough." He pauses, taking a breath to calm his own nerves, "More than enough. No one needs you to do anything more. No one, not me, not Nobara, not Megumi, not even Gojo-sensei expects more from you."

You lay there for awhile, you and him.

"You're very strong, my love" Yuji whispered. One hand carefully strokes your back while the other runs through your hair. You feel yourself nearing the end. You're going to collapse and you finally, finally, have somewhere you can do it.

Yuji bends his head down and kisses you, once, on the forehead. Kisses butterfly down your forehead to your cheeks, where they eventually go down to your lips. Soft, as if he were kissing feathers instead of another human. Mere whispers of a kiss tease your neck. You quietly suck in a breath as Yuji kisses the bottom of your neck and collarbone, then your shoulders.

"Mmph-"

"Shh," Yuji gently urges. He presses two fingers to your lips, smiling softly. You smile back.

His face lights up adorably.

He nuzzles his face into the crook of your neck, snuggling his body up to yours. You almost laugh. You smile at your vulnerable position, his frame clinging to yours. You have no idea what kind of feelings you elicit out of the poor boy.

You hold him close and lay your head on his chest.

You're so, so very tired. So, so very done.

You silently take in the dark room, the soft light from the window, the pitter patter of the rain outside, and of Yuji, who has already fallen into a deep sleep.

You slowly close your eyes and let yourself slip into oblivion.

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