The first Student

Suguru Geto

The next morning, y/n and Shoko had breakfast together. But then they parted ways. Shoko wanted to go to university in the afternoon >she had an important deadline soon that she still had to work on<. So y/n also went into town to spend some time there until Shoko would come home for dinner.

First y/n strolled through a few shops. Then she went to a supermarket, bought some snacks and something to drink and took the tram to Hibiya Park, where she sat on a bench overlooking the water.

She was enjoying her treats and the warm midday sun on her skin, when suddenly someone sat down next to her. Slightly surprised, y/n turned her head. But when she recognized the person, she choked so badly on her drink that it took her a while to catch her breath again. The dark-haired young man who had sat down next to her didn't let this bother him. He sat there with a calm smile, his legs spread, his arms spread out on the back of the bench.

"I know you," y/n then said a little hoarsely. The young man answered with an unexpected soft voice. "Oh yes?"

Y/n nodded. "Yes. I know you, but you don't know me. This is... I'm confused. Suguru Geto, that's you."

The dark-haired man's smile deepened. Y/n suddenly remembered when she saw the photo of him in Gojo's room. Even then she had noticed how handsome this guy was. And in reality that was definitely the case too. Something about him had an almost hypnotic effect on her, so that y/n couldn't tear her eyes away from him.

"You don't have to be confused," Geto said then. He also looked at her nonstop. The situation was so bizarre. Still y/n started to talk to him normally. "What are you doing here? They say you disappeared."

"Just because you can't see something doesn't mean it's gone," Geto said before answering her question. "I wanted to get to know you. What I heard about you is impressive."

"You've heard of me?", y/n asked perplexed. He nodded and smiled. "Why does that surprise you? You've heard of me too."

Of course he was right. So y/n asked the next question. "What have you heard about me?"

"For example, that you gave birth to a curse," Geto said without even paying attention to people passing by. Y/n's eyes widened before she shook her head. "I didn't give birth to anything. Sure, the thing was inside of me but it's gone..."

"Do you really think the Academy throws something like that away?", Geto asked now. Y/n looked at him in confused. "Why wouldn't they?"

Geto shook his head. "It's impressive that they let you roam free. Even if you didn't gave birth, something dark had manifested in you. You could do a lot of damage."

Y/n raised an eyebrow, but then Geto's smile widened again. "Don't worry, I won't judge. I wouldn't call that damage. I'd rather say you've fallen in with the wrong people."

Somehow y/n already knew how he would answer that. She asked the question anyways. "What's that supposed to mean?"

"That means I don't think the Academy treats you particularly well. Curses are manifested negative emotions. And if you felt so bad, that something had manifested inside of you, I don't wanna imagine how bad you must have felt", Geto said. Y/n was silent for a while. "Well I can't really complain. It's quite fine, I wasn't feeling bad because of them."

"Sure you didn't," Geto mumbled. Y/n couldn't tell if he was being sarcastic or not. "So you're not interested in visiting me?"

"Visit you? That sounds a bit strange," y/n admitted. Geto bowed his head. "A little, but I mean well. And the fact that you haven't sent me away yet says that I spark some interest in you."

"Is this an attempt at flirting?", y/n asked and laughed. Of course she wasn't serious. Geto smiled at her still. "Funny. You remind me of a former friend. I know you know him, your teacher Saturo Gojo."

"I remind you of him?", y/n asked, dumbfounded. Geto nodded. "Yeah, this naughty little smile. Why does that surprise you?"

"Well," y/n shrugged. "Just yesterday I heard from Shoko that she thinks, I probably remind him of you."

"So you know Shoko too, of course you do," Geto smiled, before getting back to the topic at hand. "So you and I have something in common? That's interesting."

"I thought so too," y/n admitted honestly. But then she shook her head. "Still, I won't visit you."

"Why not?" Geto wanted to know. Y/n shrugged. "First off all, you are a murderer. Second, I'm loyal to Gojo."

Geto laughed. "I have no interest in killing you. And of course you are, after all he's the strongest."

"What? No, nonsense. Not because of that. I don't care about his strength", y/n immediately shook her head. Now Geto looked a little surprised for the first time. "Not?"

Y/n shook her head again. "No. But he's very good to me. He's terribly annoying, but I know that he gives me a lot, especially his trust."

"Of course he does," Geto now sounded a bit condescending. Y/n furrowed her brows. "What now?"

"Well, what do you know about him? About his powers? Have you ever seen what he's really capable of? Probably not. But he knows everything about your powers, of course, he teaches you everything. He has you completely under control. While you're in the dark, you're not a danger to him, when you're probably the only one who could harm him."

It took y/n a few moments to understand what Geto was trying to tell her. Then she shrugged her shoulders. "And even if that would be the case? I have no intention of hurting anyone."

Now Geto leaned a little towards her. "But you already have. Your family. At least that's what they think. Nobody understands what potential you have, because everyone is just afraid of your power."

Y/n didn't back away from him. Instead, she looked at him closely. "Assuming I play along, I would say that I'll come to visit you. What would I get out of it? Will you show me how I can develop my full power? Or do you want me as a tool? But then you'll also put me on a leash. Then you're no different than the Academy and Gojo. So what should I do? Hmm, maybe I'll should just go crazy and kill you all."

Geto didn't bat an eyelid when she said that. He even smiled again. "I wouldn't blame you."

Y/n tilted her head. "Of course not, as I said, I know what you did. You killed your own parents."

"And you killed your own siblings," Geto replied. Y/n shook her head. "But not wantonly."

Now Geto nodded. "I'm aware."

They sat across from each other in silence for a while, both still leaning forward. Then Geto tried again. "I don't want you to give up your loyalty. Just get to know me, I serve good tea, just so you know."

Y/n thought about it. Then she had an idea. But before she said it, she grabbed a strand of his dark hair >that was hanging out of his half bun into his face< and tucked it behind his ear. "Do I get anything for it?"

He smiled. "Well, what do you want?"

"I need help with something. Help from someone who isn't emotionally attached to me. Someone I might perceive as threatening," y/n explained vaguely. That seemed to be enough for Geto. "I'll have you picked up then."

"When?", y/n asked confused as he stood up from the bench. He smiled at her. "You'll see."

Then, without another word, he turned around and walked away. Still completely taken aback, y/n watched him go. She almost thought it had been a dream, the situation felt so surreal afterwards. But she knew for sure that it had really happened. And when she went back to Shoko's that evening, she didn't tell her friend about it. She wanted to prevent Gojo from finding out about her encounter with Suguru Geto at all costs.

Juju Stroll
"Shoko?", y/n asked carefully. "If I'd ever asked you to, would you give me an alibi, even if I wouldn't tell you why?"
"Depends", Shoko looked at her skeptically. "In this scenario, are you doing something stupid?"
"Depends how you look at it", y/n pressed her lips together. Shoko narrowed her eyes. "Well, I guess if you or others won't die..."
"If you don't give me an alibi, I probably will die. Killed by Gojo himself", y/n saw her chance. Shoko sighed. "Oh God, what did you do now?"
"Nothing, I did nothing", y/n said quickly. "I'm just asking in advance."