Chapter 18: Escalation

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A/N: Noooo, two weeks without an update. I'm sorry, y'all!!! I'm making up for that by giving you a chapter that is almost 7k words long. Accept my apologies please 🥺👉👈

Also, this is another one of those very important chapters.

Did some of you have that feeling that Yuuji didn't say everything to Megumi yet that he wanted to say??

Well, I KNOW that Yuuji hasn't done that yet.

So, here comes the rest.

WARNING: Two lines in this chapter contain a homophobic slur.


Chapter summary: Megumi's and Yuuji's fight escalates.

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Megumi covered his eyes, thinking, Oh no ...

There were only two students in the whole class who fit that description ...

"Megumi Fushiguro and Yuuji Itadori. You two are going to work on a group project."

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As soon as the professor had finished announcing the first group, something like an invisible mass was settling onto Megumi's shoulders and dragging him down.

He sighed heavily, not looking at the professor.

The latter one continued, loudly announcing the other groups next. Once finished, he folded his list twice.

"Everyone is assigned to a group now. Please view the course's websites for more details on your group projects. I will upload guidelines later. You have three days to work on a conceptual draft that you'll then have to submit. I will look over the drafts first and give you all feedbacks before you can start working on your actual project."

Megumi wanted to dissipate into thin air.

Things could not have gone worse than this.

Megumi turned around. At the very back of the class Yuuji had his head thrown back as his palms were pressed into his eyes sockets exasperatedly. He was staying in that position for a long while, mouth open as though groans were rippling through his lips

Megumi was absolutely certain now. Things could have definitely not gone worse than this.

Obviously, Yuuji would be hating this constellation more than Megumi.

Even so, it didn't invalidate Megumi's opinion on the matter. Being grouped together with Yuuji couldn't have had a worse timing than now.

It ruined everything. It ruined Megumi's plans on what he had wanted to do next.

Deep in thought and overstrained with the task of having to work on something that would determine Megumi's grade for this class (he wanted to finish this class with a very good grade after all), Megumi found himself barely listening to the rest of the lecture.

He was considering things meticulously, but no matter how he turned and flipped it ... there was no chance that things would go well ... right?

When class ended, Megumi saw Yuuji immediately walking up to the professor. Yuuji seemed to argue with the elderly man — not disrespectfully, but it was a heated one-sided debate.

Megumi didn't have to be a genius to figure out what Yuuji was discussing with the man.

The professor shook his head slowly and quite a few times. Yuuji made some more attempts, underlining his request with a pleading expression and big waves of his arms.

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