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CHAPTER 2 - SHOCK ──────────────────
ITADORI, MEGUMI, AND NOBARA's mouths hung open as their teacher introduced them to his girlfriend the next day in class. The curse stood innocently behind the tall pale man, peeking from out behind him with a mix of shyness and curiosity.
I'll help y/n return to normal life. I'll show her that, though the people around us may have changed, this is still the same school where we first met. Where she learned to overcome her fears of her cursed technique. Where we fell in love. Where we met out best friends. Happy memories still reside here, and we can make many more, y/n...This time, I won't regret any decisions with you.
"Wait, what?" Nobara gasped.
"Oh, it's the school mascot!" Itadori recalled, explaining to Nobara a quick rundown of her situation. "Gojo cursed her and she's stuck here forever."
"Wait wait, she's a curse? He trapped her? That's fucked, Gojo."
"Okay, hold up, woah." Gojo threw up his hands innocently. "That's not what happened."
"I thought it was." Megumi chimed in with a smirk on his face. "You trapped her because you loved her too much."
"Okay, again, not really what happened--"
"That's possessive. It'd be romantic if it was like Nanami or Maki, but from you is kinda creepy." Nobara judged.
"NOT WHAT HAPPENED!" Gojo whined, pulling y/n out from behind him and pushing his girlfriend into his students' faces. "She stayed because she loves me!...I mean I did curse her, yes--"
"So it is your fault. You've manipulated her. Tsk, tsk, tsk." The three of them shook their heads in disapproval.
Gojo suddenly crossed his fingers at them, pulling the edge of his blindfold up. "Say it again." He hissed, sudden fire surrounding him.
The three students stepped back in defense. "Joking!" they chorused, hands raised in mock surrender.
Their teacher sighed, wrapping his arms protectively around y/n, his smile returning. "She's gonna start being around more, so be friendly! She's been self-isolating for the past 10 years, and there's only so much I could talk to her about since she never spoke."
"Wait, she hasn't talked for the past ten years? You didn't mention that." Itadori gaped, then turned to Megumi. "Did you ever talk to her? You've been here longer than me and Kugisaki."
The black-haired boy shrugged his shoulders. "I'd go check on her every now and then, but I don't talk much either, so...we'd just kinda sit in silence."
"It's out of character for you to even go out of your way to go check on someone." Nobara teased and poked her elbow into Megumi's side, making his temple throb.
"I've seen her around since I was a kid. Of course I'd go check on her. Gojo never shut up about her."
"Ohhh so it's like that." Nobara understood.
"Anyway," Gojo interrupted their side conversations. He pinched y/n's cheek playfully, the woman still staring blankly at the three kids. "I'm a busy man. I won't be able to look after her all the time, so I'll rely on you three to keep an eye out for me! She means more to me than my own life."
"Okay, deep." Nobara's hand flew over her heart. "Maybe you are a romantic."
"So we're babysitting?" Itadori questioned.
"She's like double our age, idiot." Megumi hissed.
"It's more like supervising. She doesn't need to be cared for. Just make sure she's alright. Not asking for a big favor." Gojo pleaded, shaking y/n's head comically.
"In that case...Nobara Kugisaki." Introducing herself, she held her hand out to the curse, smiling. "It's nice to meet you!"
The curse looked to Gojo, who nodded at her in assurance. Y/n lifted her hand to shake Nobara's but the contact of their skin sent a sudden shock of cursed energy through the human girl's body.
She yelped, yanking her hand away and holding it to her chest. "Woah!"
Gojo quickly grabbed y/n's hands tightly. "Are you okay? What happened?"
"Did she just shock Kugisaki?" Megumi stepped towards y/n while Itadori checked up on his friend. Megumi examined y/n's hands with Gojo, everyone left in confusion.
The man cupped y/n's cheek, prompting her to look up to him with drawn together brows. "Did I...do something wrong?" She whispered.
Gojo was suddenly left speechless.
Nobara quickly jumped in. "Don't worry, y/n! I'm fine! It felt like nothing!"
"...Come on guys. We've got training with the second years on the football field. If we're late, they'll kick our assess." Megumi commands after studying the worried look on Gojo's face. He began making his way down the hall, the other two first years hesitantly following behind.
"Later Gojo!" "We'll see you guys later!"
The couple stood, enveloped in a heavy cloak of concern. Gojo gently held y/n's hands in his, his touch tender yet firm. "Are you okay?" he asked, his voice laced with worry.
"...You look sad." Y/n's head fell to the side, examining her lover's expression. "Why is that?"
"...I'm worried. I don't know why you shocked Kugisaki..."
"...Excitement?" She shrugged with a soft smile.
The man's blue eyes grew wide, before bursting out into laughter. "Excitement? Hah, you know what, I'm sure you're right." He leaned down to kiss her forehead, his lips lingering for a moment as if to reassure himself of her presence. Then, he intertwined his slender fingers with hers. "Then how come you don't shock me when you see me? Don't I make you excited?"
She hid her face into his bicep as they walked down the hall, snuggling into him. "Everyday."
That's one of y/n's best qualities that remained with her. She's always been someone able to diffuse a sensitive situation, to keep everyone calm. Her gentle nature was a beacon of light.
Still. She's hardly a Grade 4...Could she be evolving into a higher grade?
