"What is it that you want?"
Because that was what this was about wasn't it? He wanted something. The main family never disdained to speak to the lower members without a need and Gojo Satoru was not about to be the exception.
"I'm going to recommend...
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Two Days Earlier.
Half of the purpose of leaving the immediate vicinity was to get out of dodge. Not that Gojo was afraid of either of those two old shits— it was just an inconvenience. A temporary storyline in the unraveling drama of the main fam.
Normally traveling for missions was 'whatever'. It could be enjoyable sometimes if only for the change in scenery. Exorcise a curse, surf Tinder, back in the next cab home before the sweat dried on the sheets. But now the plan was different, because now he had her.
As much as he ever had anyone.
The way her eyes opened, barely veiled delight coursing through her rapidly moving pupils as she looked at the photos of the place they would be staying sent a deep purr of satisfaction through his chest. She was so easy to please. The onsen was a five-star reviewed destination, situated in a nice little forest right outside Lake Saiko. Gojo had made the extra effort to buy the whole place out, even throwing cash at them to send some of the staff on a little vacation. Skeleton crew. A good choice in case the curse they were to be hunting decided to target the two delicious smelling sorcerers over the other tourist destinations.
"Impressed?" He cooed, nudging her knee with his own.
"Am I going to get this kind of pay when I do missions solo?" She asked, practical as always. Gojo sighed.
"If you do well enough."
He hadn't exactly made his disappointment at her reaction subtle, her eyes flicking over to him. She smiled, taking pity on him just as he'd hoped and swatted him with the brochure.
"I am excited, you know. It looks really nice. We'll need a good soak after we exorcise the curse, yeah?"
It could go in that order. Or not. No sense in dampening her spirits.
"Together? How daring."
"You know what I mean." She said with huff and turned to cross her arms and sink back against the seat. If she were anyone else, he'd get her to look at him again... slide his hand up her thigh, over her knee and back down until she was squirming. Instead he busied his hands with his phone, swiping passed his open apps until he found Candy Crush.
"So what do we know about the curse?"
"Originally was pegged as a second-grade, but now it looks like we have a first-grade level to contend with. It has been dormant for a long while, judging by its energy levels reading so low to start, but something set it off." Gojo shrugged, "Usually an anniversary of the event or some other kind of disaster can reawaken a dormant curse. Definitely of the vengeful variety rather than imaginary or disease."
She nodded and Gojo noted she was looking over his shoulder, watching him rapidly clear level after level of the game. He might have picked up the pace, just a little— to give her a good show.
