A Heart That Belongs to Him

8: Vacay

"I'm excited for tomorrow." Tsumiki said as the two walked through the school hallways together.

Kosuke smiled. "Me too. After the amount of studying and tests I've taken it will be nice to relax a bit." Today marked their final day of classes before the summer.

"And I'm very grateful that Gojo let us come along."

"I forced him to bring you two, well at least you. I didn't want to be alone with Gojo for a couple of days." Kosuke joked.

"I've never been to Okinawa, have you?"

Kosuke shook her head. "Gojo says he made some of his best memories there, so I'm sure it will be a blast."

She didn't even need to look over her shoulder to know who it was. She had gotten good at recognizing people based on their cursed energy. Especially one so familiar as his. She barely turned her head to look at him. "Hey Fushiguro-kun."

"Arisu-chan." He greeted her without as much boredom as he had when they first met.

"How did your finals go?"

He shrugged and started to walk with them. "Fine, I guess."

"Are you excited for our trip?"

"I guess."

Kosuke smiled, happy that she at least got that much out of him.

They all walked out of the school together but then went their separate ways. Megumi and Tsumiki to their home and Kosuke to hers. Now that Gojo was a teacher he was working much longer hours. He would go to sleep early in the morning, and wake up mid-morning, getting only a couple hours of sleep every night. So it was a surprise to Kosuke when she opened the door and saw him in the apartment.

"Satoru! What are you doing home?" She set her backpack down and walked over to him. He was in the middle of cutting something up and she wanted to see if she could get a hint at what was for dinner. "You're cooking dinner?"

"I'm going to try." He huffed, clearly already frustrated. Cooking was never his strong suit. "Hey are you packed yet?"

"No."

"Then you should probably go do that."

She nodded and grabbed her bag then walked out. In her bedroom she already had small piles for what clothes she was probably going to take with her. It was only a weekend trip so she could pack light, but the paranoia of her somehow ruining all her clothes got the best of her. On her bed was her swimsuit that Gojo bought her. It wasn't until last night that the two realized she didn't have one so he must have gone out and bought one for her today. She held it up and was quick to notice a problem.

"Satoru." She poked her head out the door then her whole body. "There's a small problem."

"With what?" He kept his eyes on the task at hand, not bothering to look at her.

"You only got me a swimsuit. I also need a swimming top."

He froze. Kosuke thought she heard him swear before he turned to look at her. "Do you really need one?"

She nodded solemnly. "I don't want to be made fun of."

"Okay." Gojo stopped cutting whatever it was and turned off the burner, letting whatever was simmering on the heat to cool off. Kosuke grabbed her backpack and headed out the door with Gojo.

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