Ethereal Connection ♡ ⌇ Sukuna x Reader ⌇ ♡

Chapter 38

She jolted up from the tree branch that her body was resting on. She sat, her back hunched, her breathing ragged and fast. Her mind and heart racing as she tried to make sense of what she had seen. The scene that she saw only seemed to befog her.

She gripped the grass, her mind hazy and her vision blurry. The thoughts of the scene that she saw stirred her inner turmoil. As seconds passed, she clenched the grass underneath her palms as few beads of sweat started to form on her forehead.

"What..? What the hell was that?"

"It was like, I just time travelled"

"That was me and Sukuna..?"

"How?"

"Who was the other pink haired guy?"

"Was that all true..?"

The thoughts seemed to overwhelm her and she didn't pay any mind to her surroundings. As time passed, her breathing stabled and the water that her body produced due to tension was now under control.

"Oi,"

Y/N jumped back in surprise as she heard his voice. She turned and faced him. He was sitting on a tree trunk which had been fallen, with one of leg resting on another. He was observing her reticent form. His expression neutral, betraying no sense of worry.

Y/N's eyelids fluttered a few times, taking a clear view of his figure. The dark made it difficult for her to see The King before her.

"S-Sukuna.." she whispered, her voice soft and desperate, desperate to know the answers to her questions.

Sukuna narrowed his eyes slightly, the way she had whispered his name, made him..wonder. His keen ears picked up the desperation and confusion in her voice. He studied her intently, trying to gauge her thoughts and emotions.

"What is it, brat?" he looked down at her with an expression which betrayed nothing.

She looked away, her eyes fixed on the dense forest before her, but she noticed nothing because she was too busy contemplating.

"Why should I tell him?"

"Would he even care?"

"What if that was just a dream..?"

"He would just ridicule me.."

Her heart sank at the thoughts. Him laughing at her again? No, she won't let that happen.

Sukuna continued to observe her silently, his gaze fixated on the expression on her face. He could tell she was troubled, but he didn't point it out. Instead, he continued to be quiet and observed patiently, until it hit him.

She looked away from him without his permission.

"How dare she?"

"Oi brat, I want you to answer my question and not disrespect me by looking away without my permission." he growled, his voice a mix of annoyance and disdain.

She stiffened up and instantly she turned back at him again. Sukuna held her gaze for a moment, taking in her expression, her body language.

"You should stop wasting time, that device of yours has been ringing from the past 30 minutes." he revealed, his expression bored and his voice betrayed nothing but the fact that she wasn't someone he would bother himself with.

"Device..? Ringing..?"

And it hit her.

"Gojo Sensei.." she muttered and pulled out her phone from her pocket. The screen made her forget everything that had been clouding her mind.