Chapter Text
It has been a few days since Yuta came to the Jujutsu High of Tokyo. Gojo sensei, the man he remembers, is the person who brought him here, he is also the one who promised to help him. If he is being honest, at the beginning everything seemed very shady for him. But they could see Rika, which meant that there was still a bit of hope.
Right now, he is walking toward the cafeteria to meet his classmates. On his way to there he sees Geto sensei, so he greets him with a smile and nod.
“Morning, Geto sensei. You look tired?”
Geto, with a tired eyes and yawn, smiles back at him. His clothes looked dusty and few tears on his shirt. Even his usually neat and tied hair is flowing free like a mess.
“Morning, Yuta. Ah, don’t mind it. The mission for last night took too long to handle. By the way, if you are heading to the cafeteria. Can you tell the twins that I will be resting for the afternoon and they don’t have to worry.”
Yuta nods in understanding and bid him goodbye, promising to forward the message. With that he continues walking to the cafeteria. As soon he gets in the vicinity of the cafeteria, he could hear loud shouts and laughter. A small smile blooms on his face without even seeing what was actually happening. Because he knew, no matter what it is, the looks on his friends face will be funny. He peeks in to see what was happening and finds Maki and Panda hand wrestling with each other while the rest of them cheered on each of them. With a light chuckle, Yuta walks in.
“What is happening here?” He asks to Yuji.
“Maki senpai and Panda senpai were fighting over which bear is better. Maki senpai picked grizzly bears and Panda senpai got offended.” Yuji explained and snickered.
Yuta too joins him, amazed by the ridiculous reasoning of the competition.
He looks around and finds the twins next to Nobara, cheering on Maki with her. He walks up to them and taps on Nanako’s shoulder. When he does that, she turns around with a raised brow.
“What?”
Yuta chuckled nervously, he wouldn’t lie, the girls in this school are quite the strong and scary. “Uhh… Geto sensei told me to drop you two a message.”
At the mention of Geto’s name the other twin, Mimiko, also turns around. “Suguru?! What did he say?!”
Yuta turns more nervous at the hard gaze they were giving him. He rubs his neck with a sheepish smile. “Well.. uhh.. Sensei told me to tell you guys that he is tired and will be resting for the afternoon. So, you two should not worry about him.”
The twins look at each other then give a nod to each other and storms off, definitely to check on Geto. Yuta nervously lets out a weak chuckle and sees them storm off. Yuuji then walks up to him.
“What was that about, senpai?”
“Just girls being girls?”
Yuuji gives him a confused look but decides not to dive too deep into it. He was about to join the others when he halts on his steps and turns back at Yuta.
“Ah. Senpai, sensei told me to hand you this. Says this is yours?”
He hands out a handkerchief to him. Yuuta is confused for a moment then recalls that this handkerchief was given to him by that pretty girl. He takes the handkerchief with a small blush.
“ah.. haha. Yeah. This is mine.”
Yuuji tilts his head in confusion.
“Say, senpai. If this is your. Why did Gojo sensei have it?”
Yuta laughs awkwardly, scratching the hack of his head. Hearing the talk between Yuji and Yuta, the others join in too, waiting for Yuta’s answer. Yuta sighs seeing everyone’s interested faces.
“It’s nothing much. When sensei found me, I was talking to a girl. She handed me this handkerchief to remove the dirt off my face. Moments later she starts running away and then the next thing I see, when I woke up, is Gojo sensei. It must have fallen when sensei kidna- ah no. Sorry.”
Maki and Nobara rolls their, Panda and Inumaki shake their head in resignation.
“You don’t have to worry about saying that word. Gojo has basically kidnapped me and Mai too.” Maki points out. Nobara, Yuta and Yuji looks at her in shock.
“He did?!”
Maki looks at them with a smirk.
“Didn’t know about it?”
All of them shake their head, except Inumaki and Panda. They already knew the story. But the other three were looking at Maki with expectant looks, after all it not everyday you get to hear background lore about their senpai and sensei. Maki puts her elbow on the table and rests her cheek on her palm.
“Gojo picked me and Mai when we were both 10. It was a normal day as always in our Zenin estate when Gojo suddenly barged in his loud and obnoxious self. The clan head and members were furious for his audacity. They told him to leave but he didn’t budge and looked around. Instead, he looked around and asked if any of us kid want to leave this ‘shithole’ and get under his wings. No one came in front. But I did, because I knew who he was and he can help me become a sorcerer. As for Mai.. well, she just followed me because I was going. Then the rest is history.”
Yuta and Yuji listened to the story in awe but Nobara was more confused. She puts the question in her mind, out.
“Why exactly did sensei do that? I mean he is annoying, noisy and all. But barging in and taking other clan kids is quite a big deal.”
Panda and Inumaki look at each other then at Maki, who just shrugged.
“Beats me. That man is so open yet a mystery in the same time. I never got to know why he did that.”
There is a moment of eery silence. What Maki said is true. Gojo was alway so loud, open and straightforward. But at the same time, they barely knew anything about him.
“However, one day."
Maki breaks the silence, her eyes fixed on her palm
"He took me to a grave. He didn’t say anything, just stared at the grave with a blank face. But he took my hand in his. As if he was trying to hold back something. It was weird to see him like that.”
“Whose grave was it senpai?” Nobara asks with curiosity. Maki clenched her fist tightly.
“Someone named… Megumi.”
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