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Megumi’s life has been hard, his dad abandoned him and his sister at a very young age, and then the weirdest to be sorcerer decided that he would start taking care of him. He had no idea why the white-haired guy decided to do that, was it because Megumi was supposed to be a sorcerer? Or was it because he pitied him? Either way he stopped caring after a while.
The first time that Megumi actually liked Gojo’s company was when he was trying to teach him how to do animal shadows with his hands.
“Okay, so you bend your index finger and then put your thump on top of it and now you move your pinky finger up and down, now your turn”
The black-haired little boy did as he said but he had trouble moving his pinky finger. “Here let me help you” Gojo grabbed gently the little boy’s hand and helped him make his pinky finger move without moving the other two fingers.
“See, easy peasy”
After that Gojo spend almost the whole night teaching Megumi other shadows with his hands.
When Megumi grew a little older his hair began to fall into his eyes, and it also looked extremely flat. So, he got Megumi to get into the bathroom with him to teach him how to style his hair.
“Okay so I’m gonna teach you to how to make your hair not look like it got licked by a cow”
“Pass” Megumi quickly responded, “Wait no, give me an opportunity and if you don’t like in then you don’t have to do it”
“Ugh, fine” Megumi obliged.
Gojo grabbed plugged the hair straightener and went quickly to grab some hair products that he normally uses.
“Okay, so you grab a strand of hair, move your wrist on an outward motion while slowly pulling”
Gojo passed the straightener to Megumi “Now you try”
“SHIT” Megumi screamed, he tried doing just what Gojo said but ended up burning his scalp. “I give up, I don’t feel like burning my whole head”
“Here, let me do it for you the first time and the next you try doing it alone” the white-haired young man said.
“Know stay still”
Megumi watched with full attention every movement that Gojo did with his hands, the older guy behind him took every strand of his hair with such care and with such skill that even Megumi was impressed.
Even if Megumi didn’t express it, he actually cherished those small moments.
The only time he actually expressed how grateful he was for Gojo taking care of him was during Father’s Day, he usually left some sweets or desserts along with a small card in front of Gojo’s door and then leave. Gojo never says anything because he is scared that Megumi will stop doing it. Also he doesn’t one the younger boy knowing that he cries whenever he receives that small gift.