Destined to Collide - Inumaki Toge

3. Maguro

With the help of Inumaki Toge, Gojo sets down the new student's luggage in her new room and patted Inumaki's back with a smile. Inumaki had to frown at his sensei's weird move.

Inumaki is really good at reading people. Since he wasn't able to speak much due to the Snake and Fang seal he carries since birth, he did the only thing he could do as a kid.

He observes.

He watches from the windows, from the roof, and from wherever he is sitting. He sees the expression on a person's face changes, he sees what ticks off a person, and he sees how people tend to be happier around a pet or an animal.

But this smile from Gojo-sensei clearly means for him and him alone.

It was akin to saying, "Take care of the girl, Inumaki-kun. She's new."

He had to go back to his room and get a quick shower before changing into dry clothes. As soon as he'd done that, he rushed out of his room and upon seeing Maguro standing outside of her room the greens outside the window whilst Gojo-sensei knocks on Panda and Maki's doors, he quickly calmed himself down and closed the shoji door to his room quietly.

"Tsukigami-san, wasn't it?" he started in his mind.

Maguro jumped. Her head snapped towards the source where she had heard someone said her name, slapping one hand on her chest and smiled awkwardly.

It was Inumaki. The boy with the platinum blonde hair. His glittering amethyst eyes stares at her from where he stood by the door with towel around his neck.

Maguro didn't know someone could look this good after shower.

"Oh, it's just you, Inumaki-kun. That scared me. I thought I'm the only one left in this corridor," she smiled. Looks like he got used to the idea of her being able to hear his thoughts. And how polite of him to not invite himself into her new room without her consent.

"Kelp," (My bad. Sorry for that. I didn't mean to surprise you like that.) Inumaki replied her with one hand scratching the back of his still wet hair.

Not wanting Gojo-sensei to realize she had established an accidental connection to the handsome platinum blonde boy, she tip toed towards him cutely and kept it quiet, answering to him in a whisper, "You can call me Maguro, but I was looking forward to introduce myself officially later. Bear with me, ne?"

Inumaki blinked at the close contact. He had to remind himself that she's new here. Yes, she looked adorable, and that really didn't help much. She grows on him too fast.

That was probably because they have kissed earlier in the water.

Ah yes. Her cold soft lips. He wondered what they would feel like if they were to kiss under other circumstances.

Realizing his thoughts is straying towards his first kiss, he quickly silenced his thoughts from her. Lest she thought that he's a pervert for thinking her lips are tantalizingly soft.

But wait.

Maguro? Doesn't that mean her name is Tuna?

Inumaki was left to ponder with his thoughts alone whilst she checks out her room. She appears happy with her new room arrangements, checking out the windows and the bathroom as well as the sceneries outside her window just right next to her bed. It was spacious and unlike what she had imagined a dorm would be like. Looks like her new life as a jujutsu student would be nicer than what she had in mind.

He noticed again she is still in her wet baby blue dress, albeit a little dryer than just now.

He snapped his neck and glared at Gojo-sensei's back. How could he allow her to stand there in the corridor in wet clothes?

"That's because my luggage with clothes and toiletries are with Ijichi-san. He is coming up with them right now, but he is alone, so I figure it will take a while more. I've asked Gojo-sensei to check up on him, but he insisted to wake up the other second years to do some introductions before the luggage arrives," Maguro replied the questions that had popped up in Inumaki's mind.

"Konbu," (I see) Inumaki responded and nodded his head.

It was only a while later when she realizes she has been answering his thoughts.

And looked up at him with a horrified expression.

"I-I'm so sorry!" Maguro apologized profusely with a bow and one hand out waving frantically at Inumaki. The other hand was covering her face in shame. "I didn't mean to. There are times I really just can't differentiate it between a thought or a real talk. This must have sounded creepy to you-"

"Takana, haha!" (It's alright. Honestly, this is much more fun than speaking with onigiri ingredients, right? Haha!) Inumaki assured her, grabbing her hand and stopping her frantic waving before laughing at her being so panicky.

Panicky Maguro is cute, Inumaki quietly thought to himself. His heart lurched when he realizes just what he had thought, but it appears Maguro did not hear it.

So, when it was a quiet thought, she would not hear it. But when he thought it out as if he wanted to talk, then she will be able to hear it. In this case, Inumaki summed to himself - small quiet thoughts will not hurt then.

"Well, onigiri ingredients are good. You have a really nice voice too," said Maguro without thinking, looking up into his violet blue eyes and thought that it really looked good on him. Plus, his hands are warm.

She did not realize her straight forward attitude was being brought out to a different gender person. Lord knows how many guys she has accidentally caused them to misunderstand her back in her normal school days.

Before Inumaki could comment on that with blazing red ears, Maguro sneezed and rubbed her arms.

Seeing as Gojo-sensei kept prattling on and on about Yuuta overseas and it would be a shame for him to miss out on being introduced to their new friend to Maki and Panda's still closed doors, Inumaki pulled her by her hand into his room.

He made sure to leave the door wide open to avoid gossips. Panda is helpless at keeping secrets.