beside you , yuji itadori x reader

seventeen

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just as yuji predicted, megumi had shoved you all in the car saying that he'd get his own ride, when he was obviously lying to go investigate on his own,

"nitta! you have to take us back to yasohachi bridge!!" yuji yelled,

"pipe down, itadori, she can hear you just fine!" nobara replied,

"huh? why?-"

"please, it's urgent, we had a breakthrough," you interrupted her, speaking calmly,

"okay then..."

you thanked nitta as she took you back to the bridge and saw megumi sliding down a hill going underneath the bridge. he was so out of it that he hadn't noticed any of you guys until nobara said something,

"you really tell us too little, you know,"

megumi suddenly stiffened up, and irked,

"megs, i respect your privacy and all but don't expect to do dangerous things like this without letting us get involved!" you slapped the back of his head,

"ouch!-"

"we aren't saying you have to tell us everything, but at least rely on us," yuji added, "we're friends, aren't we?"

he then softened up a bit, confessing the reason he was still here. it was because tsumiki was still bedridden because of the curse, so he wanted to exorcise it immediately before it could kill her.

once you all got the gist of it, nobara and yuji cut him off so he didn't feel the need to explain more than he wanted to.

megumi didn't notice, but you saw him softly smile as he walked behind the three of you. you were glad he was starting to become more open to people and you knew all too well that it was because of yuji.

"so what's next megs?" you ask, since none of you, apart from megumi, knew how to find the curse,

"well there was a step we missed, which was to step over a river at the bottom of the bridge,"he explained,

"huh? why step over a river? isn't that kind of random," yuji asked. you then realised,

"no, it actually has a deeper meaning. it signifies crossing over to the afterlife, right?" you said,

"mhm," megumi confirmed,

"woah, you're so smart, y/n... i wouldn't have ever guessed that," yuji chuckled. you turned slightly red from his unexpected words.

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you guys then made it to the river and stepped over it to the count of three. you all found yourselves in it's barrier now, revealing a screaming curse,

"holy shit, this curse is annoying as fuck!" you said loudly, trying to speak over it's screeching,

"i agree, let's hurry up and get this done with," nobara groaned.

another curse busted through the barrier which was really confusing since it had nothing to do with the curse you were all dealing with right now. it could speak meaning it had to be a special grade,

"guys be on your guard! something has definitely been planned here!" you warned them,

"no way, really??!!" yuji spoke sarcastically,

"shut up!"

yuji then decided he would deal with the random curse that showed up, while the rest of you dealt with the original curse. you pulled out a chainsickle from your cursed spirit and began slicing away at the little curses from the holes. megumi and nobara followed suit, doing the best they can to get rid of all the curses,