@curseuses ,    well,  i do.  [she’s quick to respond and she understood the way other people saw it,  how suguru saw it.  but misato was sure enough in her capabilities to know that even if there was some kind of… negative reaction from suguru,  she would put an end to it before it even begun.  misato drops her hand back to her side,  it was too soon for him and she’d have to accept that.  she’d just hoped that the support she was providing was enough for him.  telling the three dogs in the place she’d be right back before stepping out of the apartment and locking the door behind her.]  are you wanting to get anything?  [pressing the elevator button,  it opens up soon after it’s pushed before she steps inside.]

[ his hollow gaze looks over the oversized sweatshirt she slipped on, instantly recognizing it. it might have raised about a hundred alarms in his mind had he not been so focused on what it meant to step out the front door ]     maybe you shouldn’t.    [ a whisper that contained far too much self doubt for it to be even mildly threatening. sighing, he tied his long hair into a half assed bun before pulling the hoodie over his head ]     let’s make it quick.    [ just taking her hand felt like a line better left uncrossed so he simply walked past her and towards the front door ] 

@curseuses ,     you’ll have to get out sooner or later,  it’s been four months already.  and it’s only a walk to the liquor store,  there won’t be many people out at this time.  [grabbing her (well satoru’s) sweatshirt,  she pulls it over her before  grabbing her purse.  looking over at him,  she extends her hand for him to take.]   c’mon.  i trust you.

@curseuses ,   i have bad dreams too sometimes.  some go away,  some don’t.  but i promise one day yours will.  [hugging him to her chest,  misato strokes the top of his head before pressing her lips to it.]  but they’ll never be real.  not when you’re here with me.

yeah.   [ he breathes out, almost instantly turning over and into her arms, breathing in her scent. his hand gently brushed across her waist and settled on her back. every time he thought  that the night terrors were silencing and letting him rest, they seemed to come back in full force. always the same, caged in his body again as kenjaku forces him to watch as he unleashed his torment on those he loved ]     i really thought they had stopped this time. 

@curseuses ,   mhm,  but it’s okay.  i’m right here.  [adjusting herself in the bed to where she’s closer to suguru,  her fingers gently trail over his cheek.]   bad dream?  [breathing out the words,  misato allows her eyes to focus in the darkness and find his features.]   c’mere.  

@6THEYES ,    i see your point.   [soothing over the place she pinched with the pad of her thumb,  she looks over to nothing in particular]  what has you contemplating these things?  it’s useless to overthink something you can’t change,  satoru.  all you can do is make sure he lives as good of a life as he can.  [her hand returns to her side]

@cruelbones,              [    a sigh escapes past his lips,   but he winces and a small ‘ouch’ leaves gojo.    ]      wonder if it was me instead of ya know,   that poor kid.   maybe things could be handled a bit easier.

@6THEYES ,    well for one,  i’d probably murder you for doing something so moronic.  [misato answers him,  reaching over to pinch at his cheek.]   but i’m sure you’d survive it.  why do you ask?

@6THEYES ,    [rolling her eyes at his antics,  she takes ahold of his hand before pressing a kiss to the tip of his finger]  better?

@cruelbones,              can you kiss it all better for me?

@6THEYES ,     [releasing a sigh,  she leans over to take a look at the nail in question]  and what do you need me to do about that?

@cruelbones,              that’s horrible to hear from you..

@6THEYES ,    i guess that means you’ve always been old.  

@cruelbones,              ..but my hair was white to begin with.

[ while he was gone, is what he assumed she would say. how much had he missed out on when he so cruelly left them behind? he didn’t let the thought go further as he focused now on her hand in his, listening as she spoke ]      that doesn’t surprise me one bit.  but i am very glad that he learned.     [ the mention of the zenin boy makes an unexpected wave of grief pass over him, reminded of his two girls that had been cruelly murdered in his absence. ]     he seems like a good kid.    [ was all he managed to say ] 

@curseuses ,     he’s learned gradually.  while you were…  [she moves her hand down to grab and interlace her fingers with his]  he’d come over a lot and eat my food so i told him if he showed up again without new groceries in his hands that he wouldn’t be allowed in.  of course,  the first time he bought all of the wrong things.  but sometimes i make him take megumi just in case. 

[ a soft tint of color reaches his cheeks at her compliment, leaning into her touch ]    does he even know how to do the groceries?     [ from what he remembered during their school days, the sheltered boys first visit to the supermarket had been with him ] 

@6THEYES ,    from them.  i know you wouldn’t kill suguru.  [theres a sort of desperation in her eyes that’s rare,  like she’s pleading with gojo to keep anything bad from happening to him.  she knows what it says about her as a person,  defending a man with such ideals,  but she doesn’t even flinch at the reveal.]    i’m not asking you to support it.  i’m asking you to help him,  your best friend.  [a shaky exhale parts past her lips]  he’s clearly not in a good place mentally if he’s sunk that far.  

@cruelbones,              protect suguru?      [    a scoff almost threatens to escape his lips,   head tilting down momentarily as his eyes plaster itself to the floor.   contemplating on what to say,   but he knew whatever decision he’d reach it would upset misato.    ]      protect him from them?   or protect him from me?      [    it was a strange,   yet honest question.   looking up towards the redhead,   blue eyes shifting to look at her,   his eyes revealing the conflictive emotions which he attempts to hide.    ]      but why am i protecting someone who wants to kill all non-sorcerers?   it’s not something i..   can support.   i hope you understand.

@6THEYES ,    [even more confused,  she feels her breath caught in her throat as she goes to speak.  her brain racks through the possibilities of what suguru could’ve done to earn such a sentence,  to earn such a reaction from satoru.  despite not knowing the gravity of his actions,  her first instinct is to keep him safe.]  but you’ll protect him,  right?  

@curseuses ,

[she nods her head,  deep yellow hues staring out into the horizon.]  i always felt like my life was either too loud or too quiet.  here,  it’s a good balance.  [with her hands in her lap,  she inhales deeply before exhaling]   it’s a good place to clear your head.

[ satoru’s reaction played in his mind and it also made him release a soft chuckle. he would throw a hissy fit ]     then perhaps it’d be best to ask him to order once we’re back.    [ slowly he lowered himself until he was at her side, a small gap between their arms. ]     i can see why you enjoy coming at night.   it’s..  weirdly therapeutic. 

[ his shoulders shake with the soft laugh that left his lips, clearly amused by her words. it wasn’t the first and surely not the last time he would hear something along those lines ]     you never know,  maybe one day he might end up on the receiving end of your affections. 

@curseuses ,   you’re so weird for that.  [she breathes out with a shake of her head, but still, she envies it. unconditional love.  she wishes she could know what that was like.]   we all have our flaws i guess.   

[ he understood her sentiments towards their fellow peer, felt by most people surrounding them. watching as she took the pills, he simply shrugged ]     honestly,  i don’t even know sometimes.  i guess i just don’t see it as putting up with him.  more so,  i enjoy having him constantly around..  even with all of his antics.