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"𝑺𝒉𝒆'𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒖𝒑!"

The girl on the hospital bed groans, slightly wincing in pain as she flutters her eyes open, the harsh light above her causes her to shut her eyes before she makes any attempt to wake up again.

"Y/N? You awake?" A hand wraps around yours, a thumb slowly rubbing the back and you recognised the rough skin but soft and gentle touch.

"Yu..ji?" Y/N slowly sits up, Another person on the other side of her side putting a pillow behind her back to offer support for her to lean on.

"Agh fuck, my head.. Where am I??" She looks around, once again unaware of her surroundings. Megumi and Nobara were sat on her right side and Yuji on her left, there was a blue half drawn curtain separating the four from the rest of the room, allowing them some privacy.

"I'll go tell Shoko and Gojo she's awake." Nobara announces, her voice gentle keeping your headache in mind as she comfortingly pats your shoulder before getting up to leave.

"Why would you do that Y/N?" Megumi breaks the awkward silence.

"Do what?" she breathes out.

"Eat Sukunas finger!" He raises his voice, his words causing you to recollect the events that happened, though there were some gaps- your memory still foggy.

"Ah."

"What were you thinking? The higher ups want to execute Yuji before he even eats all of the fingers, and now you've entered the equation what do you think they're going to do when they found out that you've also-" his rant is cut off by a door slamming open and you sigh in relief, knowing if they didn't interrupt then you weren't going to ever hear the end of it from your best friend.

"How is my favourite student feeling?" A joyful voice exclaims, singing as he almost glides to you with a gift bag on his arm and places it it on the stand next to your bed.

"Do you have to be so loud?" You massage your temple, squinting at the white-haired male in front of you who was smiling down at you.

"Hey i thought i was your favourite student.." Yuji mutters, causing you to let out a small laugh which immediately resulted in a fit of coughs, Yuji looks at you in concern and you wave your hand at him up and down, signalling you'll be okay.

"L/N... let's see, you have 3 broken ribs, internal bleeding, one shattered collarbone and a fractured arm." Shoko taps her clipboard with her pen as she listed the injuries like it was nothing.

"Oh! Fun..." Y/N sarcastically mutters under her breath, pressing her lips together into a line waiting for someone to say something.

"Considering you were asleep for two days, i've managed to heal you up pretty well so if there are no issues then you'll be out of my care tomorrow. With that being said, i want you to come by my office three days from now so i can do a check up so that'll be friday."

"I was asleep for two days? Jeez.. Yeah okay, thank you for everything Shoko."

"Just doing my job." Gojo claps his hands together, breathing in sharply through his teeth before instructing the people in the room to leave as the two of you need to have a conversation, to which you were dreading before it even begun. After the door finally shut behind the last person, he sits next to you leaning forward onto his knees, his hands intertwined as he brings a finger up to his lip thinking carefully before he speaks.

As soon as he heard what had happened, his heart sunk. He didn't think you'd ever do something as stupid as that, but it was a lose-lose situation. She would've died anyway if the curse had eaten the finger, it's a miracle she's even alive right now.

"You okay?" he speaks up, a small croak in his voice as he clears his throat.

"Other than a really bad headache, I'd say i'm okay considering the injuries I had." he nods in response, glad to hear you're not in any major pain."sooo.. what happened when I was passed out?"

"Don't really know the full story, Nanami just told me the important part and that was Yuji found you past out, almost about to be eaten by a curse if they hadn't gotten there any quicker. He said you had Sukunas markings." he sits back in the chair against the back, arms folded over his chest now waiting for you to speak.

"Ah i see."  you hum, not really sure what to say feeling a bit uncomfortable by the silence, you knew there was a bit of tension in the air, waiting for him to drop the question.

"Why did you do it?" there it is.

"What other choice did i really have? If i didn't, I would've died anyway Gojo you know that. I wasn't prepared to die yet, not in that way at least. I want a chance at a proper death." you catch yourself echoing the words of a certain someone, stifling a small laugh when you realise, your lips nearly twitching upwards.

The girl never really understood why Yuji was determined to give himself and others 'a chance at a proper death'. what even is a proper death? How does one come to the conclusion someone's passing is proper? was it something you even deserved? His determination was something she almost admired, the first thing about him the girl noticed. She didn't know why but she found herself echoing his words, half-understanding what he was talking about, and maybe once Y/N is out of that hospital bed, she'll ask him what he meant.

"I haven't told the higher-ups.. and to be honest i'm debating even mentioning it to them or whether i just let them think Yuji ate it. If they somehow find out, i'm sure they'll want to execute you without any question. But not while you're my student and you're under my care, honestly I don't really care what they want." he stands up and begins to walk away to the door."oh by the way...Have you spoke to Sukuna by any chance?" your teacher turns around to you, his blindfold slightly moving up as he raises his eyebrow.

"I'm not one hundred percent sure.. I feel like there's a gap in my memory so if i had to guess i'd say probably. But what we spoke about.. i have no clue." Y/N brings her hand to her head, her eyebrows pinching together in frustration hating that she doesn't know, because something definitely happened and she can't remember what it was.

"Hmm. Okay. Well if you somehow manage to remember, tell me. Now get some rest, those two days are the longest you've ever slept and i doubt it'll ever happen again." the two of you chuckle and say your goodbyes as he draws the curtain, leaving you in solitude.

the girl shuffled in discomfort, trying to find a somewhat comfortable position to lie in before letting out a frustrated huff and just staying on her back, arms by her side as she stared at the tiles on the ceiling, listening to the clock on the wall tick every second filling the silence. It was unsettling to say the least, she just wanted to go back to her dorm, to paint a beautiful landscape and forget all this happened, but she can't. And she hates that she can't.

There are three rhythmic knocks at the door, someone's on the other side waiting to be let in.

Instead of answering, Y/N chooses to close her eyes, she doesn't know who it is and doesn't feel like finding out. Besides, it's not like shes the one in charge of who comes and goes.

She begins to feel herself drifting off when she hears the door creak open causing her to now be fully awake once again. A silhouette is outlined by the blue curtain, someone with spiky hair reaches out draw it open.

"Y/N, you awake?" Yuji stands over you, waving his hand in front of your face though you're obviously awake as you're glaring at him, your face scrunched in irritation.

"No, i'm sleeping with my eyes open. Of course i'm awake dumbass." you grabs his hand to stop him from moving and he chuckles, sitting on the bottom of your bed as you move your legs to allow him to have more space so he can sit comfortably.

He stares at the bandage wrapped around your head and your arm, just thinking about the pain you would've been in. Yuji was frustrated with himself, wishing he was there to protect you. When he saw the markings of Sukuna all over your face, he felt a pit in his stomach and a lump in his throat- he was horrified. He was the one that was supposed to eat all the fingers and he didn't care what happened to him then. Now that you've been added into that, what was going to happen? The possibilities kept him up at night, his mind racing with different scenarios. Yuji was scared for you.

"I know you've not long woke up but how are you?"

"I'm okay. Been better though." you shrug and he nods in response, playing with his fingers.

"how are you, Yuji?"

"i'm not really what you should be worrying about right now, but i'm okay, it's been boring without you. I'm just glad you're awake now."

Y/Ns lips curl up into a smile, feeling her cheeks slightly heat up at the fact he missed you.

"Anything's boring without me."

"Don't get cocky."

You giggle at his reply, before looking off to the side wondering if now would be a good time to ask him the question you've been thinking. "If i did die Yuji, would be death have been a proper one?" He raises an eyebrow at your question, propping his leg up on the bed so he can fully turn to you. Yuji licks his lips before replying, trying to find the right words to say. "No, it wouldn't have been. Dying to the hands of a curse isn't a proper death, it's unfair. You wouldn't have deserved that."

"then what do i deserve?"

"To live a long and good life, to do things you enjoy with people you enjoy being with."With such kind words, he looks at you sadly, his eyes bearing a pitiful look as his lips slightly curled downwards. "Was eating his finger really your last option?"

Well it was more of an impulsive decision but yeah, sure.

"pretty much. It was either that or the curse eats it and kills me. Either way it was a shit show for me regardless of what i did."

"If the higher ups find out-"

"which they won't. I don't think anyway.. Gojos still deciding on tell them."

"And if he does Y/N what do you think they'll do? They tried to get me killed and nearly succeeded. They still want me dead and as soon as they find out what you did it'll make them want to kill us even more!" he points at you and himself as his tone of voice slightly raises trying to indicate the severity of the situation you're now in.

"Gojo would protect us Yuji, he always will. He's the strongest."

"I care more about what happens to you." he admits, sighing, now holding onto your hand and putting it against his head as he looks down. His words caused your cheeks to heat up, feeling flustered by his sudden action.

"It'll work out in the end.  I know it will."

Did you though? Did you know that it would work out? In truth, no, you didn't. And not knowing scared you. But you knew you had to have some faith in Gojo and whatever he decides will happen and until then, you had to believe it would be okay.

"I should probably go, let you rest up." he stands up, not letting go of your hand.

"Haven't i had enough rest?" You were asleep for 2 whole days.

"Nope." he pops and you groan, he comes forward to you and places his soft lips on your forehead, gently kissing it."Rest up Y/N." he walks away drawing the privacy curtain and then closing the door, secretly flustered by his own action, lightly and quickly slapping his cheek multiple times scolding himself.

"...you too." By the time you managed to reply he was already gone. There were swarms of butterflies in your stomach as you kept replaying what had just happened. You knew there was the possibility of you romantically liking him, you've been good friends for a couple months now and you have gone on a date.

Shaking the thoughts off for now, the girl reaches over to the bag Gojo left, peeking into it as her lips curl into a warm smile. There was a box of Kikufuku from the place you two went together, a dr.pepper and a get well soon card that he didn't even write in causing you to laugh and shake your head.

"𝑰𝒅𝒊𝒐𝒕."

There's not going to be regular updates as there usually is this week, i'm going on a small holiday with my family and i'm not sure if the wifi is going to be good or not (it never is). Currently rushing this in the car so sorry if the chapter isn't the best, but i just wanted to get it out. 😽😽