04 - Weakest Link

You dropped to the ground in exhaustion after training for at least 7 hours, your limbs were sore whilst your head was pounding heavily. Your breath was taken away and all of this was just so you could lay one finger on the invincible Gojo Satoru? How strong was he? And when would you ever be able to become as strong as him.

"I expected you to give up, seems that my expectations were low for you." You heard Gojo's voice, making you leave a weak laugh with all the strength you had left. "Might as well give it all I got because I'm going to get exorcised sooner or later." Your voice cracked. Upon tilting your head, you saw Gojo's mouth turn into a small frown.

"That's because you are weak. You are yet to become strong." Gojo said as he crossed his arms. "But either ways I'm going to get exorcised, so what's the point?" You stood up weakly. At that moment, Gojo was quick to grasp onto a chunk of your hair and pull you closer until you two were inches away from each other. You could feel his hot breath touch your face, making you feel utterly weak and flustered.

"Not if you are the strongest." Your face turned red at his actions, that was when a smirk plastered across his face. "What? You're not up for the challenge?" For some reason, you felt like all of this wasn't as bad as you thought it was. Maybe you could overpower your exorcism, maybe your life could become better, and maybe you could be the strongest after all.

"I am" You gently pulled down Gojo's blindfold, revealing his crystal blue orbs. His eyes pierced through you for a few seconds before he looked down, pulling away from you. "Okay. That's it for training today, get rest" he cleared his throat.

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As you entered the hallways of Jujutsu High, you came across an unfamiliar face. A boy who looked like he was in his teenage years with bright pink hair. With even more clear observation, you spotted two marks on his cheeks. Whilst observing, you realised how weird you were being, staring at a stranger.

"Oh? Have we met before?" You widened your eyes as the boy looked up and looked at you, dumbfounded. "I don't think I've met you before..I'm new here" You immediately bowed in respect followed by the boy doing the same. He then stood up and walked towards you.

"What's your name?" He spoke to you in a casual tone. You didn't find it disrespectful though, you rather found it more comforting that someone spoke to you like a normal human without knowing your fate. 'Maybe he'll act like everyone else once he finds out about me too..'

"I'm y/n, what's your name?" You still smiled, catching him off guard. "My name is Itadori Yuji, do you not have any last name y/n?" You furrowed your eyebrows at the question. You never really took a last name due to your disliking towards your dad. "No, just y/n" Yuji smiled in response. "That's good enough."

"So Yuji..why are you at jujutsu high?" You tried to start conversation and Yuji was open to it. "Well..the story is kinda long but if you want to know the main part..I kinda ate a cursed object of some powerful curse and I ended up overpowering his presence so my exorcism is going to be put on hold until I eat all ten fingers." You widened your eyes, his whole normal life ahead of him disappeared because he ate a single finger? You couldn't hide the pity on your face with your softened eyes, which Yuji noticed.

"Oh! You don't have to worry about it, I'm totally fine with it. My grandpa told me to save as many people as possible so I'm happy here." Yuji smiled as he scratched the back of his head, making you feel warm inside. "That's really nice Yuji, how old are you though?" You asked. "Me? I'm 16. What about you?" You were shocked, he truly is really young. "I'm 20.." Yuji immediately put his hand over his mouth after hearing that and bowed down.

"I'm so sorry! I was speaking casually—" you interrupted him. "No-No! It's completely fine! Please talk to me normally, I would prefer that more than if you spoke to me formally" Yuji lifted his head up, looking slightly confused. "But you know..you seriously don't look like you're in your twenties." You smiled, taking it as a compliment. "Thank you" Just as you were about to speak once more, someone slammed the door open behind Yuji, slamming it open on him.

"Ow! What th—" Yuji was interrupted by a deep stern voice behind him, you were taken aback in surprise. The man who slammed the door open had no shirt on but had a huge muscular build, he looked like a body builder..maybe he was even stronger. His locks were tied into a bun and you noticed a pink scar across his face.

"Brother! Who is this?! Is this your girlfriend?!" The man raised his voice louder, shaking Yuji who was already hurt. "No! Don't get the wrong idea Todo, she's new here" Yuji immediately corrected Todo. "Well that's perfect then.." Todo smirked as he pushed Yuji away before walking towards you and gently holding your hand to place a soft kiss on it.

"You're totally my type"