𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮

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𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒉 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒊𝒆𝒅,

The second years have come back, well except from Yuta, I'm sure you and him would've gotten on well, pretty sure he's still on his mission getting one of Sukuna's fingers, I realised I never got the chance to ask you how they tasted, though i guess your answer probably would've been that they taste 'like shit'.

Everyone's preparing for the sister school exchange event. You would've loved it. There's a lot you're missing out on, but that's the thing about mourning someone, you can't help but think about all the things they would've loved, suddenly everything reminds you of them.

By the way, I finished Insidious, I didn't expect that ending, now I see why you were so bummed that I fell asleep, we would've stayed up all night talking about the ending and then watch the sequels. I'm not gonna watch the second or third movie, not without you.

Anyway, I gotta go to training.Maki will be pissed off if I keep her waiting any longer.

Goodbye, Yuji.

𝑳𝒐𝒗𝒆, 𝒀/𝑵

The girl sighs leaning back in her chair, slipping the letter into an envelope, licking the seal before pressing it down, writing 'Yuji' on the front before sliding it into her draw along with the rest of the piles of letters.

Will it get any easier?

︵‿︵‿୨♡୧‿︵‿︵

"Y/N, you're finally here, I was beginning to think you'd be a no-show again." The seaweed-green haired girl examines your state, looking over the rim of her glasses until her face scrunches in displeasure, causing you to look off to the side, uncomfortable under her hard and judgy glare."Jeez Y/N, have you been sleeping? You look like a mess."

"Thanks Maki. Good to see you too." You deadpan, grabbing one of the pretend weapons laying on the stone steps, resting it on your shoulder.

"Trouble sleeping again? Shouldn't you tell Gojo, or go see Shoko?" Panda suggests, scratching his chin.

"Salmon." Inumaki agrees.

"Yeah and then what? They treat me with a nightly lullaby so I can be sung to sleep like a baby? Yeah. No thanks." Y/N replies sarcastically and Panda hangs his head low muttering 'i was only trying to help', Inumaki patting his back saying encouraging words such as 'kelp'.

"Everyone's doing their own things but since you weren't here to decide, you'll be practicing combat with me." Maki spins her wooden staff effortlessly before getting into her fighting stance, once everyone's paired up with their partner, they all begin practicing their skills. Panda starts swinging a screaming Kugisaki, who looks like she's about to hurl, around on the running track-  you weren't too sure why they were choosing that as a method of preparation for the event but you couldn't let it distract you right now.

Maki makes the first move, charging at you with her staff, but you dodge to the side and elbow her in the chest, ducking down as you go to whack her with your 'weapon' in her stomach, but she jumps high up, front-flipping behind you, kicking you on your back sending you flying to the ground. This knocks the wind out of you, causing you to wince.

Shit, I forgot how fast she is.

In the corner of her eye, Y/N sees Maki charging at her with her staff in the air as if she's about to slam it down, Y/Ns eyes widen and she quickly rolls to the side, Maki's staff lodging into the grass, leaving Maki open and Y/N wraps her legs around Maki's pulling her down to the ground besides her bringing the staff up with Maki, no longer stuck as mud flies out with it.

Y/N shoots up to her feet, a second later Maki also stands, the two lunge at each other with full-force, their staffs threatening to break. Their wooden weapons clash non-stop, smacking each other from all angles.

Y/N goes to swipe her staff into Maki's face ready for this to be over but without warning the green-haired girl drops down balancing on one leg, the other swiping under Y/Ns feet, knocking the stunned girl onto the floor, the same move Maki taught Y/N some time ago. The second year climbs on top of Y/N, getting ready to bring her staff down to hit Y/N but the h/c girl puts her staff out of in front of her face horizontally, now pushing against Makis' in a battle of strength.

"What's happened to you Y/N? You're not as sharp as you used to be. Don't tell me you've slacked off while I was gone." Maki hisses, arms shaking from how hard she's pushing down.

Y/N doesn't respond, too focused on parenting Maki's staff from coming in contact with her face.

"Or is it cuz of the death of Sukunas vessel..What was his name? Yuji Itadori? Don't let his death prevent you from reaching your potential Y/N. People die. That's life. But don't let that hold you back, let this be the opportunity for you to become greater."

"You don't know what you're talking about." She finally manages to reply through gritted teeth, realising how tightly Maki is holding onto her staff, Y/N grabs it, with all her strength she throws it to the side, sending Maki off with it.

You both lie on the ground, heaving to catch your breath. Your eyes closed but suddenly you felt the presence of someone standing over you. Finally opening them, you see Maki holding her hand out and you take it, now stood staring at each other.

"Like I said before, you're not as sharp as you used to be. You need to work on landing more direct hits and your stamina." You nod at her criticism, picking up the fake weapon off the floor, beginning to walk off.

Y/N couldn't deny her words, you haven't been on any hands-on fighting missions since the one in the shopping mall, with him. You admit you're rusty.

"Why are you walking off? I didn't say we were done." Maki puts her hand on her hip, the harshness in her voice causing you to turn back around, gripping your staff. "Come on Y/N, we stop when we drop. Fight until we can't anymore." She puts her weapon back out in front of her again, now smirking. "I'll help you get back into the rhythm of fighting, even better than before, we've got another month until the event, that's enough time."Maki was like an older sister to you, she pushed you, scolded you, helped you- filling in the vacancy your real sister left.

"You'll be okay Y/N. If not for yourself,

𝒅𝒐 𝒊𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒉𝒊𝒎."