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CHAPTER 17: FORCE OF NATURE
ੈ✩ gojo satoru x reader
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ੈ✩ chapter cw/tags: angst, vaginal sex, rough sex, prone-bone, dubcon
ੈ✩ wc: 6.9k
ੈ✩ a/n: there's your dinner
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April, 2010
When Suguru fucks you, lately, he’s gentle.
It’s only slightly unlike him. He’s often pent-up from missions, the same way that Satoru is, but the need instilled in him is different. Quieter. You can’t encapsulate it in words — it’s all feeling.
You think that maybe this is the reason that you sometimes favor him. It makes you feel guilty. Beyond all of Satoru’s faults and flaws, you know that he loves you. It all comes out in jagged, messy ways, but he does.
Being with Suguru alone feels… simpler. There is nothing unkempt about him. Every time he needs you, he never begs. It’s often the other way around.
It’s easy for you to be pliable for him with just a few words. Conversations that make you feel larger than life, faint touches that have your skin shivering. He makes you feel like a girl. Desperate and easily enraptured.
While Satoru is loud and talkative, Suguru is reserved and magnetizing. There are moments in between classes when he takes your hand and lies with you in the grass, sharing soft-spoken jokes and murmurs. There’s always something guarding his mind. You can tell. It only makes you want to pry even more, but Suguru is good at deflecting.
You’d be content to share a bed with him and simply stare at his face for hours. Sometimes, you’re with Satoru and you yearn for that. The things that Satoru babbles on about go through one ear and out the other. His energy is always frenetic whereas yours is starting to feel lethargic.
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Through early April, cherry blossoms begin to fall, coating the grounds of Jujutsu Tech in a soft pink blanket. You’re surrounded in heaven wherever you are.
Satoru is bombarded with solo missions. Meanwhile, your company is kept with Suguru, who sleeps in your bed with you most nights.
At the moment, you’re tangled with him. The moonlight casts a silvery glow across his features. Sometimes, he doesn’t even look human to you. You could swear that he was sent to Earth as a being born from the stars. You feel pathetic and corny even thinking about it.
Despite being wrapped up in you, his eyes are distant, focused on something beyond the confines of the room. Beyond your reach. Aside from the chorus of cicadas outside, silence stretches between you.
“Suguru,” you whisper, your fingers tracing the line of his jaw. “What are you thinking about?”
He turns to you, a small smile playing at the corners of his lips, but it doesn't reach his eyes. "Nothing important," he murmurs, leaning in to place a soft kiss on your forehead.
You're not satisfied with this answer. It's always like this lately - his thoughts locked away behind an impenetrable wall. You sit up, pulling the sheet around you, frustration bubbling up in your chest. The tenderness of moments before evaporates, replaced by a tension that crackles between you like static electricity.
“You’re clearly thinking about something.”
“I’m not,” he answers softly. “Just you. Just thinking about how pretty you are.”
You sigh. “That’s all?”
He gives you a smug grin. “You don’t like being told you’re pretty?”
“I do. Maybe I just want to pick your brain sometimes. Rummage inside of it like a treasure chest.”
He scoffs. “Just because Satoru says everything that’s on his mind doesn’t mean I have to.”
Your face flickers with disappointment at his tone. He probably didn’t mean to sound bitter, but it came out more curt than you expected.
“Don’t you tell him everything on your mind, though?”
“Sometimes, I guess. He’s my best friend.”
Then what am I?
You almost say it out loud.
“Have you talked to him lately?” you ask. “He hasn’t been answering my texts.”
“Shocker,” Suguru replies, a hint of sarcasm laced on his tongue. You frown slightly.
“He always answers.”
“He’s also the strongest,” he snorts. “Can’t always dote on his little wifey, can he?”
“What?”
His smirk falters slightly. “I’m just kidding, baby,” he says softly, kissing your nose. “He’s probably busy or he doesn’t have service.”
“Are you two fighting again?” you blurt out.
Suguru raises a brow in surprise. “What do you mean?”
“I just know that sometimes the two of you argue. And you know, the bruises—”
“The ones from sparring or the ones from sex?”
You’re quiet. Both, you want to say. But then it occurs to you that none of it is particularly your business.
It was always difficult to tell where you stood between the two of them. It was as if you were on a constant current, buoying towards rough waters where you didn’t belong.
“I— um. I don’t know. I just noticed things have been… tense.”
He stares at you blankly. “Things are fine.”
“Are they?” You have the urge to ask him a million questions. Was everything fine? Between him and Satoru, you felt like a thinning rope in a tug of war, but always unsure of who was pulling harder.
“You just seem, I don’t know… off lately,” you continue, mumbling. “I can’t help but wonder if something’s bothering you.”
He pauses before speaking again. “There’s just a lot on my mind.”
“Like what?”
He rolls his eyes and it guts you more than it should. “Just a lot. There’s more cursed user activity, more grueling missions. I’ll probably get assigned more soon.”
“You’re doing it again. Deflecting.”
“What are you talking about?”
“You’re just—” you sigh, “You're always... guarded. I feel like there's a part of you I can't reach.”
Suguru's expression remains impassive, but you notice the slight tightening of his jaw. He sits up as well, his bare chest gleaming in the dim light. "I've given you all of me that I can."
"Don't do that," you say, your voice sharper than you intend. "Don't brush me off."
"I'm not brushing you off. You’re throwing a tantrum because you’re expecting me to spill all my thoughts like you’re my therapist. Or are you feeling insecure and you want some grand romantic gesture from me? There’s nothing to say either way.”
You blink at him rapidly, hurt by his assumptions.
"I’m not expecting anything," you insist, frustration mounting. "I just… I feel like I barely know you sometimes. I just want to know what’s on your mind.”
“Maybe you won’t understand what’s on my mind,” he mutters. “If I can even put it into words. It’s okay to have different minds, you know. Different world views.”
Your face stings as if he’d just insulted you. You stare at the ceiling. What the hell did that mean? Did he keep things from you because he thought you wouldn’t understand? Did he think you were stupid?
“Okay,” you murmur weakly. “Whatever.”
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March, 2012
The cherry blossoms are in full bloom again. Their delicate petals drift on the breeze through the window. Whispers of a forgotten spring. The change of the seasons whips you in the face— it had been so cold only a month prior.
You’re glad about it, anyway. February was always brutal. The passing of the 3rd had been awkward— unlike last year, neither you nor Satoru acknowledged the day at all, though you had danced around it as if Suguru’s ghost was following you.
You had flinched all day whenever Satoru spoke to you, as if paranoid he could read your mind.
He’d bombarded your thoughts, reminding you of the last birthday you spent with him. His face when he’d looked through the photo album you’d given him. The way he fucked you like he needed you to breathe.
Selfishly, you hope Suguru still has the photos. An awful part of you even hopes he still looks at them. You wish you’d kept some of them for yourself.
It was a stupid idea not to make copies. At the time, you considered making some to keep for yourself and to give to Satoru, but the keepsake you made for Suguru’s birthday felt like a secret just between them. Satoru hadn’t even thought to inquire about the photos you took anyway.
Often, you imagine them scattered on your walls, the boys teasing you as you decorated. Reminiscing your teenage years together, both of them laughing and joking around at the antics you’d been able to capture.
You make a mental note to purchase another disposable camera again. Satoru’s apartment could use more photographs, and the kids would get a kick out of it. You still haven’t moved in with him, to his chagrin, but you enjoy having your own space despite his qualms about it. It’s the one thing you have to yourself, even if he does pay your rent.
You sit alone on the balcony, a cup of lukewarm tea cradled in your hands, and you think of yourself from one year ago.
There’s a bittersweet ache in your chest. You can’t help but think of a certain dark-haired sorcerer that occupied so much of your time at Jujutsu Tech.
The world changed in his absence— the air heavier, charged with an undercurrent of tension that still hasn’t dissipated. In your head, Suguru Geto is a fleeting memory. A passing dream.
But there are moments when you feel the warmth of his body next to yours. The timbre of his voice. The intensity of his eyes when he looked at you as if he was seeing through you.
You shake the thoughts of him away as you dump your tea and make your way to the school. You have the greenhouse to yourself today.
It feels odd to walk around Jujutsu Tech without the presence of two shadows on either side of you. The slight breeze whips your hair and it makes you think of them — how Suguru would often tuck a flyaway back for you while Satoru would tug at your braid.
Stop thinking about it, you chastise yourself. He’s not dead.
Or maybe he was?
You aren’t sure if a year and a half feels too little or too long. There are dreams you have about crossing paths with Suguru— a raven-haired stranger in the night, a fleeting text message from an unknown number. When you overthink like this, it’s difficult to tell how much you really knew him at all. Were you important enough to even get in contact with again?
Something twists in your stomach when you think about the same hypothetical of Satoru. You think that maybe he would contact Satoru again. Maybe.
You weren’t there for the end. You hadn’t seen them fight, could barely imagine the thought of a tear-stricken, twenty-year-old Satoru begging Suguru for anything. Had they lashed out at each other? Had they said anything about you?
You pause in your work, hands hovering over a delicate orchid. Your insecurities flood back unbidden, vivid, and painful.
The nights you spent alone with Suguru replay in your mind. His guarded expression, the palpable tension between you. If only you'd pushed harder, tried to break through those walls. Maybe things would have been different.
But you didn't. And now he's gone.
A shadow falls across you, and for a moment, you think it's just another cloud passing overhead. But then you feel it - a presence that makes the air around you hum with an electric charge.
A sharp prick of pain jolts you from your reverie. You've pricked your finger on a thorn, a bead of blood welling up. You watch it for a moment, mesmerized by the crimson against your skin.
"Careful there," a familiar voice calls out. "Can't have you bleeding all over the plants."
You turn to see Satoru leaning against the greenhouse door, his presence filling the space as it always does.
"Hey," you say softly. "I thought you had a mission today."
He shrugs, sauntering over to you. "I do, but I wanted to stop by first. Thought I'd surprise you."
There's an awkward beat of silence as he stands beside you, both of you pretending to examine the flowers. You can feel the weight of unspoken words hanging between you.
"You were thinking about him again, weren't you?" Satoru's voice is quiet, lacking its usual bravado.
You don't answer immediately, unsure how to navigate this minefield. "I... it's hard not to sometimes," you admit finally. "Especially here."
Satoru nods, his face inscrutable. "Yeah. I get that."
Another silence stretches between you. You desperately want to ask him about that day, about what really happened. But you're afraid of the answer, afraid of reopening wounds that have barely begun to heal.
"Do you ever wonder..." you begin hesitantly, "if things could have been different? If we'd seen the signs earlier, or—”
“Twigs,” Satoru cuts you off sharply.
You flinch at his tone. “Sorry.”
His expression softens. He reaches out, gently taking your hand in his.
"No, I'm sorry," he murmurs. "I just... I can't think about the what-ifs. It's too much."
You nod slowly. Neither of you really talked about Suguru since he left. It was easier to pretend, to go on as if the gaping hole he left behind didn't exist.
"Do you think he's okay?" you whisper, voicing the fear that's been gnawing at you for months.
Satoru's jaw tightens almost imperceptibly. "He's alive. I'd know if he wasn't."
You nod, not quite sure if you believe him or if he even believes himself.
He sighs, pulling you into a tight embrace. You bury your face in his chest, inhaling the familiar scent of him, and for just a moment, you let yourself be comforted by his presence.
But as you stand there in Satoru's arms, surrounded by the falling cherry blossoms, you can't shake the feeling that something is still missing. That maybe it always will be.
April, 2012
You fumble with your keys, exhaustion weighing heavily on your limbs. The thought of going home to your apartment fills you with dread. You’d gotten into a squabble with Satoru again – asked too many questions about Suguru, your heart flooded with nostalgia.
He wanted to be patient with you, but you were childishly bitter.
As you push open the door, something feels... off. The air inside is charged, making the hairs on the back of your neck stand up. Your heart begins to race as you cautiously step inside, eyes scanning the darkened room.
"Twigs."
The voice, smooth as silk and familiar, cuts through the silence. You gasp as you whirl around, eyes wide with disbelief.
There, leaning against the wall with an air of casual elegance, is Suguru Geto.
He looks different, yet achingly the same. His hair is longer now, cascading over his shoulders in inky waves. His eyes, once warm and inviting, now hold a sharpness that sends a shiver down your spine. But his smile, that infuriatingly beautiful smile, is exactly as you remember it.
"Suguru," you breathe, barely able to form the word. "How... why are you here?"
He pushes off the wall, moving towards you with fluid grace. "I missed you," he purrs.
Your mind reels, a thousand questions fighting to be asked. But as he draws closer, all you can focus on is the familiar scent of him - sandalwood and something uniquely Suguru. It makes your head spin.
"You can't be here," you whisper, even as your traitorous body leans towards him. "If Satoru finds out–"
"Satoru won't find out," Suguru interrupts, his voice low and soothing. He reaches out, fingers ghosting along your cheek. "I've made sure of that."
You should pull away. You should tell him to leave. But instead, you find yourself leaning into his touch, eyes fluttering.
"I've thought about you every day," Suguru murmurs, his breath warm against your ear. "Have you thought about me?"
"Yes," you admit, the word escaping before you can stop it. "God, yes."
His lips curve into a smile against your skin. "Show me," he whispers.
And just like that, the floodgates open. You crash into him, your lips meeting in a desperate, hungry kiss. It's like coming home and setting yourself on fire all at once. His hands are everywhere, relearning the curves of your body as you cling to him.
You stumble backward, not breaking the kiss until your back hits the wall. Suguru presses against you, his body solid and warm. You gasp as he trails kisses down your neck, teeth grazing your sensitive skin.
When he coos into your ear, it is not his voice, but Satoru’s.
“Twigs.”
Your eyes open abruptly. Sweat trickles down the nape of your neck as you stare into the space of your dark bedroom. Despite hearing Satoru’s voice, he’s nowhere to be found.
You exhale shakily in embarrassment, at how easily the guilt knocked you out of your slumber. 
With trembling hands, you swing your legs over the side of the bed and let them dangle for a moment, grounding yourself in reality. The remnants of the dream still swirl around in your mind like fractals. You blink against the dimness, peeling away from the haze left by sleep.
The gentle hum of silence fills your apartment as you push yourself up to stand on slightly unsteady legs. Each step you take feels heavier than the last; gravity pulling differently somehow.
You feel… odd. You decide to blame it on the unwanted arousal.
When you enter the small kitchen, you distract yourself with your kettle and scan your surroundings blankly. Pastel tiles — faded yet inviting. Drawings on the fridge from the Fushiguro children.
As you wait for the water to boil, you feel a sense of unease — the very same you felt when encountering a curse, though the after-effects of arousal in your body have your stomach curling inside out. Everything is too quiet and too dark.
You hadn’t bothered to turn on the lights, relying on a small nightlight plugged in below your cabinets. You turn to peer into your living room but there’s nothing there.
As you slowly turn your head back to the kitchen, your breath catches in your throat at the silhouette in front of you. The shadow, darker than the surrounding night, detaches itself from the wall. Your heart leaps into your throat, cursed energy crackling at your fingertips instinctively.
But then the figure steps into the moonlight, and your breath catches.
Suguru.
He looks different – thinner, harder somehow. His hair is longer, tied back loosely, and there's a weariness in his eyes that wasn't there before. But it's undeniably him.
He wears a large, black gojo-kesa with yellow and green details. He looks like a dream come to life. He's changed, but he's still breathtakingly beautiful, like a fallen angel come to Earth.
"I’m sorry," he says softly, his voice carrying the same gentle cadence you remember, but now tinged with something darker. "I didn’t mean to scare you."
You want to run. You want to scream. You want to throw yourself into his arms and beg him to explain why he left, why he turned his back on everything– on you. Instead, you remain frozen, your mug trembling in your grasp.
Suguru takes a step closer, and you can see the details of his face more clearly now. You instinctively take a step back, and something flickers in his eyes – hurt, perhaps, or amusement. It's hard to tell with Suguru.
"May I sit?" he asks, gesturing to the space in front of you where your small kitchen table stands.
You nod mutely, unable to form words. He settles next to you, close enough that you can feel the warmth radiating from his body. You smell the familiar scent of sandalwood and something metallic. Blood?
For a long moment, neither of you speak. You continue to drink in the sight of him. He looks out of place in your small apartment, too large and too otherworldly for the mundane space.
"Why are you here?" you finally ask, your voice barely above a whisper.
"I wanted to see you," he says simply, as if it explains everything. As if he hadn't abandoned everything– abandoned you and Satoru – over a year ago.
You take an involuntary step back, your mind reeling. "But you left. You've been gone for over a year. We thought... I thought..."
"That I was dead?" He smirks, but there's no humor in it. "Not quite. Though I suppose in some ways, the person you knew did die."
You scoff, clutching the countertop behind you.
"Why now?" you ask, your voice barely above a whisper. "Why come back after all this time?"
“This isn’t the first time, exactly.”
You don’t even want to ask what he means.
You shake your head, trying to clear the fog of confusion and longing that threatens to overwhelm you. "You can't be here. Satoru will come back from his mission—"
Suguru's eyes darken at the mention of Satoru's name. "Ah yes, Satoru," he says, a hint of bitterness in his tone. "Always Satoru."
You feel a pang of guilt but push it aside. "Suguru, I—"
He cuts you off with a gentle shake of his head. "No need to explain.”
A heavy silence falls between you, filled with unspoken words and suppressed emotions. You watch as Suguru's gaze drifts to the falling cherry blossoms against the velvet sky outside the window, his expression unreadable.
You sniff. “I thought you were dead at first,” you whisper. “But you’re stronger than that. Always have been.”
“You were upset.”
“Of course I was! I—” you huff, looking away from him.
He turns to look at you fully now, his gaze intense. “You’re still upset.”
“Why wouldn’t I be?”
“There was nothing you could do.”
You wince slightly. It was the same thing that Satoru told you during the fight you had. The one that overwhelmed you with anger, made you walk away. Heat curls within the delicate sternum of your chest. You’ve always been so fucking naive, haven’t you?
“I— I thought—” you trail off. You thought you could’ve done more.
“Would you have come with me?” he murmurs.
The question hangs in the air between you, heavy with implications. You open your mouth to respond but find you have no answer. Would you have gone with him? Left everything behind?
Satoru’s face flashes in your mind.
Suguru seems to read the conflict on your face. He reaches out, his fingers ghosting along your cheek. The touch is feather-light, but it sends electricity coursing through your body.
"I'm not here to cause trouble," he says, his voice low and soothing. "I just... needed to see you. To make sure you were alright."
You lean into his touch despite yourself, closing your eyes briefly. When you open them again, Suguru's face is closer, his eyes searching yours.
"Are you?" he asks. "Alright?"
The question catches you off guard. Are you alright? You've been going through the motions for months now, smiling when expected, and fulfilling your duties. But alright? You're not sure you even remember what that feels like anymore.
"I'm... managing," you reply honestly.
“I missed you,” he sighs. “You have to believe that.”
You want to believe him. God, how you want to. But the pain of his absence, the confusion and betrayal, it all comes rushing back.
"Do you remember our last spring together?" he asks suddenly, his voice soft and wistful. "How we'd lie in the grass for hours, talking about everything and nothing?"
The memory washes over you, bittersweet and painful. "Of course I do," you whisper.
Suguru turns to you, his eyes intense. "I've thought about those moments every day since I left. About you. About the choices I've made."
Your heart races, torn between longing and fear. "Why did you leave?" you ask, the question that's haunted you for over a year finally escaping your lips.
He's quiet for a moment, considering his words carefully. "I… realized Jujutsu society was deeply flawed. I had to act, even if it meant leaving everything behind."
There's a gravity to his words that sends a chill down your spine. "What do you mean?" you whisper, almost afraid to hear the answer.
Suguru's eyes darken, and for a moment you see a flicker of something dangerous, something that wasn't there before. 
"Our world is rotting from the inside out," he says, his voice low and intense. "The higher-ups, the clans, even Jujutsu Tech– they're all part of a system that perpetuates suffering. I couldn't stand by and watch anymore."
His intensity startles you. This isn't the gentle, thoughtful Suguru you remember. There's an edge to him now, a darkness that both frightens and intrigues you.
You shake your head, struggling to process his words. "But... but we help people. We protect them from curses."
"Do we?" Suguru asks, his tone sharp. "Or do we simply maintain a status quo that allows curses to flourish in the first place? Think about it. The more negative emotions in the world, the more curses are born. And what creates those negative emotions? Inequality, injustice, pain– all things that the Jujutsu world turns a blind eye to."
His words stir something inside you, a doubt you've tried to ignore. You think of the missions you've been on, the people you've helped, but also the ones you couldn't save. The systemic issues seemed to persist no matter how many curses you exorcised.
“I’m— I’m not going to be one of your followers,” you say, your voice cracking. You feel tears prickling at the corners of your eyes.
“I wasn’t asking you to be,” he replies coolly. His presence makes you heady with the familiarity of his spell.
“Then why are you here?” You try to sound firm but your voice is barely above a whisper. “How did you even know where I lived?”
“You must know me better than that. You think I wouldn’t be able to find you?”
Your heart jumps at the same time your blood runs cold. You’re almost thrilled that he sought you out, but it couldn’t be like this.
He reaches out, his fingers brushing against your cheek, wiping away a tear that you didn’t realize had fallen. The touch is gentle. Familiar. It takes every ounce of willpower not to lean into it and preen into his touch like you always have.
“I did miss you, you know. Don’t think that I didn’t,” he drawls. Suguru’s eyes soften, and for a moment, you see a glimmer of the boy you once knew. “My favorite girl.”
You close your eyes, allowing hot tears to run down your face. The liquid salt cascades in warm streams on your skin.
Suguru's words hang in the air, a mix of bittersweet nostalgia and unspoken longing. You feel the weight of his gaze on you, even with your eyes closed. His thumb brushes another tear from your cheek, the touch achingly tender.
"Twigs," he murmurs, the old nickname rolling off his tongue like honey. "Look at me."
You hesitate, afraid of what you'll see in his eyes, afraid of your own heart's treacherous desires. But you've never been able to resist him, not really. Slowly, you open your eyes, meeting his intense gaze.
He's closer now, close enough that you can see the flecks of gold in his dark irises. His breath ghosts over your skin, sending a shiver down your spine.
"I never wanted to hurt you," he says softly, his voice tinged with regret. "You have to know that."
"But you did," you whisper, your voice cracking. "You left. Without a word, without an explanation. You left me and Satoru and everything we'd built together. I–”
I loved you. We loved you.
Suguru's jaw clenches at the mention of Satoru.
"I couldn't stay. Not after everything I learned, everything I saw. It would have been a lie."
You shake your head, anger and hurt rising in your chest. "And this isn't a lie? Sneaking into my apartment in the middle of the night, touching me like nothing has changed?"
"Everything has changed," Suguru counters, his voice taking on a sharper edge. "The world is not what we thought it was. What I thought it was. I couldn't continue to be a part of a system I no longer believed in."
“You could’ve talked to Satoru and I—”
“If Satoru was in my position, it would be easy for him,” he snaps. “He’d find a way to get you to believe in him. You would probably find a reason anyway.”
“That’s not true!” your voice cracks. “He wouldn’t kill every non-sorcerer—”
“But he could, my sweet girl. You’re blinded by him. You’ve always seen him as a god, haven’t you?”
You shake your head desperately, pathetically. His words make you feel smaller than you’ve ever felt.
You feel the sting of Suguru's words, an accusation wrapped in a painful truth. Your relationship with Satoru has always been complex, the unspoken power dynamic frustrating you throughout the years. But to hear Suguru lay it bare, to twist it into something ugly– it feels like a knife to the heart.
“That’s not fair,” you whisper, your voice trembling. “You know there’s more to him than that.”
Suguru's expression hardens, a flicker of something dark and possessive in his eyes. "Satoru will never understand. He's too blinded by his own power, his own sense of righteousness. He can't see the world as it truly is."
You take a step back, shaking your head. "And you can? Suguru, listen to yourself. You wouldn’t—" You choke on the words, unable to say them out loud. "The Suguru I knew would never pick on the weak. He wouldn’t turn his back on—”
Suguru moves forward, closing the distance between you once again. His hand comes up to cup your face, his touch gentle despite the intensity of his gaze. 
"I haven't turned my back on you," he murmurs, his voice low and intimate. "I could never do that. Don't you see? Everything I'm doing, it's for a better world. A world where we can be together without the chains of the Jujutsu society holding us back."
You stare at him, torn between the pull of his words and the screaming warnings in your head. This is wrong. This isn't the Suguru you knew, the gentle, thoughtful boy who held you under the cherry blossoms. But oh, how you want to believe him. How you want to sink into his touch and let the world fall away.
"Suguru..." you breathe, your resolve crumbling.
He leans in, his lips brushing against your ear. 
"Baby," he whispers, his voice a siren's call. "I know you. You’ve gotten stronger. You’re the strongest girl I’ve ever met. I remember that mission in the forest, how you exhausted yourself. You’re so fucking powerful. Don’t you know you could be more than a pawn for the higher-ups? For Satoru?”
“Don’t,” you retort harshly. “I’m not a fucking pawn for anyone and I won’t be one for you.”
Suguru's eyes flash with a mix of surprise and admiration at your fiery response. He leans back slightly, a small smile playing at the corners of his lips. "There she is," he murmurs, almost to himself. "That fire. That strength. That's the girl I remember."
You blink rapidly, caught off guard by his reaction. You expected anger, frustration, not this strange sense of pride.
He shakes his head, the smile fading. "You're right. I shouldn't have said that about Satoru. Old habits, I suppose." He sighs, running a hand through his dark hair. "I didn't come here to fight with you or to try to sway you to my side. I just wanted to check on you.”
“I’m fine,” you mutter.
Suguru nods, a rueful smile on his lips. "I suppose I should leave before he comes back? He'd probably try to kill me on sight. Not that I'd blame him."
“He wouldn’t. He would never do that,” you say quickly.
The thought sends a chill through you. The idea of Suguru and Satoru, once inseparable, now on opposite sides of a war you don't fully understand.
“I won't ask you to keep this a secret," Suguru says, as if reading your thoughts. "I won't put you in that position. But I needed you to know...no matter what happens, no matter what you might hear about me, my feelings for you have never changed."
Your heart skips a beat. It's the closest he's ever come to a confession, to putting a name to the unspoken thing that's always simmered between you.
"Suguru..." you begin, but he shakes his head, cutting you off.
"Don't," he says softly. "Don't say anything you might regret. I know where your heart lies, even if you don't fully realize it yourself yet."
He takes a step back, and you feel the loss of his proximity like a physical ache. "I should go," he murmurs.
You close your eyes, tears falling down your face. You don’t even sense his departure. He leaves as quietly as he entered.
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Satoru is often needy when he comes back to you lately. He hopes to see in his bed, anyway, but doubts it considering your most recent argument he had with you.
It wouldn’t be an unusual occurrence if he found you there–  he often returns from his missions and finds you curled up in his bed. Despite your reservations, you’ve been staying in his room more often. After an intense video game session with the kids or a particularly intense night with him, you don’t bother to make the trip to your apartment downstairs.
In Satoru’s apartment, you have extra skincare products (he bought them) and a toothbrush (it had been sitting in the mug on his counter since you came back to Tokyo. Just in case.).
He comes home at an ungodly time. Nothing was open save for the local konbini and twenty-four diner, neither of which he had any options he wanted. There was no onigiri left, so he snacks on matcha pocky, knowing you’d scold him for it if you were awake.
His heart stops when he opens the door to his bedroom and sees you in his bed. But not just because of how beautiful you look in between his sheets, lit by soft hues by the moon.
But because he smells him.
Satoru can sense the cursed energy on your body. It’s like a perfume that doesn’t belong to your skin, yet he can feel it cling to you.
A rabbit hole opens in his brain, splitting into a black hole as he spirals. He’s been here, maybe in this apartment, and he’s touched you.
You twitch, your lips stuck in a cherubic pout. Satoru wants to bite you.
Selfishly, he does. Canine nipping at the junction of your shoulder. You stir and feel his arms tighten around you.
“Satoru?” you mumble, your voice soft and sleep-laced.
“It’s late,” he whispers. “Go back to sleep.”
But you can’t, not with his teeth on your neck. He licks and kisses the back of your neck with an urgent cadence, almost with frustration. He grabs at your covers impatiently. He only rushes like this when something’s bothering him.
He’d woken you from such a heavy sleep that you’re still adjusting to being conscious. He feels as much as a dream as Suguru standing in your kitchen–
You freeze at the memory.
You make a noise of surprise when you feel his hardness prod at you from behind.
"Satoru," you breathe. "What's wrong?"
He doesn't answer, just presses himself closer, his hand sliding beneath your nightshirt. His touch is electric, sending shivers down your spine. But there's an edge to it, a desperation you haven’t felt from him since you were teenagers.
"Nothing," he murmurs against your skin, but his voice is tight. "I just need you."
You turn in his arms, facing him in the moonlight. His blue eyes are dark, stormy with an emotion you can't quite place. Jealousy? Fear?
"Tell me," you insist, cupping his face.
Satoru hesitates, his jaw clenching.
"Shitty mission,” he mutters. You know he’s lying.
“Satoru," you start, but he cuts you off with a bruising kiss. You imagine in combat, fighting curses with the same kind of aggression. The thought sours in your brain but warms the animal of your body. He felt the same as he did when he was nineteen.
His knuckles graze underneath your panties, the silver ring you’d given him cold against the skin of your inner thigh.
I have to get you a matching one now, he’d joked weeks prior. Then we’ll be engaged.
You knew without a doubt he was dead serious.
He bites your shoulder again and pushes you onto your stomach. Reflexively, you push your ass and feel his hard cock between the offending fabric of his boxers. When had he undressed?
“Please,” he breathes into your ear.
You don’t respond. You simply push down your underwear, already drenched from his jagged kisses. 
He grunts as he pushes into you. You wince at the thickness, stinging just barely from the lack of prep. His large hand pushes your shirt up from beneath you to grope at your tits. His other hand snakes in between your legs to rub at your puffy clit.
You gasp at how heavy he feels inside of you. Each snap of his hips feels harsher than the last.
“Couldn’t stop thinking about this,” Satoru mutters, as if to himself. “About fucking you.”
You whimper in response.
“Yeah? You missed my cock inside you?”
“Yes,” you choke out.
“You sure? No one beat me to it, already?” His voice is slightly bitter, so low and buried in your shoulder blade that you almost don’t catch it.
Your eyes widen. You turn slightly to see his blue eyes nearly glowing in the moonlight, brows furrowed as he focuses on his hard thrusts.
“Satoru, I–”
“Wouldn’t blame him. I’d miss this cunt, too, if I was gone for a year and a half.”
“I–I didn’t—”
“Do you think about him when I’m inside you?” 
His face is scarily neutral even though he’s fucking you so rough. Each time he knocks into you, it takes your breath away, your pussy tightening at how impossibly deep he is.
“No,” you whimper.
“It’s okay if you do,” Satoru laughs bitterly. “I think about him too. Both of you.”
You moan softly as he lifts your hips and drives into you deeper.
“You thought I wouldn’t be able to smell him? Feel his residuals all over you?” he grunts. His teeth are bared as he fucks you. Sex-starved. Part animal, part god.
You don’t have it in you to respond. You can’t think of anything when he gets like this, the undulating motion of his cock molding your insides to him and him alone. 
He groans in pleasure, his hand a soft noose around your neck as he lifts you up by the chin. He turns your face over your shoulder so he can kiss you roughly, teeth on your bottom lip hard enough to draw blood. It’s all making you dizzy.
Your pussy constricts around him. You think you hear him laugh breathily. He presses down on your lower back at the same time you close your legs. He drives into you, your cunt tight and snug. 
Satoru coaxes a thumb in your mouth and it makes the thread of desire in your gut fray. It’s so close to snapping. You can feel yourself about to cum.
“C’mon, sweetheart,” he rasps. “That’s it. Fuck.”
A whine is pulled from your throat when the pressure inside of you blows over. Your pussy constricts around him and his thrusts get rougher. Meaner. 
Your dry throat feels like it’s on fire, your body wrung out with tiredness and ecstasy all at once. He fills you to the brim, finally, cursing as he buries his face into your hair.
For a moment, the dark room is filled with exhales and nothing else. You wince when he pulls out of you. He sits on his knees and soothes a hand on your back underneath your shirt.
“I’m sorry,” he whispers.
You turn to face him. “I liked it.”
“You know what I mean,” he swallows.
You nod slowly. The two of you stare at each other for what feels like an eternity.
“It wasn’t what you think.” Not a betrayal. Barely a rendezvous.
Satoru exhales, his mouth in a taut line. “Did he hurt you?”
Neither of you could say his name. It had always bothered you that Satoru would never say his name,
“No. You know he wouldn’t.”
“I know.”
You lick your lips nervously. “He said he missed me. And that he came to check on me. I asked him why he left.”
“And?”
“It was probably all the same stuff he told you.”
Satoru’s face stays eerily calm. “Alright.”
“You’re… not upset? Or mad?”
His face softens at how terrified you look. “No, baby. I’m not.”
Without a word, he goes to the bathroom. You lie on your back and stare at the ceiling. You feel sick, suddenly. As if something has shifted the atmosphere entirely.
You’re almost asleep when Satoru returns. He brings a warm towel in between your legs and kisses both of your knees. You keep your eyes closed– you can’t bear to look at his eyes right now.
He’s glad for it. You’re unable to tell that his eyes are a little red, soul-weary.
As he rests beside you, arm draped over your waist, you feel his warm breath on your neck whispering, “I love you.”
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watermelonfrog2 · 5 months ago
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Help i need to make another decision
so like, im making a playlist full of every dream smp song i can find, then im organising that into separate arcs and the ordering that, but I have a dilemma.
There are some songs, that don't really fit perfectly, narratively, so Im wondering, do I remove those from the separate arc playlists (but keep it in the play list that has all the songs) and put it into a specific character playlist? actually, yes that's what im planning on doing that's not the question, the question is.
PLEASE READ THE EXAMPLES BEFORE VOTING
*but it also is a character song Examples for each: The song has no place, narratively but is about a specific character - Empty pages by Halfy and winks, In my head by Derivikat (these songs are about Ranboo, but they don't have an particular events that happened in canon in them)
The song has a place narratively but is also about a specific character - Death Hole, by Precious Jewel Armour, (Its about Tubbo and also summarises a lot of/some of the Manburg half of Manburg-Pogtopia Arc)
Its not specifically about a character and it does have a place narratively, but I also consider it a character song - I don't remember the song, but it was a Techno song, but it was the speech he said to Tommy on November 16th, so, does it count as a c!Techno song? or a c!Tommy song? or not a character song at all?
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wickjump · 22 days ago
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a formal thank you to jakei for not blocking me for talking about cross 174832898 times a day. i probably would block me i'm really annoying. any way i very much extremely appreciate you andyour au.hhave a good break your so cool
love wick
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mattpearson · 9 months ago
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@pscentral​ event 26: minimalism
SILICON VALLEY (2014 - 2019) TOP 10 RATED EPISODES ON IMDB insp (1, 2)
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buttercupshands · 7 months ago
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welcome back, Todoroki family arc! in both anime AND manga
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lit-in-thy-heart · 1 year ago
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[ID: the train hitting a school bus meme. In the first panel, an empty school bus edges over train tracks and is labelled 'writing planned angst' with a train approaching. In the second panel, the train crashes into the bus and knocks it off the tracks. The train is labelled 'different angst suddenly writing itself'. End ID.]
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accioepiphany · 1 year ago
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01. Impossible Germany by Wilco || 02. Port of Call by Beirut || 03. Short and Sweet by Brittany Howard || 04. Into The Red by James Blake ||05. Love Language by SZA || 06. Where's My Love by SYML || 07. Like A Star by Corinne Bailey Rae || 08. Tell Me You Love Me by Sufjan Stevens || 09. Coming Back by James Blake ft. SZA || 10. Couldn't Love You More by John Martyn || 11. Love and Happiness by Al Green || 12. Come Back by Pearl Jam
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to-thelakes · 9 months ago
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ten songs tag game!!
shuffle your ‘on repeat’ playlist and list the first 10 songs that play, then tag 10 people
i have never been tagged in one of these before so i'm feeling AHHHH (in a good way about it) so thank u @chelseasdagger (love u queen <3, also i have never heard of low roar?? will need to listen asap) but uhm, this is about to be interesting
1. The Black Dog - Taylor Swift
2. Florida!!! - Taylor Swift
3. The Albatross - Taylor Swift
4. girl i've always been - Olivia Rodrigo
5. Feels Like - Gracie Abrams
6. The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived - Taylor Swift
7. BSC - Maisie Peters
8. Not Strong Enough - boygenius
9. HOT TO GO! - Chappell Roan
10. Good Luck, Babe! - Chappell Roan
i don't have many people to tag but i do have @smurfenijsje12 and anyone else who sees this and wants to play!! :)
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fabdante · 26 days ago
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For the Spotify wrapped 1-100 ask: 2, 8, 39, 44, 99! :D
spotify wrapped is HERE! send me a number 1-100 and I’ll tell you the song it corresponds with on my top 100 playlist
2) Sleep Patterns by Merchant Ships! Congratulations you won!
8) Earth Death by Baths (this is an EXCELLENT vergil song)
39) Flashlight by the Front Bottoms
44) Maps by the Front Bottoms
99) The Ex by Billy Talent (sasha and august type of song)
#music#fab talks#fabtalks#ask#THANK YOU FOR THE ASK!! and excuse to ramble in my tags shortly#also im still doing this if anyone wants to send more i will answer music asks forever asdfghj#anyway its been a uh midwest emo year#to be fair im always a midwest emo girlie but like look#anywho its shocking sleep patterns didn't make number one i say a lot that heartshaped box is my favorite song and maybe it is but....#nothing has ever felt how sleep pattens feels asdfghj anyway shout out to this one daisuke playlist that has it on there you are so right#you are so right you and that one person who pujt it on their 8tracks reboot dante playlist are the most right people to ever have a#fandom music opinion like ever its you two you are the most correct#for several months every time earth death came on when i was at work i would BLAST it it's SUCH a banger it is SO miserable i love it#it's so post game vergil it's so post game vergil its insane i love it for him#i have nothing to add about the front bottoms songs asdfghjk flashlight is apparently on my nathan prescott playlist which i have not#listened to in years? i miss lis btw i miss back when that game was coming out it was SO FUN to make theories and play and the like 8tracks#music scene for that game changed my life#the ex is just a sasha and august song i have nothing to add beyond i miss my beloveds sasha and august#if i had the speed i would so make an animatic of daisuke dying with sleep patterns idk#something about it feels right#i would also make an animatic about reboot dante to it but i would spend a lot more time on that one idk asdfghjkl#im such a slow artist though idk if i could do it it'd take so long#dream projects though i dream of making anything that feels like how sleep patterns feels
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bloodied-dagger · 1 month ago
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The only problem with getting a girlfriend (besides the Doubt™) is the fact that as least 75% of my music is now a billion times less relatable
like. Yeah it’s still good. But music is just so much better when I can connect to it imo
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eliotlime · 2 years ago
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I was standing on the verge of something good, I don’t know
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s0ckh3adstudios · 1 year ago
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AHH THE STUFF YOU PUT IN TAGS OH MY GOODNESS….. that is so nice and wonderful to hear thank you 100000 times forever…... I am so glad to be a rayman fan these games are so awesome and it’s SO COOL YOU RECOGNISE MY ART…. i will definitely be posting some more stuff at one point as i learn more about the games so stay tuned :DDD AND THANK YOU AGAIN YOU ARE SO KIND !!!!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Also ps tysm for saying my globox design is shaped. He is my favourite i love that fucking thang
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HEHEHGJFKGH!!! HELLO HI!!! YOU UNDERSTANDD these games are such gems people do not talk about them enough. HEHEHJHGE IT'S SO FUNNY THAT I RECOGNIZED YOUR ART the Pizza Tower to Rayman pipeline is real. I saw your art get reblogged on my dash and was like OMG THAT ARTIST GOT INTO RAYMAN????
I AM STAYING TUNED!!! Sitting patiently looking respectfully and politely. your Globox is so shaped it's true I am a huge fan. i love Globox he's such a funny character to me (design wise AND based on the stuff he got up to in the older games)
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childoferebus · 2 years ago
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one of these days I’m going to drop all pretenses of being a normal and functional adult human being and start talking about music on here constantly and then what will you all do
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justobsessedwithvic · 6 months ago
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time to watch må music videos and Kurtis Conner to cope
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agentark · 9 months ago
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"I would not want a memorium"
the more you learn about R Verner, the more this line makes you want to write a multi page essay
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tortoisesshells · 1 year ago
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Tagged by the thoughtful @enchi-elm to spell out my URL in song titles!
Thirsty Man - Blitzen Trapper Open All Night - Bruce Springsteen with the Sessions Band Ruby, Are You Mad At Your Man? - Carolina Chocolate Drops The Third Death - Isobel Anderson Off To Sea Once More - Jerry Garcia, David Grisham In The Pines - Strange Creek Singers Soul Meets Body - Death Cab for Cutie Émigré - Alela Diane Sucker's Prayer - The Decemberists St. James Infirmary - Preservation Hall Jazz Band Hangtown Ball - Railroad Earth Eliza Lee - The Dreadnoughts Lowlands of Holland - Steeleye Span Little Heart - Amarante Sea Shells - Humbird
Tagging: @pomprincesse, @boltlightning, @johnbly, @dying-suffering-french-stalkers, @widowshill, @sagiow, @ramiroangel, @starsuncounted, @flameandignite, @undisclosed-serendipity!
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