#if anyone's curious ch1 is at 13.5k words

[ddarker-dreams]

I say geto should get the first kiss hmmm

sweating bullets because both options would lead to Interesting developments ... as i finish up the first-year chapter, i'm starting to learn toward gojo taking it in a weird and (kinda on purpose kinda not) emotionally manipulative way. that'd cause a schism between him and MC for a while, which geto gets to fill up when they're third-years.

so when geto enters his villain era, MC is in such a bad place mentally that her no bullshit defenses are weakened. gojo senses this and wriggles his way back in. he's slimy like that. he gets to "nooo don't cry you're too hot aha" his way back into her good graces, essentially.

fortunately for MC, gojo's slimy ways aren't left unchecked forever. unfortunately for MC, this takes a few years for her to realize and call him out on.

in all seriousness though, how they both cope with the loss of the person geto once was makes the perfect storm for a super codependent relationship. gojo doesn't want to lose anything else that's precious to him, so he becomes increasingly possessive of MC in their late teens/early twenties. MC keeps justifying gojo's behavior, contemplates distancing herself, gets a glimpse at a very vulnerable side of him, talks herself out of leaving, round and round the carousal goes.