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aeon-uriel · 3 years ago

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cat's problems

toge vs a furball: the fic. read on ao3

When the tunes of a particularly sappy love song rang loudly in the middle of their school's field, everyone participating in today's afternoon practice turned their heads in eerie synchronization to where Toge lay boneless on the grassy ground. It was a popular girlband song no one admitted out loud to have listened on repeat (fearing Todo's predatory fanboying coming for their neck more than anything else, probably). Toge tried to ignore the stares to no avail.

There was also the tidbit about there being only one person Toge gave a customized ringtone in his contact list with ever-changing cheesy romantic songs. All of them seemed to be aware of that. (He wanted to bet on the biggest gossip spreading that fact before he realized he was the biggest gossip, so maybe he was just that predictable and entirely too besotted.)

His left pocket continued buzzing even under the harsh judgemental stare Maki gave it. Moving fast from the regret of not silencing the thing in the first place, Toge took his phone out as slowly as he could just to watch Maki's forehead twitch, but still in time to answer the call.

The video call, apparently, to be precise.

Ignoring Yuji's befuddled: "Why is he bringing his phone to practice and how did that thing not in pieces yet?" (Panda replied with something suspiciously sounding like "Dark magic"), Toge swiped the answer option. Immediately, his screen was filled with the handsome face of his boyfriend. He was framed by dark shadows, probably because of the nighttime, but Toge had no problem seeing the sheepish smile that he had always loved a lot.

"Konbu," Toge beamed in greeting, life seeping back into his body just from the 3 seconds of exposure to Yuta's presence. (Beside him, Megumi also tried to give his greeting before giving up halfway and going back to his best imitation of a dead log.)

Yuta's smile turned more blinding, lighting up the whole scene like a miniature sun (Toge almost wanted to check if his screen's brightness got turned up on its own). Although, when he started speaking, his voice had a nervous edge to it. " Am I interrupting your practice ?"

Just this morning, Satoru had immediately warped out of existence as soon as he had finished relaying to them about today's plan (which was tantamount to nothing, so Maki roped them all to individual practice) and not without kidnapping Nobara for a solo mission also. Megumi and Toge had both been trying to merge into one with the unforgiving ground sometime before Yuta's call (Panda was tempted to water them like plants). Maki and Yuji could keep going until next week, freaks of nature that they were, so they didn't count.

"Okaka," Toge replied solemnly after the slightest contemplation and deciding he wasn't wrong.

Yuta's eyebrow rose in doubt. Toge gave him a wink alongside his best guiltless grin.

Not even a second later, his boyfriend huffed, a clear admission of defeat. The special grade sorcerer who was always so weak to Toge, it endeared him to no end. (The echoes of several people saying, "Whipped" could be heard.)

"Alright, if you say so." Yuta chuckled. "I'm sorry for calling you at this hour."

Toge shook his head once more.

Ever since oceans separate them apart, managing time zones was one of the most important things to do so they wouldn't get swallowed down by the intense yearning for each other. Nearly one year now, they had established a routine where Yuta usually called him early in the morning or before bed.

But, still . Toge would never not be happy to receive any contact from Yuta. If anything, it had always been the highlights of his days. (He even answered a call in the middle of a mission once until Yuta worried so hard that Toge promised he wouldn't do it again.) (He did it once again after, part being a gremlin that he was and part trying to send a point across. When Yuta gave him the puppiest eyes he could muster, Toge just harrumphed and told him to get back soon so he wouldn't miss him so badly.)

(Yuta spent the rest of that call sweet-talking Toge with his bigger-than-life words about how much he loved him. Toge made Satoru, who supervised that mission, swore under the threat of his shampoo being swapped to neon green hair dye to never tell anyone how he got teary-eyed at Yuta's words that could pass as wedding vows.)

After another shake of his head to dispel his straying thoughts, Toge then tilted his head to the side. "Takana?" I don't mind, but why so sudden?

Yuta perked up. "I wanted to show you something!"

Then there was a blur of movements from the other side of the call. Toge could see the high ceilings of whatever building Yuta was in before the camera switched to the back. A clutter of boxes filled the screen, hinting to Toge that Yuta could be in some kind of storage site or an abandoned factory.

"We were exorcising a grade 2 curse nearby. I'll tell you more about it later ," Yuta's voice could be heard saying. " And then, look ."

There was a sound of crouching before the camera focused on a shadowy object which upon closer look revealed to be… a cat. A strangely familiar-looking cat.

"Doesn't it look like you ?" Yuta asked excitedly. " I gave it food once when I was surveying the area. It keeps following me after that."

Despite the mostly dark background, the cat's fur shone blonde like Toge's own mop of hair. And, blaming his sight on the dim lighting of the place, Toge stared in wonder when its eyes seemed to be tinted purple-ish and green-ish depending on the movements of its head.

"It's so friendly too ," he added as the cat moved closer to him and then rubbed its head lovingly on Yuta's legs. " Reminds me of someone ."

(Yuta had always found it wonderful how Toge's name was ' Inu ' and yet he was such a cat person.)

Propping his phone by Megumi's prone head, Toge started to sign, amazed despite himself because yes, that cat resembled him to an amazing degree. "Are you replacing me with a cat?"

Yuta's laugh escaped him in a snort that made Toge grin impishly. "Why? Are you jealous?"

Toge was about to sign back something equally teasing when there was a flurry of movements. The cat jumped into Yuta's lap, almost knocking the phone out of his hand in the process, then began to nuzzle his neck too while meowing loudly. (It was even loud enough to raise Megumi from his coma.)

Toge froze, fingers twitching, as Yuta moved to sit on the ground and began baby-talking to the cat (something about giving it more food later despite the cat already looking like a four-legged mochi).

Comfortable in its place on Yuta's warm lap (Toge would know), the cat looked directly into the camera. Its feline eyes glinting with way too much intelligence for Toge's liking. If it could form words, Toge imagined the things that it would meow smugly at him.

'This lap is mine now, sucks to be you.'

Toge had never been more jealous of anything all his life.

(That was a lie. Just last week, Toge was totally not sulking when Satoru got back from his trip overseas and kept regaling stories about how Yuta was apparently offered dinner left and right. He was not jealous that his sweet, wonderful boyfriend got that kind of attention. He believed in Yuta, after all. He was 'jealous' because it wasn't him beside Yuta, teasing him mercilessly about being a hotshot now while he turned down those offers.)

(He missed teasing Yuta directly. He missed being near Yuta.)

(He missed Yuta a lot.)

(He missed his lap, too.)

The cat maintained eye contact, daring him to look away, as it nuzzled back against Yuta's hand scratching behind its ears. The sound of its purring was loud and clear through the loudspeaker. It looked like it was living the best life at that moment.

Behind him, Yuji didn't even bother lowering his voice to a whisper. "Why is Inumaki-senpai hissing like a cat at his phone screen?"

The camera switched back to the front. Yuta's amused face greeted him in exchange, his eyebrow raised and mouth twitching at the corner. It was a vastly preferable change to keeping up a glaring contest with that cursed feline, even though the sight of Yuta's barely held laughter was less welcomed when directed at his misery.

"Are you hissing at your phone screen, Toge?" his boyfriend asked.

"Okaka!" Toge huffed in response and at the same time, Maki shouted, "Yes, he is!"

Toge flipped her off before turning back to Yuta, totally not hissing.

"I was actually about to name it 'Toge the Sequel'," Yuta said, mirth coloring his voice, "but don't worry, it already has an owner."

Yuta tilted the cat's chin up, revealing a thin line circling the cat's neck. Its long fur was doing a too well job at hiding the collar. It even had a small pendant with the word 'Kumo' carved on it.

"I didn't notice the collar sooner. Now that I'm done with this curse though, I'll try to look for its owner," Yuta said, then added cheekily, "Maybe tomorrow since it's already late here. Until then, I'm afraid you will have to share me with it, Toge."

Toge pretended to sulk at that, but the sight of Yuta giving the cat small kisses melted his heart to his stomach where it fed the butterflies that live there ever since he fell in love with this amazing boy.

(In front of him, still acting as his phone's stand holder, Megumi made a pained sound. "He's making lovesick eyes again, help me.")

(Toge flicked his ear.)

Yuta laughed merrily at him again and was about to say something when the echo of another person calling his name could be heard. He turned his head to look behind him, presumably to see Miguel coming to get him before he looked back down at his phone. He smiled.

"I have to go now. I just wanted to introduce you to the little guy," Yuta said with too much cheer, "I'll call you again in the morning, hopefully at a better time, alright?" Then, using one of the cat's paws, he waved at the camera. "Say 'bye-bye, Toge'. Love you!"

The call ended, but not before Toge successfully screenshotted Yuta's large smile and the cat glaring at the camera.

Yuta actually sent him several pics of the cat later. Toge saved all the ones with Yuta also in it. And much, much later, Yuta told him the story of how he found the owner, an old lady who offered Yuta a lavish dinner in return for his heroic deed. Which was very kind of her.

(Then, of course, the lady also offered to introduce him to his granddaughter. Which was hilarious to Toge, as usual.)

The next time Satoru announced he wanted to check in on his favorite overseas student, Toge shoved a scarf with instructions to make sure Yuta wore it. If cat paw prints were decorating the scarf, then maybe Toge just wanted revenge.

#jjk #inuokko #otoge #inumaki toge #yuta okkotsu #god i need to edit this tmr #this is so fun to write tho hope yall enjoy it xoxo #my first offering in this fandom pls be gentle #my writing #my fic #jujutsu kaisen

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