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Title: Membership

Synopsis: Gojo's thoughts on you and what made him bestow upon you a membership card to his sacred spaces.

Character: Gojo Satoru x reader

Series: Let's Meet in the Spring (SaShiSu x reader)

Notes: Fluff, little bit of angst. Continuation/part 2 of Friends, but more from Gojo's view point.

Gojo Satoru thought you were weak. You didn't even know how to use cursed energy, got yourself somehow haunted by a curse that became a huge problem, and was now trying to be a Jujutsu sorcerer?

What the hell?

He initially didn't care at all when he held you by the back of your shirt, almost like a light sack of potatoes or even a grocery bag, as he swung you around and destroyed the curse haunting you. He was just doing whatever he needed to do to finish the mission, but when he got criticised by Geto to hold you more steadily, Gojo merely threw you to him, so Geto carried you instead since you were injured.

Shoko had healed you up and Yaga had explained the details, so it was only a matter of time before you started attending school at Jujutsu High. You would also stay at the school's dorms since you pretty much lived alone anyway, with your parents not present due to being away on business trips all the time.

Oh, and your house was destroyed because Gojo & Geto destroyed it, and you had nowhere to go anyway so that's why you were at the dorms. Made it much easier for you too, especially to monitor your condition.

The curse that latched onto you and fed off your energy and dreams, grew itself into a massive thing that endangered you, destroying a few empty houses along the way. For it to grow so large and strong that it required two strong sorcerers to come and fix the problem wasn't a mystery - it had been hidden in the house, and eventually, it became the house. Since your curse energy reserve was high, it didn't affect you as much except for some uncomfortable feelings and vibes sometimes, but you glazed it over as something normal and nothing to worry about.

And when Gojo entered the scene and spotted the remnents of your cursed energy, it made him wonder what the actual hell you were doing by giving it so much of your energy.

Then, they proceeded to destroy whatever they needed to.

Gojo Satoru didn't understand. You would've had a perfectly fine life if you ignored your blocked cursed energy output channels, but since you're so hellbent on getting them unblocked, you decided to become a sorcerer. You had left everything behind to pursue this, which made Gojo think you were kind of dumb and naive, but it did have an ounce of logic to it after Yaga gave him the rundown of the situation and information that your parents already gave their approval and you were allowed to do whatever you wanted.

When he heard this information, Gojo had raised a brow, slightly annoyed that your parents didn't care about you when you were in a dangerous situation not too long ago.

He pushed the thought out of his mind though, convincing himself that he didn't need to care for you when he doesn't even know you.

According to Shoko, it would take a while for you to be able to use cursed energy since your output is blocked. It may have been from being around the curse for too long that there are residuals blocking, or you were born that way, or unconsciously suppressed it from leaking from your body. When Gojo heard this, he immediately sought you out to examine you with his six eyes at a closer proximity, hoping to see how deep your capacity for cursed energy went.

And boy, was he surprised. You had a lot of cursed energy reserves and capacity for it was bigger than he thought now that he had a closer look, and although it was not bottomless, it rivalled Geto's amount.

That was probably why you didn't die from how long the curse haunted you, considering how much energy it consumed.

Interesting, was what Gojo thought. Since his face was right in front of yours, watching you with piercing blue eyes, it was unnerving as he invaded your personal space just to stare at you as if you were a specimen under a magnifying glass.

Gojo Satoru didn't hate you. But his personality wasn't all that nice when it came to interacting with others, especially for the first meeting. He just didn't care enough for formalities and whatnot, and the brashness (and spoiled brat-ness) really came through.

Not that you cared, anyway. Gojo Satoru was just Gojo Satoru to you. He pulled pranks, made jokes and instigated situations that made certain people annoyed. No one was exempt from his teasing and taunting, not even you, the teacher and his other friends Suguru & Shoko.

Gojo would often see you take glances at him whenever he was doing something, with him acting completely oblivious since it reminded him of a curious look, similar to how he was examing you with his six eyes not long ago (or, a cat that wanted to see its surroundings or something interesting). He wanted to tease you for it, but he held his tongue since he wanted to see how long this went for.

Suguru mentioned it might've been because he's always doing something that nobody else did, or he even teased him that you liked him. Gojo had rolled his eyes since the way you looked at him was different to those who looked at him because he was good-looking.

It high-key low-key annoyed him.

Sometimes, he found you being awkward around him even though you had known him for a couple of months already. Even though you stole glances at him (he started teasing you after Suguru brought up that you might have possibly liked him, only to get your rebuttal with a stoic expression that said absolutely not - he was definitely, definitely not gutted at all by such a harsh rejection), if it was just the two of you alone, you would try to talk to him like you had no idea of what to say, as if you're trying to come up with conversation to fill the space. It happened a few times before Satoru finally gave you his thoughts, outright telling you that you were awkward and you don't need to force yourself to talk if you didn't want to.

This was also the first time you've seen him serious towards you in a very normal way, and it was incredibly different from his usual persona that you were stunned and re-evaluated your attitude towards him.

Gojo Satoru didn't care care that you were awkward around him. He didn't care one bit. But all his actions said otherwise, and it actually, in fact, bothered him quite a bit when you were fine and dandy with Suguru & Shoko. Especially because they also flirted with you and teased you! And more than him too, so he had no idea what the issue was?!

He was determined to make you not awkward around him, so he started to try here and there.

Afterwards, the atmosphere between you both became more casual, in which both of you were thankful for. He would sometimes initiate conversations and make it less of a one-way talk, and Gojo Satoru found that conversations with you were fun and interesting, so much so that he would actually specifically find you just to talk to you about random topics, and what he experienced or saw on the day because he liked your attention.

He even started randomly popping up in your room if the door was open or if you were sitting alone in the common area, especially if he was in the area and knew you were awake, even if it's the middle of the night, just so he can see what you were doing. Sometimes he'd see you stressed out about being a Jujutsu sorcerer and not having the abilities to back it up like he does, or if you were studying for a test or just thinking in general.

The first few times you tried to push him away, but since he kept coming back you knew it was useless to try and make him leave, so you just let him stay there and crack jokes here and there, sneaking looks at whatever you were doing if there was something to see. Sometimes he'd even point out a few things to help you, or he would be annoying, or just fell asleep on the table.

He won't tell you that sometimes he takes photos of you from different angles, pretending to play on his phone when he's leaning on the surface of the table, because he thought your concentrated expression was cute.

He also set it as his wallpaper one time as a joke for a day but secretly kept it for a week before he got paranoid that he'd been found out so he changed it.

Just as he stared noticing things about you, he didn't know that you had already kept tabs on things from day 1.

So one day, you teased him about it during recess, but it went the complete opposite of what you thought would happen, and the amazing Gojo Satoru, one half of the strongest jujutsu sorcerer duo in the school, would become a blushing mess since he was taken off guard by an unexpected comment out of the blue.

He avoided you for 3 days like the plague unless it was in the confines of the classroom, and every time he felt your gaze on him, he could feel his ears heating up and he'd purposely look away to avoid your gaze. Before, he would meet it and give you some form of reaction, but he actively avoided you because he didn't know how to process the embarrassment he felt.

What he didn't know was that it was the most entertaining thing Suguru & Shoko had seen (you too, of course), as it was quite rare to see Gojo being like this. Normally it'd be the opposite way around.

Suguru & Shoko, after the 2-3 day, wondered if Gojo was actually mad and if he would be able to keep this up. They knew he quite liked to talk to you and having that stripped away from him from his own doing possibly made him clingier than usual. Even though he ran away whenever he got the chance, he would always sneak looks at you when he knew you weren't looking, seeing if it affected you in any way.

Newsflash, you could sometimes feel him watching you and you laughed about it to the others since he was like an abandoned kitty wanting some pets. You did try to talk to him, but ended up not doing anything since he kept running away.

Suguru & Shoko probably laughed more than they thought they could that day. Laughing at the consequences of his own actions, they resorted in pursuading him to talk to you and make up for something that wasn't even a fight to begin with. Satoru had complained to them, not knowing what to do with all the information you had listed of things he did that even he didn't realise he did. You paid too much attention to him that it made him feel warm.

It was different to how his family treated him and spoiled him, where they sung him praises and gave him gifts, gave him the best treatment and education. That was what came with being the ultimate weapon of a prominent clan and being born with both Limitless and the six eyes, the first in 400 years. His behaviours and lots of aspects of his personality were not corrected by those in his clan as much as other Jujutsu sorcerers around him at school, and although it irked him at first, there was a certain beauty that he appreciated about it being a different kind of relationship that wasn't just master-servant or some form of reverence.

His friends grounded him and the way they cared felt more like they paid more attention to not just Gojo Satoru, but also just Satoru, stripped of his clan name and laid bare. It was different, but he liked it.

But having it right in his face, presented by yours truly, was not on his list of things he thought he would experience. He could've made a joke about it and brushed it off like he did everything, but his chest constricted and his throat became dry, and all of a sudden it was hard to refute your words.

What Satoru didn't know, was that all 3 of you understood why he was embarrassed, and that Shoko has a photo of the embarrassing moment on her phone, one of which she sent a copy to him after he calmed down (everyone else also had a copy so there wasn't just one).

There was even a video of Satoru apologising to you, all embarrassed and masking it by being cocky. When you heard his words of apology (although a little strained - he was trying and you appreciated that) and understood his intentions, you just laughed and gave him a hug. It made his heart leap with joy, and he hoped to God that you didn't hear how fast and loud his heart was being, otherwise he would have to avoid you for the rest of eternity. But contrary to his thoughts, he hugged you tighter and lean his cheek on the top of your head, taking in your scent he was so familiar with. He even nuzzled into the crown of your head, squishing his cheek and taking in the much needed you, like you were a charging station, as much as possible to make up for the 3 days (definitely not his own fault).

He didn't know when he started noticing your scent, but it brought him comfort, but he would never admit that.

When Suguru & Shoko teased him about you being his first love, Satoru swore that his heart stopped beating for a moment as his mind short-circuited, and he didn't say anything but tell them to stop teasing him and they're making you uncomfortable.

That night, he thought about all his life's decisions and didn't sleep a wink because he was contemplating whether or not Suguru & Shoko were right.

So when you saw him the day after and wondered why he looked like he didn't sleep, he joked by saying that you were on his mind all night long and that it was your fault. Knowing that it was just a joke, you laughed and gave him a hug as a little apology before continuing about your day. You had absolutely no idea he was telling the truth.

What made Gojo Satoru realise he cared about you more than he'd want to admit was when you came back from that mission with Geto, barely breathing and slipping in and out of consciousness.

You're weak.

You haven't even properly opened up your cursed energy channels yet.

You shouldn't have gone out on that mission.

His blood boiled at how Yaga and the elders handled the issue, his last shred of anger about to burst. It was relatively common for Jujutsu sorcerers to die during missions, especially ones with curses stronger than as reported, and for their current colleagues to mourn over their death but not show it in their faces.

But Gojo Satoru, no matter how much he put up a nonchalant facade, a part of him will miss them no matter what. They were his colleagues and fellow students after all, and knowing someone who died in the line of duty wasn't ever going to get easier.

Except, he didn't feel this much emotion well up inside him until that day. He was so angry, after fighting with Yaga and one other elder that was there, he stormed into the other elders' meeting room while they were discussing your issue with your now released cursed energy output and how you can be of use to them now, that he cursed them out and threatened them with less than flowery words.

When he came back, he did visit you again after Shoko had healed you up, and for the next couple of days you were teetering between life and death, he would gently place his hand on your forehead, sometimes even trying to smooth the fine lines forming on your brow from whatever you were dreaming.

"When are you planning on sleeping, Gojo?" Shoko would ask him, every time he stayed overnight in the infirmary. Sometimes he would come back from a mission and come straight to them after showering and eating, maybe even take a nap there too. He wanted to see you alive and kicking, not still and possibly dead.

"When they wake up." He replies simply, no hint of teasing in his voice. Suguru, who had just come to do the same (but he was more controlled with how long he spent there), hummed in agreement as he sat down next to you, gently stroking your cheek with his finger and wiping any tears that escaped during your comatose state.

The relief Satoru felt when you woke up was immense, and he tackled you into a hug with the others, shoving your face into his chest as he didn't let go for a solid 5 minutes (the others didn't either, but no one's complaining).

When Satoru comes home from a mission outside Tokyo for a few days, he came back with souvenirs for everyone, each one personalised for each person (they were all mini food plushie keychains). When he handed it to you, Satoru tells you to think of him whenever you looked at it, a teasing lilt to his voice, but he was 100% serious since he wanted you to always think of him.

If you didn't, his heart probably wouldn't be able to take it and he'll call you a meanie for playing with his heart.

So it made him happy and giddy that you wore it on your bag up until now, as an adult, doing whatever you can to keep it clean and in perfect condition, even if you have 100 others that Satoru has given you from his missions away from Tokyo.

Gojo Satoru didn't outright mention you were his friend, but all his actions proved that you were in fact, a big part of his life. Sometimes, other sorcerers would take notice of Satoru's cursed energy residuals on you, with him somehow always failing to mention it and continuously do it to make sure you're safe, since he was the strongest. No one said anything either, and it was an open secret to everybody.

His eyes would always find you in the crowd, no matter where you were, and he would always reach out and grab your hand, pulling you towards him and making sure you stay there, by his side, shoulder to shoulder, chest to face, as he basked in you.

Once you've been granted access to his sacred spaces, it is a lifetime membership, non-negotiable and non-refundable.

A/N: If you're after the first part where it's mainly reader's POV, find that here (Friends)!

To understand the full extent, please read Geto (First Impressions) & Shoko's (Reach for your hand) fics from reader's perspective.

For more in the series, check out the Let's Meet in the Spring Masterlist!

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