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nanami.k

nanami.k

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ABOUT ME

Please contact me if you have any issues with Gojo Satoru, Itadori Yuji, or Fushiguro Megumi.

NOTE

Message @nanami.k

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text, after yuji's arrival

[unliminal]

so, has anyone contacted you yet?

[ About issues with him, natch. ]

[nonexempt]

[ Well, someone beat him to the punch. ]

That doesn't matter right now.

[ no one has yet— ]

We need to talk.

[unliminal]

will you actually talk?

or is withholding information from me just your thing now

[nonexempt]

[ Yeah, he deserved that. ]

I can't respond to this over text message. Can we meet in person?

[ . . . ]

Please?

[unliminal]

[ It's not as though he had any other pretense for contacting Nanami today. They need to talk, so even if the urge to reply with something bratty remains... ]

fine.
name the place and i'll be there.

[nonexempt]

[ Nanami tries to think of a place — the cafe, the lounge, somewhere else? But it all seems too public for this conversation so instead he resigns himself. ]

My room. 0505. I'll wait for you there.

[unliminal]

omw

[ His room, then. That's for the best, but the flat-out acknowledgement that this isn't a conversation that Nanami is willing to having in public makes his skin run cold. The cloying sensation of betrayal claws at his throat, because it has happened before — the world being pulled out from under his feet, by one of those dearest to him.

— He's getting ahead of himself. He has to be. Yet his mind and nerves are both buzzing by the time Gojo takes the short trip to teleport to Nanami's door, rapping his knuckles urgently against it while his heart hammers against his ribs, and he waits.

Briefly, he closes his eyes, and he can see Yuji's scarred, tearstained face there. The utter absence of Sukuna. The sound of his voice as he apologized, over and over, for something that Gojo can't even begin to piece together, and would not ask his student about.

So it falls to Nanami instead. It's not what either of them want, but it falls to Nanami instead. ]

gift.

[eyescar]

[ In the midday hours of Valentine's Day, a little package is left outside of Nanami's hotel room. It's wrapped up in pink decorative ribbons and wrapping, and has a little tiger shaped note with Yuji's handwriting.

Dear Nanamin

Happy Valentine's Day! I've heard from some people that you seem happy here, so I hope that keeps happening. I'm glad to be able to see you again and spend more time with you. Enjoy the chocolate and don't share it with anyone!

- Yuji

There are a handful of small chocolates, in non-traditional shapes, if only because Yuji thought it would be weird to give Nanami heart shaped chocolates from a student. ]

[nonexempt]

[ There comes a text! ]

Thank you for the chocolates, Itadori-kun. I've left you something at your room as well.

[ And Yuji will find a box with one large handmade chocolate in it, shaped like a tiger face. It's a little messy and clearly not made by someone with the most talent, but it's recognizable enough. There is a note:

Happy Valentine's Day. I am glad you are here.

- Nanami

Looks like he did take up Giselle's offer on learning how to make some chocolates. ]

another gift…

[eyescar]

[ Left outside Nanami’s door is a little plushie, clearly from the lantern festival, with a little printed out photo. It’s Yuji, dressed back up in the super fancy kimono the hotel had given him, holding his lit lantern - and the side of the lantern in the photo is decorated with pictures of Nanami’s sword and Yuji’s interpretation of his critical hit line.

It’s not great artwork, but it’s definitely cute.

A message is left for him, attached to the plushie: Gojo-sensei said you’d like to see it! I hope your wishes all come true here, Nanamin. I’m glad I get to spend more time with you. - Yuji Itadori.

As if he needed to sign his full name, given how obviously from him the gift is. ]

so cute..........

[nonexempt]

[ Oh. This is... cute. This is very cute. He's going to bring the plushie and the photo inside and find a place to display them.

So yes, now anytime someone comes to Nanami's room, they will see a little stuffed plushie sitting on his bookshelf, with the picture of Yuji leaning against it. Like a proud papa. ]

un: satorumon

[unliminal]

[ Unlike the messages he had sent his students, his message to Nanami is straightforward and to the point, lacking in pretense. ]

i'm leaving tomorrow
do me a favor while i'm gone?

[nonexempt]

[ He knew it was coming and so he's been prepared for this message ever since their conversation in Nanami's room. So his response is equally straight to the point. ]

What do you need?

[unliminal]

[ ...There's a lot he could ask for. Wants to ask for, really. None if this is simple, is it? That's what happens when he starts to live his own life for himself. ]

just
take care of each other
okay?

[ All of them. He doesn't feel the need to specify — Nanami already knows. ]

[nonexempt]

[ He couldn't say this is the request he expected but after receiving it, he isn't surprised. Gojo cares a great deal for his students and he also knows he's including Sumina in it after their conversation from before. Those three are who Nanami would consider the people Gojo cares for the most in this hotel and so, that's who he counts.

He understands. They'll take care of each other while he's gone. And Gojo will definitely return. ]

You don't have to worry.

[ . . . ]

Take care of yourself as well, alright?

[unliminal]

[ He doesn't have to worry, Nanami reassures him, but he wouldn't have anyway. Nanami is the most reliable person Gojo knows. The one he trusts the most. He could ask this of no one else. ]

don't i always?

[ crit fail that will age poorly ]

i'll be back before you know it
let the others take care of you too

[nonexempt]

[ Nanami feels mildly reassured by Gojo's confidence. He wants him to win. He needs him to win, in order to feel like things haven't spiraled too far out of their control. But he doesn't know what's going to happen when Gojo returns so he braces himself for all options. ]

I'll try.

[unliminal]

thanks

[ He feels like he should say more than that, but...what else is there to say? All that's left to do now is to act, and he's always been better at that than heart to hearts, anyway. Whatever outcome he faces...he will be back. It's thanks to Nanami's own confession that he realizes he can come back, no matter what. ]

i'll see you soon then
be ready to shower me with confetti :3

text @yuyu

[eyescar]

nanamin
u busy?

[ This is informal, even for Yuji. ]

[nonexempt]

[ ... hm. Already, he's sure he knows what this is about. ]

I'm not. What do you need?

[eyescar]

i think i need to talk to you
before gojo-sensei comes back

[nonexempt]

[ ... huh. ]

Would you like to meet in person?

[eyescar]

idk if i can do it in person nanamin

[nonexempt]

That's okay. We can just talk here. Tell me what's going on.

[eyescar]

gojo-sensei has gone back
and i know what happens
idk what to do about that