Crush!Gojo x F!reader
This will contain: Extreme angst, unrequited love, heartbreak, emotional manipulation, “the other woman,” abandonment, crying, depression, no happy ending,
You're always the other woman
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The mochi box is warm in your hands, the kikufuku inside still soft from the oven you slaved over at 3 a.m. because you couldn’t sleep. The bracelet is cool against your wrist—a thin silver chain with an infinity charm you found in Harajuku, the one you told yourself was perfect for Satoru Gojo, the boy who says “infinity” like it’s a promise. You’re seventeen, heart hammering so loud you swear the entire hallway can hear it as you round the corner toward the common room.
You’ve rehearsed this a hundred times. “Satoru, I baked these for you. And… I really like you. Will you go out with me?” Simple. Brave. Terrifying.
Geto’s words echo in your head from last night on the rooftop: “He likes you, Y/N. He’s just Satoru. Give him a push.”
You turn the corner.
And the world ends.
He’s there—tall, white-haired, blindfold pushed up, mouth on some girl you don’t know. Her legs are around his waist, his hands in her hair, her fingers clutching his shirt like she owns him. The moan she makes is soft, intimate, the kind of sound you’ve only ever dreamed he’d make for you.
The mochi box slips.
It hits the floor with a wet splat, cream exploding across the tiles like a crime scene. The bracelet follows, clattering, the infinity charm spinning uselessly before it stills.
You don’t scream. You don’t cry. You just break.
Geto’s voice—“Y/N!”—but you’re already running, sneakers squeaking, vision blurring, lungs burning as you bolt through the gates, past the torii, into the city. You don’t stop until you’re home, door locked, sliding down the wall, the sobs finally ripping free—ugly, guttural, your knees to your chest as you rock.
Behind you, in the hallway:
Gojo pulls back from the girl, frowning at the commotion. “Hey, what was that about?”
She hums, nipping his jaw. “Probably one of your admirers being heartbroken.”
He laughs—laughs—and dives back in, mouth on hers, hands wandering. “Poor thing,” he murmurs against her lips, already forgetting.
You’re eighteen, a third-year, and you’ve mastered the art of avoidance. You sit at the back of class, eat lunch alone, train until your muscles scream. Gojo notices—of course he does—but he doesn’t understand. He corners you in the library one day, blindfold off, eyes wide and confused.
“Y/N! Where’ve you been? I miss my favorite girl.”
You smile, tight. “Busy.”
He pouts, leaning on your table. “C’mon, let’s hang out. Like old times.”
You want to scream. Old times? When you held my hand and called me pretty and made me believe I was special?
Instead, you say, “I have a mission.”
He frowns, but lets it go. You don’t see the way he watches you leave, the way his fingers twitch like he wants to reach out.
Geto finds you later, eyes dark. “He asked me where you were. I told him to fuck off.”
You laugh, hollow. “Thanks.”
It’s spring, cherry blossoms drifting like snow. You’re nineteen, and you’re tired. Tired of hoping, tired of waiting for him to see you. Geto’s words from months ago still ring: “He’s scared. Just tell him.”
So you do.
You find him on the rooftop, blindfold off, staring at the sky. You baked again—kikufuku, because you’re a masochist. The bracelet is in your pocket, the same one you fished out of the trash a year ago, cleaned and polished like it could erase the memory.
“Satoru,” you say, voice steady. “I need to tell you something.”
He turns, grinning. “Shoot.”
You take a breath. “I’ve liked you for years. More than friends. I know you flirt with everyone, but I thought… maybe I was different. So I’m asking—will you go out with me?”
The silence is deafening.
His eyes widen, then soften, and for one heartbreaking second, you think—yes.
Then he laughs. Not cruel, just… confused. “Y/N, you’re my best friend. I don’t… I don’t see you like that.”
Your heart stops.
“But Geto said—”
“Geto’s wrong,” he says gently, like he’s letting a child down. “I love you, but not… not like that.”
You nod, numb. “Okay.”
You leave the mochi on the ledge. The bracelet stays in your pocket.
You’re walking to the dorms later that night, when you see it—Gojo, pressed against the vending machine, kissing another girl. Different from the first, but the same scene: hands in her hair, her legs around him, his mouth devouring hers like she’s oxygen.
You don’t run this time. You just stand there, the weight of it crushing you.
You were never the first. You were never even second. You were the other woman—the safe one, the friend, the one he kept on the shelf while he chased everyone else.
You go home. Pack a bag. One duffel, your essentials, the jar of origami cranes he gave you over the years—“You’re my favorite” written on every single one.
You message Geto:
“Hey. I’m leaving Tokyo for good. I appreciate our friendship so much—you were always my best friend. I love you, Suguru.”
You turn off your phone. Disconnect it. Vanish.
The next morning, Gojo bounces into the common room, blindfold off, grinning. “Where’s Y/N? She’s late.”
Geto’s there, eyes red, face hollow. He hasn’t slept.
Gojo frowns. “Dude, you okay?”
Geto turns, and the look he gives Gojo is pure venom. “You couldn’t keep it in your pants, could you, Gojo?”
Gojo blinks. “Woah, calm down, why the last name—”
“Your fault,” Geto spits. “Y/N’s gone. Apartment cleared out. Dorm empty. She left because of you.”
Gojo freezes. “What?”
Geto shoves past him, shoulder-checking him hard. “Figure it out, asshole.”
Gojo stands there, the grin gone, the mochi from yesterday still on the ledge, uneaten.
You’re twenty-five, living in Osaka under a new name, a low-grade sorcerer with a quiet life (You had so much potential). You cut your hair, changed your style, buried the past. You don’t bake kikufuku anymore. You don’t wear infinity charms.
You’re at a café when you see him.
He’s taller, if possible, hair still white, but his eyes—those eyes—are older. He spots you across the room, and for a second, you think he won’t recognize you.
He does.
“Y/N,” he breathes, crossing the room in three strides. “It’s you.”
You stand, bag in hand. “Hi, Gojo.”
He reaches for you, but you step back. “I’m so sorry,” he says, voice cracking. “I didn’t know—I didn’t see. Geto told me everything. The mochi, the bracelet, the girl… I was an idiot. I liked you, I just— I didn’t know how to—”
You smile, small and sad. “It’s okay, Gojo.”
He flinches at the last name.
“I was always the other woman,” you say, voice steady. “Even when I was your best friend. You never saw me. Not really.”
You turn to leave.
“Wait—” he grabs your wrist, desperate. “Please. Let me make it right.”
You pull free. “Some things can’t be fixed.”
You walk out. He doesn’t follow.
You never see him again.
Word count 6000+
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