summary: player!toji needs some cash after gambling all his money away from betting on horses. what happens when he comes across a perfect opportunity? (aka, toji in squid games)
includes: toji x fem!reader, words: 900, squid games s2 spoilers
a/n: gang i cant lie i wrote this half asleep without rereading it. hope its good enough so please ignore any mistakes (cause there are some).
player!toji who gambled away all his money. he was on his way to another mission to earn it all back, assigned to kill the daughter of a wealthy man, when someone with a briefcase comes at him offering to play games for pocket money. lol, who's this random? he wins the stupid game. easy peasy, fastest racket he’d ever done to get this much money. he's glad he's still got it when it comes to scamming people.
player!toji who calls the number behind the business man’s card. he thinks playing easy games is much more enjoyable than going to his missions anyway.
player!toji who’s shocked when the first person’s blood splatters everywhere. no one mentioned death as a liability.
player!toji who immediately gets over the initial shock, confident that he’d survive. i mean, hes a pretty strong guy. how hard could running be?
player!toji who is one of the first people to cross the finish line in the red light green light game but couldn't help but notice you and how you're near the back of the crowd.
player!toji who thinks you're beautiful, but at the rate you're running, he thinks you’re going to run out of time.
player!toji who sees you start shaking, he wouldn't be surprised if you were crying.
player!toji who makes a rash decision and practically drags you to the finish line with only a few seconds to spare. you look at him, grateful to your savior, and god he knows he’s screwed. he’s dead set on knowing you’re the most beautiful person he’s ever seen when he’s finally given the chance to look at you up close. you look a little familiar. it's at the tip of his tongue but he can't put a pin on it.
player!toji who loses sight of you for the next game. he keeps looking for you, but you’re nowhere to be found from where he was sitting with his group for their turn to play.
player!toji who brejungly stops his search for you when his team was called up to play. he swears his life almost flashed before his eyes when a kid in his group, gogo...? or something kept messing up his turn, not taking anything seriously.
player!toji swears he’d end up killing gojo before the game could just to shut this annoying brat up.
player!toji whose murderous thoughts were halted when he finally got a glimpse of your face. he was relieved that you made it out the second game. such a shame he didn't get to watch you play.
player!toji who has an odd feeling at how he didn't see you in the crowd during the second game, but he's also certain you didn't go before him. how did you get here? huh, that's weird.
player!toji who couldnt care less because now youre meeting his eyes and youre walking over him with a smile on you face and this is totally fucked up because he knows– he knows better than anyone that he can't protect people he cares for as much as he wants to– he knows it from experience– but now his feet are dragging him to meet you halfway.
player!toji who thinks he’s a total idiot for getting attached to this random girl, and he is. they’re not in a reality game show but everyone knows showmances don't last.
player!toji who tells himself that that's just that. he keeps you around because you might be an advantage in the future.
player!toji who's proven right when the next game is mingle– relationships matters most.
player!toji who makes it round after round, partnering with people he’s worked with in the previous games as long as you get to be in their group too. he only feels a tiny bit of pity towards player!gojo when he’s kicked out of the group, left to find another room to join, because there’s far too many of you.
player!toji who immediately drags you with no hesitation to an open room the second he hears “2 players.”
player!toji whose heart drops when he sees that you two are not alone in the room. he makes a grab for the door– if he's fast enough he could go look for another room or he could throw the guy out.
player!toji who feels his heart lurch out of his throat when he sees the people begging to be let in outside the door. he knows the second he opens it, they’ll come toppling in. he needs to get the guy out of there so you two could survive this game.
player!toji who's thankfully able to think fast and decide that the only way to be safe is to kill the guy, but as soon as he turns around, you're already on it. player!toji who's surprised at your strength and skill at snapping someone's neck like it was nothing.
player!toji who sees a little smile on your face. you don't very much look like the girl who was a second away from sobbing during probably the easiest game in the world.
player!toji whose blood freezes cold the second he realizes that smile was the same smile on the girl he was tasked to assassinate in the mission he was a no-show on. prioritizing playing some games over dealing with a girl who was said to have been in on a secret organization that’s been linked to missing persons across a few years now.
player!toji who knows he’s screwed for the umpteenth time of the day because just who the fuck are you?
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