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three rockstars! one you!
synopsis: your best friend has always been an asshole - whether it's in his band or in his bed. him ditching you? nothing new. but when one bedroom door closes, another one opens
pairings: rockstar!Suguru Geto x f!Reader x childhood fwb!Sukuna (+ rockstar!gojo!!)
content: mdni, angst and fluff and smut, beach episode!!, reader has been going through it guys she deserves a break, drinking, anxiety, tension, dealing with trauma of a leaked sex tape, more sukuna angst lol, complicated relationships and emotions, men trying to win reader back over, soft and sweet gojo, some fun beach fluff, they're getting wasted lol, kissing, drunk hooking up, 69, oral sex (m! + f! receiving), spit as lube, anal sex
a/n: art by @aransmind !!
"Do I know you from somewhere?"
"Don't think so," you lied through your teeth, faking a smile as you slid your sunglasses back down to the bridge of your nose.
The hope that maybe you'd be able to make it a day without thinking about why you were running away from your real life starting to crack in your chest as you dragged your suitcase across the lobby of some ridiculously expensive resort.
Satoru had booked you a beach vacation a plane ride away. In a different country filled with different people who hopefully would have no clue who you were.
But no, even here, the past was doing its damnedest to catch up to you.
You'd gotten a few stares on the flight, strangers whispering when you passed by, unable to convince yourself you were just being paranoid when you swore you heard a camera shutter at the airport before you took off.
All it really did was confirm that you couldn't go back to your old life of anonymity.
It was strange though, you always thought it would be Sukuna you gave it up for. That if you were going to surrender your privacy for someone, it would be for him.
You never thought it would be stolen from you.
Ripped away without ever giving you a real chance to fight for it.
Now you just had to figure out where to go from here.
Standing on the balcony of your surely ridiculously expensive room, phone in one hand while you debated on which man invading your thoughts to call.
Should you thank Satoru? Tell him how nice everything here appeared to be?
Check in on a probably (definitely) stressed Suguru? He was probably busy wrangling the girls or calling more lawyers to sort out your problems.
You felt kind of bad.
Something in your chest squeezing a little too tight when he crossed your mind. Constricting as you considered how hard he was working himself for your sake, the exhaustion obvious in his voice even over the phone the handful of times you had called him this week. And yet, he always asked about you. Sent food to the hotel room he paid for. Mentioned he spoke to a few of his other friends to see about finding a job better suited for you.
There once was a time where you thought the position you'd end up in was his kid's mother.
But before you could linger on it, twist and turn yourself into knots over everything, your phone rang - and the name on screen was one you'd been struggling to shove down in your brain lately.
"Hey," you answered awkwardly.
"Hey," Sukuna repeated, nearly nervous.
There was a thick pause, tense silence you didn't know how to cross.
"Can I see you?" Sukuna grunted, his voice grainy on the line as you leaned against the balcony, overlooking the pretty waves lapping at the shore.
"I'm, uh, not available," you mumbled back, watching the setting sun begin to dip below the horizon. It was serene. Gorgeous, really. Movie worthy.
And yet, your heart felt heavy, just a hard rock in your chest taking up too much space. Leaving your lungs no room to suck in any air as your fingers clutched onto the thin railing preventing you from falling three stories.
"Not available?" Sukuna scoffed.
You knew you should have told him before.
Made a better effort at communicating if you ever wanted to move forward from this awful place you were in now.
But everything was already so broken, you couldn't tell where to start gluing things together again.
"Satoru paid for me to go on a vacation," you reluctantly admitted, lips preemptively pressed together in a frown at whatever protest was about to leave his. "Booked a resort for me to stay at for a couple weeks while things blow over."
"What about your work? Or-" He started, and you winced at the reminder.
"Um, they let me go two days ago," you told him, replaying the uncomfortable conversation you had with your boss, the dick refusing to even look you in the eyes as he wrung his hands together. The one where you were professionally informed your position was no longer needed - as if you hadn't already found them listing your job on indeed the night before.
He didn't speak for a few painful seconds.
Him trying to find something mature to say, maybe debating on if there was any set of words he could string together to make you feel better while half of him was still fuming that Satoru had beat him to it.
"Fuckin' assholes," he so eloquently settled on instead, his deep growl reverberating through you as you let out a low laugh.
"Well, not much I can do about it when everyone there's seen me naked now," you dryly muttered.
Another awkward pause.
A moment where neither of you said what you were thinking.
"It's not fair," Sukuna spoke, uncharacteristically soft. No harshness, not even rough. "You deserve better."
"I just never seem to get it," you finished for him, swallowing hard.
He could say it. Mean it.
But you didn't know how to forget all the things that happened between you. Move forward from them.
What scared you more was the sneaking suspicion you'd never be able to move on from him either.
That your future would just be full of this back-and-forth. Letting him in only for him to let you down.
You didn't want him to change. Had never wanted him to become someone else when he was the man you fell in love with forever ago. But could he grow up without growing into someone new? Without dulling every sharp edge and dowsing the fire he always burned with?
"Is there anything I can do?" Sukuna asked, a rare hint of defeat in his disgruntled voice.
"Some movers are gonna show up to my apartment tomorrow. The front desk people said they'd let them in but-" You started, but he was already jumping at the opportunity to prove himself.
"I'll be there. Did you get a new place?" You were pretty sure he was just fishing for an address you didn't have yet, but you sighed anyway.
"No, they're, uh, just packing up what's left and taking it to a storage unit," you exhaled. You had to take like, a hundred photos of the damage to the apartment, all your stuff before you left. Documenting everything you could for evidence, and sending everything to a few lawyers Suguru had recommended? Hired?
You weren't totally sure what the status of it was, but he had mentioned that you might be able to file a lawsuit against the building for everything you'd been put through - not that you'd actually get any money from it any time soon.
"I'll make sure everything's taken care of," Sukuna promised. Steady for once.
All you could really think was how long would it last?
"I'm going back to therapy," he added, and you could tell he was embarrassed by how hard he huffed. "Booked a couple emergency sessions."
"Thanks, and um, that's good," you neutrally muttered, biting your bottom lip as your eyes fluttered shut, still wondering what he was doing right now. Where he was. What he was wearing.
If he was laying in bed wishing you were there. To have? Or just to hold?
"When you get back, uh, would you go to one with me?" He grunted, as if he wasn't asking you to attend a counseling session with him like it was a date.
"To your therapist?" You asked, struggling to figure out what to make of that request.
"Yeah," he grumbled. "He thought it would it would be a good idea. And, um, I do too."
"Like couples counseling?"
You weren't even a couple yet, and you already needed therapy.
Not exactly a great sign.
"Sorta," he admitted.
You paused, throat tight as you tried to decide what to do, already feeling yourself waver the way you always did for him. "Fine."
It wasn't like arguing in front of a third party would change much. But perhaps you both needed some brutal honesty from a licensed professional.
"Look, um, I'm gonna go," you mumbled into the phone. "I'm pretty hungry, but I'll call you later."
In a day. Or two. Maybe four.
You wanted to think some more. Spend some time with just your thoughts for company until you were reminded that you never needed any of them before. That your happiness didn't have to depend on any guy, no matter who he was.
"I miss you," he murmured, and you couldn't bring yourself to admit that you missed him too.
That a little part of you wished he was here, that he would spend the next two weeks making everything up to you in soft murmurs and sweaty sex in between the silk sheets.
You knew deep down that even if he did, there was still a reality you'd both need to return to. And that was always where things got messy.
When it was just the two of you, in stolen moments and secret meanings, you could make it work.
Neither of you knew how to be in an actual relationship with the other.
How to play boyfriend and girlfriend when you'd spent years burying feelings in being best-friends-with-benefits.
Sukuna had his anger issues. Had a short fuse the smallest amount of rage could burn through. You ran away at the first sign things weren't going to end well. Abandoned the ship before it could sail.
"Take care of yourself," you muttered into the phone, holding out hope that he wouldn't make an even bigger mess for you to come home too.
Your heart was hurting once again when you hung up.
Not giving him the chance to give you a goodbye that would only sting, leave a sour taste on your tongue you'd have to wash down with whatever they were serving at the bar tonight.
A mature adult wouldn't spend her entire vacation wasted.
Probably.
But Satoru had paid for an all-inclusive resort, so shouldn't you take advantage of your chance to relax?
Outside of sending obligatory check-in messages to your small circle of men who wanted in your bed and the few others who bothered to ask how you were doing, you spent the next three days drinking and lounging by the beach, wearing the clothes and bathing suits you used Suguru's card to buy.
Shutting your eyes and listening to the waves crash against the shore, closing off your brain to every heavy worry attempting to weigh it down.
Maybe Satoru was right.
You did need this.
Some time where all you had to do was sunbathe and sleep.
Go out for solo swims in the cool waves, feel the warm sun on your skin and let it mend some of the shattered parts of your soul.
The mornings melting into long afternoons and pretty sunsets, evenings spent drinking and dining on good food before crawling underneath the king-sized blanket in the oversized bed for one.
If anyone else noticed your presence, picked up on who you were underneath the sunglasses, you refused to notice them.
Although it was the families that caught your eye, the ones with little kids around the girls' ages that snagged your attention and made you wonder what your summer would have looked like with Suguru. If he would've spared the time to take the four of you somewhere like this, held your hand and decorated your face with gentle pecks while the girls splashed in the shallow tides.
Another thing you didn't get to know.
You told yourself it didn't matter.
Pushed it back down under the waves of your own mind, ignoring everything that wasn't positive to enjoy living in your own little bubble for once.
And honestly, it was a nice bubble. Strong enough to keep the bad thoughts at bay.
But things always changed, didn't they?
For better or worse.
"If it isn't my third favorite girl," a familiar voice purred, and your head snapped back, the thin sheen of sweat on your face from the morning spent underneath the blue sky making your sunglasses slip down your nose. But you already knew who it was, letting out a not totally surprised laugh at the man in front of you.
Satoru was grinning with practically all his teeth, white hair hidden underneath a goofy hat with a wide brim on it, his own dark shades pushed up to block your view of his probably sparkling eyes. Bright blue swim trunks hanging low on his hips, happy trail on display - along with the ridiculous tattoo you noticed before.
Why anyone would want a character permanently inked above their-
"If you wanna be left alone, I'll go-" He started backpedalling at the brief pause that passed, only shutting up when you gestured for him to sit on the lounge next to you.
"Third favorite?" You pointed out, arching up a brow as he sheepishly smiled, sliding into the seat and stretching our his long legs.
"After Nana and Mimi, of course," he laughed, and you couldn't resist returning the soft sound.
"Of course," you exhaled, mouth twitching up in a matching smile.
"Looks like you could use more sunscreen," he grinned, glancing down to the bottle on the table between your lounge chairs.
You rolled your eyes at him, slipping your sunglasses off to squint at his pale chest.
"Yeah?" You hummed, tilting your head to the side. "You're the one looking a little pink."
Satoru immediately looked down at himself, pouting before picking up the bottle. "Help a guy out?"
"Does Suguru know you're here?" You asked, ignoring his question in favor of one of your own.
He sheepishly shrugged, one corner of his mouth twitching down for half a second before it curled back up.
"He knows I paid for this," he offered instead, skirting around the subject the same way you did as he took off his sunglasses and set them by your empty glass.
"Can I ask why you came?" You rolled onto your side, wishing your drink wasn't empty so you had something to sip on. To soothe how dry your throat felt around him.
"Last meeting didn't go so well," Satoru sighed, grabbing the sunscreen and squirting far too much on his palms before starting to rub it over his muscles. You didn't think he was deliberately trying to do a terrible job at it, but he was distracted, rambling as he sloppily applied it over his chest. "My dad and I sorta got in a fight."
"Do I wanna know what it's about?" You asked, trying to tread lightly as your eyes trailed after his hands, the white streaks left behind on his skin.
"He thinks you and Suguru should pretend to be back together. Like a PR thing. Guess he wanted him to convince you to come to it so he could throw some cash at you to make you do it too," Satoru scoffed, gritting his teeth like he was getting annoyed just thinking about it.
Your mouth opened, spit drying up as you tried to process that new nugget of information, but Satoru wasn't done speaking.
"Suguru said no anyway, but I just, uh, snapped, I guess," he muttered, and if you didn't know what to make of it before, you certainly didn't now.
"You?" You asked, unable to even picture him raising his voice at someone.
He buried his face between his hands, peeking out from between them as he groaned.
"It's kinda embarrassing," he complained, his voice coming out muffled.
You had to strain to reach him, gently grabbing his wrist and pulling it down so you could see if he was being serious or just fucking with you. But it was still hard to tell if he was playing it up, blue eyes wavering as they locked onto your gaze.
"I was just sick of feeling like I'm playing someone else's game," he spoke slowly, the sharp tip of his nose stained white from some of the sunscreen still on his hands.
"Yeah," you murmured. "I know what you mean."
Even at the shittiest of times, it always seemed like he understood.
Broken in the same places as you. Edges bent enough that you nearly fit together.
He was easy to be with.
Ordered ridiculous drinks and dared you to see who could hold their breath underwater the longest. Swimming and splashing, threatening to toss you out deeper when you lost your sunglasses in the waves and stole his.
Hunting for seashells when the tide pulled back, his eyesight unfortunately far better at picking them out than yours, hands full as you stumbled back into the resort just to meet back at the restaurant for dinner and even more fancy drinks that definitely had more alcohol in them than either of you anticipated.
Both of you were teetering dangerously close to wasted, only half of it from the alcohol you'd been sipping all afternoon, the rest from the day itself, giggling and gossiping as he groaned about some embarrassing party he puked at back in high school. Your elbows knocking against each other when you finally dragged your feet back to the elevator, tripping on nothing as you lost one of your flip flops. He caught you though, hoisting you back up as you blinked up and realized he had dropped the drink he was trying to bring back to his room, sticky alcohol dripping down his sweat-slicked chest while you broke into another fit of laughter.
His previously white shirt now completely soaked through when it was already sticking to him before, as he teasingly threatened to spill what little was left on you too for giggling at him.
This was fun.
You'd forgotten what that was like.
Letting him wrap a strong arm around your waist to support your weight as you stumbled into the elevator, looking up at him as he took a few seconds too long to remember what floor you were both on, since he booked the room next to yours.
He was talking, yapping about some movie you'd never seen before as you nodded along, studying his features as his warm voice filled your ears.
And a thought you knew you should not be thinking right now popped up anyway, daring you to tiptoe onto treacherous territory.
What if you met Satoru first?
What if that night in the alley, he had stepped out and introduced himself?
His head tilted down at the elevator opened, brilliant stare squinting affectionately at you as tiny crinkles formed by his eyes. "Wanna do it all again tomorrow?"
"Uh-huh," you hummed, letting him help you back outside your room first, fumbling to pull out the key cards you entrusted him with earlier.
And it was when he put it up against the door and you heard the little click of it unlocking, you were struck by the sudden realization you still didn't want today to end.
"Satoru," you heard yourself say his name, felt his frame freeze as you pushed the door open, stepping forward to throw him a long look over his shoulder. "Do you wanna come in?"
A lump in his throat bobbed.
And then he was following you inside.
The door had barely closed before your lips were crashing into his. Hard. Fast.
He was moaning the second your tongue danced across his bottom lip, tracing over those perfect teeth of his, feeling the sharp edges of his canines before he was feverishly returning it.
It was clumsy. Sloppy kisses that didn't fully connect, the taste of alcohol and salt lingering as his hands struggled to even work the zipper of the dress you changed into for dinner.
Somewhere, in the deepest depths of your mind, you knew this was a terrible idea. The worst you might have ever had. Aware that you were sabotaging your chance of fixing things with either of the men waiting for you back home.
Satoru was your ex's best friend. Your best friend's...um, new friend?
It was the kind of messy you didn't know if you could come back from.
Crossing a line that you knew you'd never be able to undo.
And still, you couldn't stop yourself. Your own fingers trembling as you tugged down the zipper on his pants, started pulling them down as he paused, blinking down at you as if it could clear the thick haze clouding both of your judgement right now.
"We-"
"Yeah," you muttered before he could say that you shouldn't.
His white brows scrunching together in drunken contemplation as he exhaled hard through his nose.
"What if we just, y'know, made each other feel good?" He suggested, tilting his head to the side as he slurred a little. Your chest felt all warm and fuzzy, something deep inside your core burning and begging you to just take him.
And maybe it was the alcohol talking, but anything that would make you feel good sure fucking sounded like a fantastic idea to you.
"Yeah, it doesn't have to mean-" You started, coming up with any excuses you could to justify it as your hand slipped underneath the band of his boxers to find his cock.
Pre-cum had already collected at his swollen tip, coating your fingers as you started stroking what you hadn't been allowed to touch before.
"Yeah, no, definitely," he mindlessly agreed, nodding fast as he finally managed to unzip your dress.
His eyes went wide, all glossy and half-glazed over as the fabric hit the floor, staring at slight bounce of your exposed bare tits.
Cock throbbing in your hand as his pretty lips parted, "No bra?"
He sounded like he might pass out if he stared too long.
But then he was grabbing a handful of them, squeezing hard as he went in to kiss you again. His coordination clearly off, not that yours was much better, nearly tripping again as you both stumbled back to the bed.
Your back hit it first, his heavy body caging you in underneath him, all broad shoulders and thick thighs pressing you down in the soft mattress. Mouth enveloping yours with more messy making out, feeling a little bit like a teenager again, doing something you weren't supposed to with someone you really weren't supposed to want.
You lightly hit his chest, pulling back enough that he had to break the kiss, his nose nuzzling against yours as he sucked in a ragged breath.
"Roll over," you whispered, and he obeyed, listening without a word, flopping over on his back, arms out and ready to hold you again.
You flipped around to climb on top of him though, your ass in his face as you shoved his pants down enough to properly take out his cock. It was just as pretty as you remembered, thick veins pulsing as his hands slid up your legs to where your panties where still clinging to your skin.
"Shit, sweetheart," he purred, appreciating the view, you supposed as his breath floated over your skin. "You're so pretty."
You paused, held your breath as you hovered just above his face - your own poised above his cock.
He'd understand if you changed your mind. Backed out even if he was so hard it probably hurt.
But instead, you were wrapping your mouth around his swollen tip, sucking softly as he grabbed your hips and pulled you down so he could get proper access to your pussy.
He didn't dive right in.
Leaving little kisses on your skin instead, teasing you as his lips and tongue traced patterns on some of the softest parts of you.
"You taste salty," he half-laughed, licking a long line up your inner thigh again, fingers digging into your hips as you shifted your weight on top of him.
His cock twitching and throbbing against the roof of your mouth as you started taking him deeper, trying not to gag the moment it practically jumped when he peeled your panties to the side with two of his thick fingers, sucking in a sharp breath at the sight of you soaked for him.
You might have said something sarcastic if his cock wasn't stuffing your throat, the sound that did come out muffled as he dragged his tongue across your entrance, eagerly lapping you up.
God, it shouldn't feel half as fucking good as it did.
One hand splayed possessively over the curve of your hip, his other fingers holding the thin lace of your panties out of the way as he worked his tongue inside of you like he was making out with your cunt.
He was moaning, but you couldn't tell if it was from you bobbing up-and-down on the thick length of his cock or simply from tasting you.
Satoru was warm, skin flushed as you dug your nails into his muscular thighs, delicately wrapping your fingers around the base of his cock, pumping what you couldn't fit in your mouth as your focus kept threatening to break from how feverishly he was feasting on you.
Eating you out like he couldn't get enough, like he wasn't even all that aware of you sucking his dick, his tip pressing against the back of your throat as his veins pulsed against your tongue.
He was too busy using his own to bully his way deeper, exploring you as your needy clit ached for attention too.
And maybe it made you needy, but your alcohol-addled body was insisting it wasn't enough.
Everything inside you was burning, chest constricting tight as the fire he just kept stoking started to get out of control.
It sounded far past filthy when his cock slid out of your mouth with a lewd pop! but you were still stuck in place, his grip on your lower half not even budging an inch as he continued to make a mess between your thighs.
"W-want you inside me," you gasped when his tongue slid out too, aching for more than he was giving you.
He stopped.
Waited for you to take it back.
But you didn't.
"Fuck," he breathed, his dick twitching again in your grip before he was lifting you up and off of him. Helping you sit up on the bed as if this qualified a serious conversation you both weren't currently capable of. "We-"
You pouted at him, pushing out your bottom lip as his big hands ran over your biceps.
"Don't you want me?" You asked softly, seeking comfort from the last person you should be begging for it from. Someone who was meant to be a friend you could turn to.
"So fucking bad," he answered in a single exhale, the words all rushed together.
"Do you think anal would count?" You suggested, despite the fact you hadn't actually done it since you were with-
Okay, no, you shouldn't think about him.
Not now. Not with Satoru.
He cocked his head to the side, genuinely contemplating it before he swallowed hard.
"I mean, it's not, like, the same," he admitted, and you were rolling onto your stomach, ass lifting up in the air now that you knew you already had him.
Besides, he was right.
It wasn't the same.
You were just...satisfying each other's needs? Clinging to each other because of the close proximity?
Whatever petty reason you pretended to believe, you still felt yourself tremble a little when his touch ghosted over your ass, slowly pulling your panties down and helping you out of them. Leaving you completely naked in the soft bed, the mattress whining as he got back up to completely remove the rest of his own clothes, the rustle of fabric hitting the floor making your breath hitch.
And then he was getting back on top of you, his skin on yours, leaning down to press his lips against your shoulder blade.
"Tell me if you want me to stop," he muttered, his voice soft and sleepy and still drawn out. The alcohol was making all your thoughts slow, almost fluffy, like clouds you could just sink into while you felt his cock sliding in between your thighs, nudging at your clit while you tried not to preemptively moan for him.
"I think I'm gonna fall asleep if you don't fuck me," you lightly teased, yawning as you felt the first hints of drowsiness start to prick at you under his weight and warmth.
He clicked his tongue, making a small huff of disapproval into your collarbone that left you shuddering as his mouth grazed higher up your throat.
"Needy," he mocked you with just a single word, as if you couldn't feel the proof of his desire digging into your thighs.
"No, you," you immaturely retorted, giggling as you gave into how fuzzy your chest still felt, thick coils of heat purring in the pit of your stomach.
He didn't immediately reply, and you started to look back over your shoulder - just for a wet glob of something to land on your ass.
And as you squeaked in surprise, there was sudden pressure, a finger working its way into your untouched hole.
"Did you just spit on-"
"I didn't bring lube," he half-whined, collecting more of your slick before pushing a second sturdy finger inside of you, whatever protest you might have come up with turning into a strangled moan as he stretched you open. "I don't want to hurt you."
His sweetness was overwritten by the searing feeling of his fingers fucking your ass.
It burned, your vision blurring as you buried your face into the pillows, sure your makeup was smearing as hot tears formed. But whatever brief pain you felt morphed into white-hot pleasure, the kind that spent sparks across your spine as you squirmed underneath him.
"S-should I keep going?" He stammered behind you, and you were nodding numbly, a primal part of your brain still desperate for more.
Hungry for anything that made you feel even remotely good after you'd been stuck feeling bad for so fucking long.
Moaning his name into the blankets as the pressure built and mounted, so intense you were pretty sure there was no way you could fit any more just for him to work his way up to a third finger.
You didn't even mind when you heard him spit again, the filthy sounds of him fucking his fist with his other hand to get it wet enough before he pulled his fingers out and replaced it with his tip.
He hesitated, and you found yourself holding your breath again.
All your muscles tense, thighs squeezing together as he slowly pushed the first two inches inside, groaning at the connection as your nails clawed at the blankets.
"F-fuck, S'toru," you whined, unable to even fully say his name when your cheek was squished against the bed, body squeezing him tight as your stomach somersaulted.
The pressure was driving you crazy, the feeling of his thick girth working its way inside, hearing him hiss out a low breath as he tried to be gentle.
"S'not fair," he still found a way to whine, pressing his pouty lips against your shoulder blade as he rested his forehead against your skin. The ends of his hair tickled, making you shiver as you felt him shove his way even deeper.
Fuck.
Was he all the way in yet?
You were pretty sure you couldn't fit any more inside you, but he kept pushing forward, the sensitive bundle of nerves between your thighs begging to be touched and toyed with as you barely held yourself together. "Mm, w-what?"
"What you're doing to me," he groaned, gritting his teeth as his cock throbbed in your ass. "It's not fair."
And before you could even formulate a single thought about it, his hips were suddenly pressing against your ass, his cock bottoming out the last couple inches as you cried out, damp streaks probably on your face as he set everything inside you on fire.
Only capable of thinking about him as he jammed his hand in between your body and the mattress, rubbing desperate circles over your clit like he was trying to soothe you, attempting to paint pretty patterns as he started thrusting in-and-out, your body half-limp as he fucked into you.
And despite what Nanami had teased him for the night you first met, Satoru was, in fact, very good with his fingers.
"What's that s'pposed to mean?" You whimpered underneath him when his words finally clicked in your head, drool leaking from your lips as he dragged you closer and closer to a climax with each slam of his hips against your ass, each brush of his fingertips over your aching bud.
"Making me fall for you when we both know you're n-not mine," he whispered, soft enough you almost couldn't make out the words, only to throw you right over the edge afterwards. Fingers hitting just the right rhythm to make you cum right as he let out the lewdest moan you think you ever heard, finishing inside you as his hips snapped one last time to fully thrust in.
His body practically collapsing on top of you, your thighs trembling as fuzzy shapes dotted your dark vision, the thin rubber band keeping your sanity in check breaking as the pleasure buried you.
Satoru was rambling pretty words, telling you how good you did, how fucking tight it felt, still bottomed out inside you as you shuddered and splintered for him.
It was somewhere in the midst of it all, with his breath on your skin and his cock in your ass, what he said finally registered.
And you had to ask yourself, whose were you?
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reblogs n comments are super appreciated <3 love hearing your thoughts as always !
you would just be another notch in Suguru Geto's bedpost - but he'd only be another one in yours
synopsis: your best friend has always been an asshole - whether it's in his band or in his bed. him ditching you? nothing new. but when one bedroom door closes, another one opens
pairings: rockstar!Suguru Geto x f!Reader x childhood fwb!Sukuna
content: MDNI, band AU, rivals, multiple endings (happy ofc!!), angst and fluff and smut, friends with benefits, jealousy, pining, oral (m! + f! receiving), fingering, piv sex, toxic relationships, falling in love, Jin + Sukuna are twins, baby Yuji lol, Sukuna is terrible at feelings, threesome, sex tapes, soft dom Geto, sukuna is YEARNING and suffering, more tags to be found in individual chaps <3
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and dilf of the year goes to...Suguru Geto!
synopsis: your best friend has always been an asshole - whether it's in his band or in his bed. him ditching you? nothing new. but when one bedroom door closes, another one opens
pairings: rockstar!Suguru Geto x f!Reader x childhood fwb!Sukuna
content: mdni, fluff, smut + angst! sleepover with Suguru, domestic dilf!Suguru, sleepy unprotected piv sex, cockwarming, quiet sex, pulling out, making out/light biting lol, multiple povs, jealousy, Sukuna crash out incoming, Choso calling him out on his stupidity lmfao
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"Is he breathing?"
You held your own breath, leaning over the pale face beneath you before poking his cheek, a little pool of drool leaking out on the pillow underneath his head. Gojo was, in fact, still alive, groaning a little before rolling over and burying his face in the couch while Suguru laughed behind you. A hand slid up your side, underneath the t-shirt he let you borrow, resting on the band of the too-big pajama pants that went with it.
Well, it seemed neither of you would be winning any babysitter of the year awards.
"Here," Suguru murmured, his other hand holding out a glass of water for you to take.
"Thanks," You laughed a little, taking a few sips and leaning against his firm chest. A short drive and a warm shower later, you were comfortable in his home, considering it still smelled like him, felt like him, the dark wood of the furniture and the cozy atmosphere. A few toys left out on the table, a toy kitchen set against the wall with fake food still scattered around it, but other than that, everything was surprisingly tidy for having twins around.
The Itadori house had been a wreck growing up - but that was mostly the fault of someone you refused to so much as think about.
"You must be pretty tired, baby," He dropped his voice lower, quieter, pressing a few small pecks into your hair, one of his hands brushing it away from your neck to leave little kisses over your throat. They were tender, made you want to melt into him, his warmth searing over you slowly until the cold you were used to clinging to had dissolved. You felt raw with him. But for the first time in forever, the vulnerability wasn't so scary.
"Yeah," You yawned, tilting your head back to crane your neck up to look at him.
He chuckled, taking the cup from your hands once it was mostly empty, setting it down on the coffee table before his big hands suddenly twisted you around and hoisted you up, your wrists wrapped around his neck and your legs around his waist. Carrying you out of the living room and into the hall, most of the doors branching off shut, one you passed by decorated with stickers and drawings, painted a pale shade a purple.
You liked his easy affection.
Liked how openly he touched you, how natural it felt for your body to be tangled with his. Something about the closeness, the proximity, the way his hands molded to your body, it was all exhilarating. It'd be simple to say it was just because it was new or different, but really, you were pretty sure it was just him that had that effect on you.
"I've got a guest room if you prefer-"
"Or?" You pouted, tucking your head in to fit in the crook his neck. His skin was smooth, only a few hints of his cologne still there, but you could still smell the product in his hair now that it was hanging loose, something clean and probably expensive.
"You could sleep in my bed," He offered, and you wondered if he could feel your lips curl up into a smile when they were pressed against his collarbone.
"I'd like that," You quietly replied, keeping your voice down to not risk waking the girls as his soft footfalls continued to the end.
You were already trying to picture his room before you stepped foot inside. If it'd be simple or cluttered - if he'd have photos or posters hanging on the wall and what color his sheets would be. Would they be silk? Cotton?
It was probably neat, like the rest of his place. But you wanted the details, to discover all the little pieces of him you hadn't yet.
He set you down carefully before the threshold of his room, his door already cracked open as he wrapped his hand around the knob and pushed it the rest of the way open.
"I would've picked up a bit more if I'd known you'd be here," He murmured, letting you step in first before he followed and shut the door behind you with a soft thud. You let out a soft giggle as you glanced around, his room far cleaner than your own. A sprawling bed was in the center pushed against the opposite wall to the door, all the furniture the same dark wood as its frame. He flicked on a lamp rather than the overhead light, bathing everything in soft white glow. On the closest wall, a door was open to an attached bathroom, and next to that, a packed closet. A laundry basket was peeking out, a black shirt hanging off the edge like he'd tossed it in without looking.
"If it makes you feel better, mine's a wreck right now," You mumbled, wishing you had more time to take it all in without coming across as weird. A few receipts were scattered over his dresser, a half-empty pack of cigarettes and a lighter next to where he left his keys and wallet along with your purse. You guessed he must've dropped them back off in here when he grabbed you fresh clothes earlier while you showered on the other side of the house.
"With the girls here, I don't usually ever invite anyone over like this," He shrugged.
This. You still weren't sure exactly what this was.
The impression you were probably the first girl he let in his room was less touching when you couldn't help but wonder how many must've gotten the hotel treatment too.
Your feet sank into a soft rug as you padded over to the other side of his room, where a tall bookshelf was anchored to the wall, thumbing over titles you were unfamiliar with, but there were a few family photos set up in frames at the end of the shelves, mostly him with the girls at parks and museums, but one was him with the rest of the band, clad in graduation caps and robes, grinning at the camera.
"You like to read?" He asked, lingering a couple steps behind you, letting you look through his selection. Nonfiction, classics, philosophy, a touch of everything, all in good condition.
"Yeah, when I have the time," You nodded, although it'd been a while since you actually read something that wasn't on your phone.
"Here, you might like this one," He casually offered, his chest slotting against your back as he pulled out a book before you caught the cover, walking back over to place it by your purse so you wouldn't forget it tomorrow.
"I'll take good care of it," You giggled, turning your head before he could catch your grin. You doubted he was the type to dog-ear his pages or scribble between the margins.
"You better," He teased as he returned, his thick fingers finding your waist and slipping underneath the band of your pajama pants, one of them twisting and toying with where your panties hooked over your hips.
Another excuse created for you to keep seeing him even after the date he was planning - a car to pick up, a book to finish. When all of it had happened and passed, would you just keep finding new ones? Or maybe, would a day come where you no longer needed a reason?
The rest of the wall was lined with records and posters, a small table set up with an expensive record player and speakers. But on floor, there was a mess of cables, two guitars in stands and the same brand of speakers next to them you knew Sukuna also used.
A notebook was left on top of one of them, pen holding the pages open, his familiar handwriting filling them in unfinished lines. You were about to step forward, try to catch a closer look, but he held you back and clicked his tongue.
You really wanted to see now.
"What's that?" You asked, trying to peek over your shoulder up at him with your best pair of puppy dog eyes, batting your lashes. You had an inkling of an idea.
Suguru huffed, his dark brows drawn together as his stare flickered from you to the notebook.
"Nothing." He shook his head.
He was lucky he was handsome even when he lied.
"Then can I have a peek?" You pouted, trying to slip away from his tight grip, but he just wrapped another arm around you before you could. "Please?"
He chuckled, soft and low, the sound of his laughter reverberating through your chest as his body pressed into yours more.
"Begging me, pretty?" He hummed, bending down to deliver a distracting kiss to your throat.
"Will you show me if I do?" Your small whine just made him smile against your skin, one corner of his mouth curving up.
"Temptress," He teased, a sharp edge of his canines scraping against your pulse as he sighed. "It's really nothing, just a song I've been working on."
"And I don't even get a peek?" You tried to make it obvious you were just playing too, despite the curiosity that ate at you when he was around. Laughing a little so he knew your complaint wasn't serious, resting your head back on him and relaxing into his body rather than straining to sneak away to steal the book.
The back-and-forth was fun. Something you didn't want to fuck up.
It wouldn't hurt or sting if he didn't show you. You never actually expected him too. But the conversation was just so comfortable, one where you didn't have to worry about where it'd lead or what you said - even if you were still self-conscious.
"Mm," He breathed the sound out, his lips pressing down on your collarbone before he started pulling you back to the bed, walking backwards until you reached the edge, sitting down first on the dark blue comforter and placing you in his lap. "How about you get the first listen when it's finished?"
"It's okay, you don't have to-" You were stammering, face flushing and flustered at how suggested something that felt so intimate. Personal.
Sukuna wrote a lot of his own music, sure, but you pretty much only heard it after it'd been through rounds of rehearsals or the first time he sang it on stage.
"You just have to tell me if it sucks," He chuckled again, one thigh bouncing you up a little bit as he moved his hands over your waist to twist you around to face him.
"It won't," You managed a small smile, trying to squash the butterflies doing somersaults in your stomach.
"You have a lot of faith in me," He murmured, dragging his thumb over your side under your shirt.
It was terrifying how true that was.
"Guess so," You sighed, brushing a loose strand of his bangs out his face, tucking it behind his ear as he smiled back at you. Dark eyes narrowed while he studied you, the dim lighting making it hard to spot the difference between where the color ended and his pupils started. You could get drunk on the way he looked at you, how he just stopped and stared, like you were his favorite painting or a piece of art.
"I'm glad," He spoke softly. Watched you intently. Acted as if every slow swipe of his thumb over your skin was deliberate instead of absentminded. Cataloguing you the same way you'd been bookmarking all the little facts you found about him.
"For what?" You heard yourself whisper, your breath catching in your throat when he leaned in so the tip of his nose was brushing against yours.
"You called me," He answered, fine lines etched in the creases by his eyes as they flickered down to your lips. There was still a dull ache where Yuji had headbutted you before, but you wouldn't mind making it worse if it meant he'd kiss you again. He paused though, his own pretty lips parted before he continued. "You're here."
You kissed him.
Each moment with him pulled you into new territory. Growing bolder, braver every time his lips brushed against his, hoping he wanted to explore you half as bad as you wanted to explore him.
A hand thrown over his shoulder, the other in his hair, leaning up to meet his mouth before the last syllable had even fully finished leaving it. You probably tasted like toothpaste, and it sorta stung, but he was kissing you back and you couldn't think about anything else.
His grip shifted so he could pull one of your thighs over his legs until you were straddling him properly. Trailing his huge hands over to your ass, squeezing through the pajamas and tracing a little circle over where he'd signed his name the last time you were in a bed together.
You almost moaned when his tongue slipped past your lips, your hips rolling forward on instinct so you could feel the growing bulge in his lap. Your chest was pressed against his, and you could feel how much he was itching for more.
Some invisible line tied from you to him, a connection that was more than just chemistry.
"This isn't fair," He murmured into the corner of your mouth, a low grunt falling out when you tried to move and he wouldn't let you, holding you down against him.
"I can't give you a good night kiss?" You pouted, pressing a few more against his cheek. You took his jaw in your hands, felt the way he clenched it as you tilted his face to the side to continue peppering them down to his throat.
"This is what you consider a good night kiss?" He chuckled, grabbing your wrist to hold it behind your back and return the favor. His soft lips ghosting over all the same spots on you, counting them out carefully.
"Mhm," Your small sigh turned into a yawn, your body starting to slump a little into his as you relaxed more and more into his touch.
His kisses eventually came to a pause, his focus shifting back to your tired eyes and sleepy smile, dark circles under his serious stare.
"You're beautiful."
And he said you weren't fair?
"You don't have to butter me up when I'm already in your bed," You hm-ed, attempting to tease him but really, you just couldn't think of the right words to get across how beautiful you thought he was. To capture how it felt like his fingers were wrapped around your heart and squeezing when he said stuff like that.
Especially when you could still feel his lips on your skin.
"So, um," You paused, finding it almost impossible not to let a little smirk slip when you ran your thumb over your lip. "We should probably go to sleep, right?"
He was chewing in the inside of his cheek before breathing out a sigh as he reluctantly nodded.
"Probably."
You climbed off of him, patting his firm thigh twice and rubbing your fingers over thin flannel of his own pajama pants. His eyes were on you while he stood - watching you pull back the covers and get under them while he shuffled over to shut the lamp off.
A fuzzy feeling was clinging to your chest, buzzing around and bumping off the walls, sleeping over with a guy you were starting to realize just how much you genuinely liked.
It was kind of uncomfortable to acknowledge. It hadn't snuck up on you - but you'd been doing your best to ignore it entirely when your instinct was to run away before you let someone else hurt you.
Considering you were currently carless, you guessed you wouldn't be able to sneak out of his bed tomorrow morning. You'd probably just end up running into his daughters or Gojo if you tried.
You wanted to convince yourself it was still casual. That this didn't have to mean something more than him being a good guy and potentially a better boyfriend than you'd ever had before - because he still wasn't yours yet.
Being normal felt next to impossible laying beside him.
Your brain scrambling to make sense of if you should curl up next to him, lay your head on his chest first or if you should just close your eyes and actually attempt to sleep instead of waiting for his next move.
In the end, you settled on something a little lame - turning to face him and throwing a leg over his while you readjusted the pillow under your head. He didn't say anything, but he rested a hand on your thigh.
Firm.
It was relaxing - it's sturdiness a sedative. How his fingers dimpled your skin and his palm pressed down like you were his to hold.
You hadn't meant to doze off so soon - hadn't realized you were falling asleep at all until you woke up confused.
Caught somewhere between dreams, blinking a few times while you struggled to process the unfamiliar shapes and shadows in the dark, the weight pressed against your back until your mouth conjured up the name for you.
"Sugu?" Your voice was still heavy with sleep, a soft rasp that was almost a whine as the muscled arm wrapped over your chest squeezed. Your fingers were holding onto him there, keeping him locked around you so you could be the little spoon while you slept on your side.
"Sorry," He muttered, his voice thick with something else. "Did I wake you?"
Your tired body was slow to register what he was talking about when so much of him seemed to envelop so much of you already. At least, until he readjusted, and you felt even more of him snugly pressing down on your spine.
A small noise slipped out, a tired mumble that was mostly incoherent.
He felt your pause, his face buried in the exposed crevice of your neck as if he belonged there.
"Can't sleep," He breathed, the muffled sleepy sound seeping through you. All the blankets had been kicked off but you were warm. It might have just been body heat - but you knew better when all your blood seemed to be pooling south, simmering under the surface and sitting heavy in your core when you felt his cock throb.
"Oh." It was a squeak.
You were absolutely awake now.
Sleepy, sure, but you didn't think you had a chance of slipping back into your dreams before he'd finished what he began here.
You shifted your hips, pressing your thighs together like it'd offer a fraction of the friction you actually wanted while his arm tensed, pulling tighter on instinct when you realized your ass was basically grinding against him.
"God, baby," He groaned in your ear, his silky hair falling down to brush along the nape of your neck. "You can't do that or-"
"Or what?" You dared.
He sucked in an uneven breath. How long had you been laying like this before you woke up? Him holding back and restraining himself while you were so snug by his side?
"You-"
"Does it hurt?" You interrupted, pitching your voice down to a soft tease. "Probably does, right?"
The mental image of it all pink and pretty and swollen because he wanted you so badly made your mouth water.
He grunted your name, a warning that was half a moan, his teeth scraping against your collarbone as he bit down like it'd help him hold himself back while you kept grinding back into him.
"You could just put it in," You suggested, bobbing your shoulders up in as close to a shrug as you could with his arm pulled around you so tight. "Wouldn't that be more comfortable?"
It happened faster than you expected, his grip suddenly disappearing as both hands practically ripped the pajama pants halfway down your thighs, tugging down his own just enough before he was readjusting your legs and spreading you open just enough he could press the first inch inside.
"Fuck," He hissed.
There was something irresistible about his impatience.
His heavy breathing as he struggled not to immediately shove himself all the way in, how soaked he managed to already get you making it easier for him to stretch you to his size. You bit back your own moan as he molded you to him, wincing when your teeth grazed back against the broken skin of your lip.
"Shhh, it's okay, I've got you," He soothed, and you wondered if he could feel the way you couldn't help but squeeze tighter around him at his low voice drawing the words out. His fingers splayed over your hip pulled you into him, forcing his cock in until his swollen tip was practically kissing your cervix while he pressed another soft kiss against your throat.
You braced yourself for him to pull out and push back in.
But then ten seconds passed.
And then a minute.
He hadn't moved. His breathing was controlled, his sharp nose occasionally nudging against your neck while his cock just fucking throbbed inside you. Or you throbbed against him.
You couldn't tell when your brain was starting to short-circuit. Your neglected clit was aching, your body needy, the feeling of being stuffed full and stuck like that only making every little twitch and movement he made more intense.
"Suguru," You whined, trying to shuffle back just for him to angle himself a little deeper, just enough you couldn't squirm away.
"Mm?" He answered like he was the one that had just been woken up, all tired as he yawned.
"Can you-" You were stumbling over the words, struggling not to moan or whine or be too loud when you could practically feel every last ridge and vein.
"Can I what?" He was taunting you, your idea backfiring in your face. But it was hard to mind when it still felt so fucking good.
"C-can you fuck me?" You heard yourself ask, an exhausted little whimper you knew he wouldn't say no to.
"Since you asked so nicely," He sighed, tracing his fingers over your stomach to just below your belly button, pressing down right as he slid out and finally thrusted back in.
It would be easy to fall in love with him when he fucked you like he already fell for you.
Holding you close and pinning you against him while he split you open again and again and again.
The pressure and the pace were mind-melting, unable to stop yourself from squirming each time he pressed so snugly against the soft little spongy spot he easily found again this time. He was whispering in your ear, but you couldn't think, couldn't piece together the syllables into something that made sense when his fingers were pushing down on your stomach like he could actually feel himself in there.
"I c-can't, fuck fuck fuck, Sugu, mm-" Your desperate whine was cut off by his hand over your mouth, the intense pressure building and mounting and building hotter and higher while you clawed at it.
"I know, baby," He murmured, and you'd never heard anyone make condescension sound so hot, his teasing and his touch making it so much fucking harder to hold back.
"Suguru, please, fuck, please," You moaned into his hand, although it was really just a whisper forced out between shaky breaths.
"C'mere and cum, baby, okay?" He teased, but you could hear the way his breath hitched in his throat, the hint that he was having just as hard of a time holding himself together as you were. "Can you let go for me?"
You bit down on his palm, not really even meaning to, whining as your canines sank down and you did cum, fast and hard, snapping into so many pieces you were pretty sure you'd fall apart if he wasn't holding you.
The pleasure was more of a wall than a wave, one it felt like you ran face first into, tears at your lashes and your body reeling as your thighs trembled, muscles tensed. Seeing stars as you cried his name, teeth retracting from his calloused palm as he had to let you go to pull out, hearing the sound of skin on skin as he roughly stroked his cock, cum dripping onto your ass and his palm too, probably.
He kissed your shoulder first.
A long press of his lips to you. Mumbling something about getting up to get a washrag to clean both of you up. He had to ask twice if you wanted another glass of water before you managed to shake your head no, your head falling back to the pillow as your body and brain attempted to sync back up.
You fell back asleep before he even finished cleaning you up.
Need was not a word in Sukuna's vocabulary.
He didn't need you, or anyone else for that matter. So why the fuck did he feel so horrible watching you drive away?
Sitting in the pit of his stomach, festering and feeding on guilt? Annoyance? He couldn't be disappointed. It was just a stupid fight. You'd be back.
You were just a constant. If he was the sappy kind of loser you seemed to like, he would probably say something about you grounding him, but he wasn't. Why waste words on something obvious?
Maybe bringing someone to make you jealous was a bad move, but at least he wasn't trying to hit on you at a fucking playground. It was bad enough watching you smile like an idiot at him, how annoying it was to notice the cute gleam in your eyes when he gave you some surely stupid gift and kissed you.
Suguru Geto didn't even know you. How could that asshole act like your boyfriend?
How'd he even fucking know you were there? The idea you just told him, or worse, you wanted to meet him, made Sukuna irrationally irritated.
And seriously - how could you say no when he offered to be your boyfriend?
Your relationship had never been conventional, but it hadn't mattered before. If he had a heart, it was already yours, and you'd always come back to him.
It was like a universal law, something you could deny but couldn't change. He didn't need to search for you in any crowd or wait around for you to show up (even if he always did that anyway) because you'd end up by his side again eventually.
So, okay, yeah you left him drenched in the pouring rain, and sure, he deserved it, but whatever, he'd let you have however much fucking space you wanted since you would eventually wind up back in his arms again.
It was easier being friends?
You were the one who practically ran away every time he tried to hang out with you, the only time he got to fucking spend with you these days was when you were underneath him.
"The fuck are you staring at?" He grunted, feeling the brown eyes studying his scowl and wet clothes before he even made it dripping across his own kitchen floor to grab another beer.
"A jackass," Choso shrugged.
The dark-haired guitarist might've been his bandmate, but Sukuna knew he considered himself your friend first.
"Whatever," Sukuna snarled back. "Not like it's any of your fucking business."
Choso was unphased, just blinking slowly. You probably complained to him, but even if you hadn't, he never liked Sukuna from the first day he moved in next door.
If he wasn't already in trouble with you, he might push his luck some more and throw a punch or two, but you might actually make the cold shoulder permanent if he did that.
"Not like it's my fault you're losing her," Choso said it casually, clearing missing the memo that he wasn't exactly in the mood to deal with any more bullshit as if the puddle by his feet and the clothes clinging to his skin wasn't already screaming it.
"You don't know shit," Sukuna muttered, all the bottles and jars clinking together in the side door of his fridge and he yanked it open to grab a beer from the bottom rack.
"I know she spent the entire night texting another guy while you tried to dry hump some girl to make her jealous," Choso shrugged again, and Sukuna may have really hit him anyway if the first half of his sentence hadn't smacked him in the face before he had the chance.
What the fuck were you doing texting that guy all night?
"I'm not her boyfriend," Sukuna said, trying not to wince when it made him recall exactly how you reminded him of that earlier.
"How long until he is?"
The disgusted noise ripped out of his throat was entirely involuntary and entirely embarrassing.
He twisted the cap off his beer, throwing it in the trash can just for it to rebound off the edge of the top and bounce out. Sukuna ignored it, bringing the bottle up to his lips to take a long sip.
But the burn going down wasn't soothing, and it only made everything taste more bitter than it already had.
The whole night had tilted and twisted, taken on some hazy filter that he hated. It wasn't supposed to be like this.
You were supposed to be stomping around and scowling at him, flicking him in the arm and telling him to stop drinking. He was supposed to be dragging you back to his room and stripping your skirt off to tell you sorry the only way he really knew how. His hands never failed him when his mouth often did.
But most of all, you were just supposed to want him.
"Hey, I was wondering where you went." A small hand was on his shoulder. A soft voice in his ear. Probably pleasant to someone else, but it was just grating when it wasn't the one who was supposed to be whispering it. Kissing her had felt slimy. Wrong. She didn't taste like you, didn't feel like you.
He brushed her hand off, peeling it off like a dirty rag before walking away. Footsteps followed, too heavy to be hers, an annoyingly familiar pace he wished would go away.
"You need to get your shit together, man."
Sukuna needed to not be receiving advice from Choso, of all fucking people.
"Like I said, it's not your fucking business," Sukuna snarled, not turning around. He hated the fact Choso was right. Hated you weren't here. And fuck, he hated that he hadn't said yes when you were.
"Go fuck yourself," Choso scoffed back. "You never deserved her anyway."
Like he didn't already know that?
"What? Think if you play white knight long enough she'll fuck you?" He sarcastically huffed, one hand hovering over the knob to his bedroom while they other gripped the glass beer bottle tighter as he paused in the hall, shirt still sticking uncomfortably to his chest.
"Think if you keep being an asshole, she'll fuck you?" Choso didn't skip a beat, leaning against the wall like he was bored.
His anger was quiet, coals that'd burn if you got close enough to touch.
Sukuna didn't answer.
Slammed the door behind him after he slipped inside, setting his drink down on a coaster and pulling off his wet clothes to discard into a pile in the corner. He had to walk back over to lock it before some drunk loser stumbled in looking for the bathroom.
He could just kick everyone out. All it'd take was for him to bark that the party was fucking over and they'd scramble. But then it'd probably spread some stupid rumor and now wasn't the time to deal with any shitty press. Really, he should've shut down the dumb argument with Choso too, should've bit his tongue and ignored it entirely.
Especially when they were supposed to spend the week in the studio working on songs.
He was a man of brute force. He didn't have a soft touch or gentle words that could fix or mend. He was jagged and rough, and everything he ever held seemed to break instead of bend. Before you.
Until now.
He flicked on the yellow light in the attached bathroom, but his reflection felt like a traitor.
Tattoos you'd went with him to get, holding his hand, not because he needed it, but because you said the needle of the tattoo gun made you feel queasy. He should've admitted he liked it instead of scoffing at you then.
Your smaller palm in his, your fingers pressed against the tendons on the back of his hand, squeezing every time you looked at where the needle met his skin and stained it.
Stupid. This was stupid, wallowing in his memories and staring at the mirror, forcing himself to turn back towards the shower to twist the handle and start the water.
It was just you.
Since when did you have so much control over him?
All because of a dumb dream?
The shower was scalding his skin, all the sculpted muscles and smooth skin starting to turn pink as he scrubbed himself with the soap bar until he risked rubbing himself raw.
Stepping back out to wrap himself in a patchy towel he'd never bothered replacing from the days where you used to live together, one of the few scraps from those days he had left. Most of it was at his apartment in the city since he usually stayed there anyway - but he kept a couple little items here, an ashtray he didn't even use anymore next to the bed, a pair of your panties in the top drawer of the dresser.
The party had died down outside his door - the music thumping lower, less annoying voices chattering. Sukuna changed into something dry, bending over to dig through the wet pile of clothes to find his phone. He wasn't sure why.
Some subconscious instinct to see if you had texted him. Or to salvage something.
There was one missed call.
He felt his stomach flip.
Sukuna's fingers worked faster than his brain. Typing in his passcode to call you back, wishing he had a cigarette for the first time in fucking years when the rings just droned on in his ear.
You didn't pick up.
Not the first time. Not the fifth.
His first text was simple. Call me back. But when ten minutes passed you still fucking hadn't, he was already fifteen messages deep, each one a little more unhinged than the last.
You turned your fucking location off too.
Was this a punishment?
He would've thought it was - but the fact that you called rattled him. You rarely did, only when you needed him.
He'd never actually missed one before.
He wasn't sure what the feeling seizing his chest was. What was making his pulse pick up, pounding in his head, refusing to let him catch his breath as he flipped the lock to his door and walked out, his attention flicking from face to face searching for the person that probably wanted to see him the least here.
At least it was easy to spot the one guy with pigtails.
"Hey," Sukuna called out, grabbing his shoulder to twist him around just for Choso to push him back off at the slightest touch.
"What do you want?" Choso grunted, grinding his back molars as he folded his arms across his chest.
"Have you heard from her?"
Choso was already rolling his eyes before he had the chance to finish.
"Look," Sukuna snarled. "She called me and won't pick up now. Her location isn't on, okay? What if-"
"You're actually worried?" Choso's face scrunched up in something caught between confusion and concern at the idea something might be wrong.
"Can you just fucking call her and see if she picks up?"
And even though it was his idea, he hadn't expected how fucking horrible it'd feel for you to not pick up. To find out you called Choso first and he'd missed it too.
Of all the outcomes for tonight, he'd never considered stuck in the passenger seat of his bandmate's shitty little car to see if you'd made it home and scanning the roadside to make sure you hadn't ended up in a ditch.
A headache was throbbing behind his eyes, not even drunk enough to use it as an excuse, tension and pressure building and bouncing around in his skull as he strained to see in the dark. The music was too loud - even if it was his own, the car practically vibrating with the bass.
You were probably fine.
He should probably stop thinking so goddamn much about his frustrating feelings for you and focus on making sure you were actually safe.
It was hard when he was just now realizing half the fucking songs he'd written were about you.
Gojo would not, in fact, be breathing, by the time you left.
Groggily following behind Suguru in the morning after waking up to the sound of the smoke alarm and giggling to discover Gojo attempting to switch it off in a frilly pink apron that matched the two toddlers sipping on juice at the kitchen table. He just grinned when he glanced at the two of you before smacking the button to shut off the noise, tilting his head to the side towards the flour-dusted stovetop.
"Want some waffles?"
He grabbed two plates already stacked with waffles, syrup dripping off them as he walked over to deliver them to the girls giggling between themselves. Clumsy hands struggling to properly hold the utensils as they stabbed at the food, both of them grinning when they glanced up to see Suguru.
"Are you trying to burn the kitchen down?" Suguru sighed while you stifled a yawn, bringing your hand up to cover your mouth while your attention from Gojo manning a waffle iron to the girls sleepily greeting their dad.
"Daddy," Nanako chirped, tufts of hair sticking up in odd places as she took a big bite of her waffle. "Uncle Toru made waffles!"
It came out closer to dah-ee and to-wu, muffled through her mouthful of food, but her sister just giggled and almost choked on her own bite.
"I see that," Suguru dryly replied, cutting Uncle Toru a look. "Let's eat with our mouths closed, okay? Chew first, talk later?"
"How many do you want, sweetheart?" Gojo was staring at you, head cocked to the side, hip against the counter while he held up an oversized beer stein he for some fucking reason chose to make the waffle mix in.
"Um, just one is fine," You yawned.
You had a feeling he was trying to get a rise out of Suguru by calling you that, and you suspected his teasing was working judging by how Suguru tensed by your side.
"Suguru?" Gojo hummed. "Two? Or three?"
"Let me cook," Suguru grumbled, rubbing the back of his eyes and stepping forward to take over before a phone started ringing.
It took your sleepy mind a few seconds to realize it was actually his. You hadn't even noticed he'd slipped it into his pocket from the dresser after you both woke up.
"It's the mechanic," Suguru sighed as he checked it. "I should answer."
You nodded, watching him walk back into the bedroom with the phone pressed to his ear.
The sizzle of waffle mix hitting the hot surface of the iron snapped your focus back to a grinning Gojo.
"You gonna just stand there or come sit down?" He goaded, setting the still half-full beer stein down on the counter by the previous ring of flour before walking over to the kitchen table and pulling out a seat across from the girls for you.
You guessed you should be grateful he was doing his best to act like a gentleman.
"Thanks," You mumbled, reluctantly walking over to sit. Both the toddlers were curiously staring at you, all big eyes and tilted heads, chewing their food with their mouths closed now.
Mimiko swallowed first.
"Who are you?" She blinked, her stuffed animal sitting in her lap now.
"I'm your dad's friend," You answered, figuring that was probably the least problematic response you could offer. She squinted her eyes, like she knew she remembered you from somewhere, but couldn't figure it out.
Maybe if Yuji was here too, she'd be able to place it, but not when you were bare-faced in her dad's pajamas.
"Girlfriend," Gojo corrected.
It was your turn to throw him an annoyed look.
"Wha's that mean?" Nanako quizzed.
"I'm his friend and I'm a girl," You corrected Gojo this time, smiling back at her syrup-stained face while she punctured her mostly-destroyed waffle with the fork again.
"And they like each other very much," Gojo cooed, pulling a golden waffle from the iron and dropping it onto a waiting plate on top of the fork and knife already there.
He was actually whistling walking over to set it in front of you, offering a huge shit-eating grin like this was all a part of some master plan of his.
"What are you doing?" You muttered when he was close enough, tugging at the hem of his shirt, careful to keep your tone controlled so the toddlers wouldn't think anything of it.
"Well, right now, I'm about to make another waffle, but then I'm going to shower and get ready so I go by this new bakery and pick up a cake, and this afternoon we're supposed to record and work on a new-"
"That's not what I meant," You interrupted.
But at the sound of approaching footsteps, you let go of his shirt, turning your attention to the actually appetizing breakfast. Butter and syrup were still out on the table, a couple bowls of fruits with spoons stuck in for you to scoop out and put on your plate if you wanted.
"You took for-ever," Nanako whined at Suguru's return.
He chuckled, walking over to ruffled her already messy hair.
"Sorry, sweetie," He apologized. His sharp attention swept back over the full scene - you at his kitchen table, the food on your fork and Gojo returning to the waffle iron before the next one could burn.
"Uncle Towu said she's your girlfwen," Mimiko tattled, forgetting what Suguru had said earlier and talking between chews. She dropped the fork to wag a short finger at you.
"Did he now?" Suguru chuckled.
"Mhm," They both nodded.
You couldn't help but note Suguru didn't correct them.
"Your car should be ready in a couple hours," Suguru informed you, combing his fingers through his bangs before glancing back down at his phone still in his hand. He was frowning while he tapped a few times.
"Oh," You nodded, a sharp stab of disappointment sinking deeper as you stared at the crease between his brows, heard the long sigh leaving his lips. "That was fast."
"I'm supposed to meet with a new babysitter for the girls before we're supposed to go to the studio, but-" He started to say, but you forced a smile.
"It's fine, you've already helped a lot. I can figure it out from here," You interrupted, glancing back towards his bedroom where the phone you'd forgotten to charge last night was. It was definitely dead now, but Suguru would surely let you borrow a charger. You could just get a ride share or call Kaori-
"Hello? I'm right here?" Gojo chimed in, pouting at being left out.
"Are you actually volunteering?" You blinked a few times, face scrunched together in a weak attempt to scrutinize how serious he was.
"Duh."
Suguru was glaring. Not that intensely, but you could see the irritation bubbling up, how obvious his disdain for the idea of Satoru driving you around was.
"I guess that works," You shrugged, trying to keep the smirk that so badly wanted to curl up on your face at bay as Suguru tried to keep his face neutral.
"Maybe I can reschedule-"
"Sugu," You laughed. "It's fine."
Gojo was his friend.
It was just what? A twenty minute drive? Thirty maybe? Yeah, he was an idiot. One who apparently loved to meddle with your love life. But it probably wouldn't be that bad.
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So please vote in the midterms, for the least evil options on the ballots, instead of telling them you just don't mind who they put in charge of whatever the hell they want.
If it didn't matter they wouldn't be working so fucking hard to stop you from voting. Anyone telling you voting doesn't matter does not have your best interests in mind.