JUST SATORU ! || Satoru Gojo x Reader
━ ACT 1, SECOND DAY: LET'S SHARE OUR POEMS!
"Hi [name]! I'm happy to see you didn't run out on me or anything!"
You slowly open your eyes, staring ahead at the white-haired boy with the blue bug-eyes in front of you. You stay quiet for a few moments, clutching the hem of your shirt. After that cute little mini-game styled segment, you thought the dream would've ended.
"Uh..yeah. Don't worry, wouldn't do something like that..."
Your back in the classroom. All the others are at the big, conjoined table.
"[name]." You turn your head to Suguru, seeing him look at you with a sincere smile. "Thanks a lot for keeping your promise."
Now it was Sukuna's turn to talk. "Like they deserve any sort of slack just for showing up..make sure you take us seriously, okay? This isn't some hangout spot."
"Sukuna, you talk so boldly for someone who eats all the whole time your here." Satoru chuckled.
"Sss─" The boy began to stumble over his words, an embarrassed expression etching itself into his face.
"SAVORING FOOD IS THE POINT OF THIS CLUB!!!"
Choso lets out a soft chuckle at his clubmate's outburst.
"Don't worry, everyone. [name] doesn't lazy around, they help me with stuff without asking. Like cleaning my room..."
"You and [name] are good friends, huh? I might be a little jealous..." Suguru plays with his bangs.
"I'm sure you can become good friends with them too."
The long-haired boy goes silent. Choso stares at him with a confused expression, clearly oblivious to the situation that he put Suguru and you into. He then turns to look at you.
"Suguru even brought something with you today."
"Choso..." he furrows his eyebrows, looking down at his lap for a few seconds before looking back to you.
"It's...nothing really. I don't want you to feel left out, so I picked out something that I believed you'd like."
He reaches into his school bag and pulls out an adorable notebook, which just so happens to be your favorite color!!!
"Obviously, you can use it to do the club activities...and I could also..." He looks away. "...help you write stuff."
How is this guy being the sexiest guy in the world just by caring about you enough to get you a notebook!?!?!?
"Suguru, thank you. I'll definitely use it!" you thank him, enthusiastically taking it from his extended hands.
You sit down in your seat. While you examine at the pretty present you've been gifted, you begin to listen in on Satoru's conversation with Choso.
"Don't you think our club will seem really...uninteresting compared to the others?" Choso tilts his head, looking up at the other boy.
"Hmmm.." Satoru hums for a moment, tapping his foot.
"Well, I don't think that's true, y'know? This festival is our chance to show everyone what desserts and writing is really about! The only problem is that the name of our club gives off the impression that we're serious. We gotta do something that proves that mindset wrong."
"That still doesn't solve our problem, Satoru."
"Even if we come up with the most exciting, engaging event ever, nobody'll come in the first place 'cause of the 'Writing' part in 'Sweets & Creative Writing Club.' It's more important to figure out how to get students to show up in the first place. Then after we can prove their mindset wrong."
"That's a good point." The President huffed, slumping into his chair. "Then...do ya think food will do the trick?"
"Pudding, with a cherry on top."
"Good thinking, Choso!" Satoru clapped his hands together. "Let's work out the details of the event itself."
Choso seems to be really dedicated to this festival. It's admirable, really. He put his mind to this thing, and he's going to make it come to life. That's the type of boy that you'd fall in love with if this was real.
You open your eyes slightly just to see the same boy you were thinking about staring at you. You nearly fall out of your seat His face is blank and devoid of emotion, the type of blank that sends a shiver down your spine.
"Oh, sorry." He gains some type of emotion once again, a soft apologetic smile appearing. "But you shouldn't be sleeping like that. This isn't the sleeping club."
That actually sounds pretty neat.
"Have you been going to sleep late again? I told you to stop that..." His face fell a little. He was clearly worrying about you.
"I...guess I have?" Uh..don't worry about that. But, how 'bout you? You look like you were in a rush this morning." You say, seeing his slightly messy appearance.
"Your hair is sticking out here." You stand up, leaning over the desk to straighten a stray hair down. "And your bow, it's not right either. And your blazer isn't buttoned up either..."
You run your hands over his body, trying to fix him up. You're oblivious to the way he jolts whenever your fingers brush a sensitive part of him. You begin to button his blazer.
Choso's cheeks flush a little. "This is...kind of funny."
"It makes me feel a little strange, doing things that usually couples do."
"Huhh!? D-don't say that, that'll make me feel weird too."
"It's okay though." He mumbles, putting a hand on your cheek. There's a glint of gratefulness and something else that you can't quite decipher in his eyes. "I'm happy that we're close like this. Thanks, [name]."
A tingly, fuzzy feeling begins to envelop your chest. "Uhh...no problem."
You finish buttoning up his blazer, taking a step back to admire how you've cleaned him up.
"Oooookay everyone!!" Satoru suddenly exclaims. "Why don't we all share the things we wrote now?" His eyes dart to you.
As everyone begins to dig into their bag to take out the assignment, Satoru leans over your shoulder. "You remembered to write something, right?"
"Um..yeah. I did.." you respond.
"Well now that everyone's ready, how about you find someone to share your thing with?"
Four floating boxes suddenly show up in front of you, each one having a boy's name on it. It seems no one else can see it besides you.
After some moments of pondering, you begin with Satoru. He said he was looking forward to seeing your work, and you don't want to disappoint him!
"Hi [name]! Ready to share?" He smiled.
"I guess, sure...it's kind of embarrassing though." You hand him the loose leaf you wrote on.
He takes it with two hands, eyes roaming over each line you wrote carefully. After about a minute or so, he looks up at you.
"I like this one! You have a creative spark, it's obvious through this poem. Writing about something as simple as a dessert and being able to transform it into something heartfelt, that's exactly what I was going for with this assignment. You did it wonderfully, [name]."
"No problem! Want to read mine now?"
He hands you a piece of paper with neat handwriting.
My favorite thing, delicious and sweet.
My code stuck in a state of wanting to be.
You are the best thing in this world, good enough to eat.
Why can everyone else have you, except for me?
Out of everyone in this club, you wouldn't have expected Satoru to be so...well, this. He seems so carefree and positive, but in his writing it's a completely different story.
"...it's good. I just...wasn't expecting something like this. It seems...ah...never mind. I like it. You never wrote specifically what was your favorite dessert though, why is that?"
"I wanted it to seem like I was writing to my favorite instead of about it. And besides, I'm not programmed to one specific dessert, so I just ended up being mysterious about it.
"Nothing. Anyways, thanks for listening!"
Now, only 3 boxes appear.
You think once again, eventually coming to the decision of Sukuna.
Sukuna narrows his eyes at the paper, then at you.
"...well, it's what I expected from someone like you."
What's that supposed to mean?
"It's not bad, just not my style."
"Since you like haikus, right? I could tell by your reaction the other day─"
"You wanna get punched, brat?"
He let out a sigh, looking over to the side.
"That's what I thought. Anyways, here's mine. Not that something like mine would match your writing anyways."
Flesh fills my tongue and guts
"So...is your favorite dessert...meat?"
"Yeah. By the look on your face, I can tell you don't like it." He said.
"I do. It's just...so...it seems a little violent outside of context."
"That was kinda the point. Everyone always writes calmly and fancy about things, so people don't take things like mine seriously. They think I'm constantly this monster hungry for fights 'n stuff whenever I write like this."
"Isn't the point of writing expressing yourself?"
"Exactly! If I wanna write about eating until I'm full, then I'll do that. I don't wanna be judged for that. Craving something and finally getting it and taking it in more and more until your full, that's what this whole thing is about. It's not about aggressiveness and being violent, it's just about eating."
"I guess more went into it than I realized."
"That's what it means to be an expert, I'm glad you're learning!" Sukuna smiles proudly.
Well, saving Suguru for last wouldn't be too much of an issue, right?
is is super good, [name]. I had no idea how good of a writer you were." Choso says, continuing to read your poem.
"That's...not true. Your being too kind."
"I'm not! I just really like it. It's like I can feel the feelings and hard work you put into it."
He hugs the paper close to his chest.
"This paper reminds me that you're really a part of this club now. Trying out something new, it makes me happy, you know."
"Uh...thanks." You blush. "Can I see your thing now?"
"Sure, but I can't promise I'm any good at it though."
My brother and I sit around a table
His head is hung low, tears clinging to his eyelashes
The feeling of sorrow wafts around the house
We are left alone once again.
I want to make him feel better.
I get a plate of pudding and two spoons
He looks up at me, and I wipe away his tears.
Without a word, we begin to eat.
We joke and laugh, and he hugs me tightly
"Thank you, big brother."
Now when I eat the dessert
I think of my little brother and I together at that table.
"This is really nice, Choso. It's good, and it sounds just like you. Is pudding your favorite dessert, because of your little brother?"
"Yes, a warm feeling grows inside my chest every time I eat pudding. It's like the taste replays that good memory."
"That's really nice to hear. Thank you for sharing this with me." You smile. Choso cares a lot about his brother, huh?
"Mm...mmm..." Suguru hums. A few minutes pass, more than enough time for him to finish reading.
"Oh! Sorry, I was just...reading it thoroughly. It's good. It's just right, not too deep and not too simple. Also, having that as your favorite dessert is pretty cute."
A nervous smile creeps onto your lips. "Hah..thanks. Um, may I see yours now?"
"Please do! If you'd like, I can explain my thought process behind it."
Drench the sickening food with syrup and sugar,
Swallow it whole and in one gulp, eat it as quickly as possibly
Yet the taste will never truly go away
And it will slowly start to eat at you too
"...I like this one, Suguru. Even though it's short, it's descriptive. Like Satoru, you didn't exactly say your favorite dessert.
"Well, I wanted it to seem symbolical, I guess. You know how you have a favorite meal, but then you eat it so often that it begins to taste gross? That's what I kind of wanted to do with the idea of writing about a favorite dessert."
"That...is a sort of melancholy twist to something so good. Your writing is impressive, Suguru."
Suguru smiles, a soft pink dusting his face. "Thank you, I'm glad to hear how appreciative you are of this."
You sit down in a seat with a sigh. Satoru and Choso are chatting away, while Sukuna and Suguru look at each other's papers with conflicted faces.
"I guess you could say...yours is...interesting." Sukuna says, handing Suguru's paper back to him.
"Thanks? Yours is...intimating."
"Intimating? Did you completely miss the point or something??? It's clearly about eating until you're full, how can that be intimating?"
"Well, I know that. I just meant it's really simple."
"It's a haiku, that's the point."
"I was just trying to say something nice."
"You have to try that hard to come up with somethin' nice to say? Thanks but it didn't come out nice at all."
"Uh...I do have a couple of suggestions."
"If I was looking for suggestions, I'd ask someone who actually likes it! Which people did, Suguru. Choso liked it and [name] did too. So based on what your saying, I'll gladly give you some suggestions of my own."
"Excuse me. I've spent a while figuring out my own writing style, and I don't plan to change it unless something inspires me significantly. Which I haven't."
"And [name] like my poem too, they said it was impressive."
Sukuna stands up. "Oh? I didn't realize that was so invested in trying to impress our new member."
"Huh!? That's not what...I...you're just..."
Suguru stands up as well, pointing a finger to Sukuna's chest. "I think you're just jealous that [name] appreciates my advice more than they appreciate yours!!!"
"Oh!? And how do you know that?? I didn't know our Vice President was so full of himself."
"If I was so full of himself, I would go out of my way to make everything I do overly aggressive!"
"AGGRESSIVE!?" The pink-haired boy barks.
"Uh.." Choso tries to interject. "Is...everything alright?"
"Well ya know what? I wasn't the one who grows a hard-on the moment [name] shows up!!"
Satoru laughs nervously. "Sukuna, that's kind of─"
"This doesn't have anything to do with you!!!" Both of the arguing boys say.
Suddenly, they both turn towards you.
"[name]! He's just trying to make me look horrible!" Suguru clutches his hand to his chest.
Sukuna glares. "That's not true, he started it! If Suguru could just get over himself and learn to appreciate simple writing, then all this wouldn't have happened! There's no point in forcibly making the reader find out the meaning, it should stick out to them."
"There's a reason we have such deep words; it's the only way to convey complex meaning effectively! Not using expressive language like that is a waste. You understand, right [name]?"
How did you even get dragged into this!?!?! After looking at both the boys, you finally make a decision.
Said boy perks up. You don't want to pick sides, so you decide to get someone else to de-escalate the situation.
"Y-yeah! Your guys' fighting...it's making Satoru super uncomfortably!! How can you two fight like this when you know how it makes our President feel!?"
"Well...that's his problem, this isn't about him! Unless Satoru wants to tell Suguru what a huge idiot he's being!"
"He would never! It's you that has made him upset in the first place!" Suguru says in rebuttal.
"Excuse me? Do you even hear the words comin' out of you? Y'know, this is exactly why you─"
Sukuna and Suguru both go quiet.
"You two are my friends! Everyone needs to get along and be happy; my friends are wonderful people and I love your differences! Everyone is so talented and creative, so why do we fight?"
"Also! Sukuna is a little aggressive, yeah, but there's nothing wrong with that! And Suguru's thing is the same as always, big and beautiful!!"
Satoru stands up, Choso having a surprised expression behind him.
"I...I will go make some tea!!" Suguru bolts out of the room. Sukuna sits down with a huff, staring at nothing.
You look over to Satoru, only to see him already staring at you.
"..thanks a lot...for that."
"Ah─! No problem. I was just...surprised that you said my name. Sometimes I forget you don't follow a script." He whispered that last part.
"I just said I'm glad you relied on me to help the whole deal, that's all. Thanks for counting on me, [name]." He smiled sweetly at you, causing your stomach to knot.
You avert your gaze to the floor. It was really nice reading everyone's things; all four of these boys are so good at expressing themselves through words. It also has been a lot of fun being friends with all of them, but a little part of your mind wonders just a little...
Does it have to stop at just that?
Well, whatever else ends up happening inside the future of this dream, you hope that you'll be able to grow closer with these boys.
But until then, you'll just have to wait and see.
a/n: hiii everyone!!!! im so so so sorry for the delay of this chapter!! ive been busy with schoolwork and other stuff!! i hope everyone likes the poems ive wrote for each member, I tried to make them reference something thats canon to them in the actual jjk series (except for satoru) i also changed up the "help me, sayori!" scene a little i hope thats okay! i would've added it to be choso but honestly i just dont think he'd care enough to de-escalate a fight unless it was involving you or yuji or it got out of hand.. im also super excited for the specialized hangouts! who knows maybe you'll get some affection from them ooohhh 👀👀👀👀