[ they're always going to be each other's effective weakness, that one spot that they can never truly eradicate, the singular bond that they can never erase. it is satoru's love that kept suguru alive until that fateful day, a curse that only satoru gojo can carry -- and it is love that has suguru worrying about him now, of all things, because some things don't change.
some things will never change, even if suguru was the one that walked away.
he sees right through him and his flippant response, right to his kindness and his understanding and yet -- don't say it like that, a gentle correction that suguru takes without a word because it's satoru, because underneath all of this he must be struggling, too. ]
You might've gotten rusty.
[ suguru muses, clearly teasing him. it's an alien feeling, this odd sense of lightness, this desire to be close, and he squeezes his hand again. how strange, that it feels like they're closer than ever, that they could be connecting once again, without powers getting in the way. just like this, satoru doesn't have to be separated from him, going on more and more missions, becoming even stronger while suguru fell farther and farther away --
-- he takes a breath. ]
I'm more concerned that you'll say something that people will want to punch you for.
[ because he does that. they do that. they're both insufferable motherfuckers with terrible personalities who are, at their core, kind. ]
look at this THIS IS MORE PAIN
some things will never change, even if suguru was the one that walked away.
he sees right through him and his flippant response, right to his kindness and his understanding and yet -- don't say it like that, a gentle correction that suguru takes without a word because it's satoru, because underneath all of this he must be struggling, too. ]
You might've gotten rusty.
[ suguru muses, clearly teasing him. it's an alien feeling, this odd sense of lightness, this desire to be close, and he squeezes his hand again. how strange, that it feels like they're closer than ever, that they could be connecting once again, without powers getting in the way. just like this, satoru doesn't have to be separated from him, going on more and more missions, becoming even stronger while suguru fell farther and farther away --
-- he takes a breath. ]
I'm more concerned that you'll say something that people will want to punch you for.
[ because he does that. they do that. they're both insufferable motherfuckers with terrible personalities who are, at their core, kind. ]