Noroi's POV:
In the morning, the sound of the phone ringing woke me up.
"Yeah?" I asked drowsily, picking up the phone.
"Noroi-kun, I'm going to pick you up now," I heard Shoko say on the other line.
"Huh? Normally Gojo picks me up. What happened?" I replied, confused.
"Hoooh? I see… so you prefer Gojo picking you up," Shoko said with a fake hurt voice.
"No, Shoko! I prefer you a lot more!" I replied in a rush.
She laughed slightly. "Okay, okay. Gojo and Geto are on a mission right now, and they will be there for a few days."
"Oh, okay," I replied to Shoko.
"Yaga told me you started practicing combat and that you were talented at it."
My tone brightened with excitement, shaking my drowsiness away. "Yeah, I like martial arts, and fighting is so exciting," I said with childlike excitement.
She laughed slightly. "I'm glad you like it."
"Shoko, do you wanna have breakfast at my house?" I asked, looking at the clock.
"Sure," Shoko replied. "I'm in the elevator now."
I rushed to the door to open it and found Shoko standing in front of the entrance.
"Good morning, Shoko," I said cheerfully.
"Good morning, Noroi," she said, smiling, and I signaled her to come inside.
"Come inside. What do you want to eat?" I said as we entered the living room.
"Do you have waffles?" she asked as we entered the kitchen.
"Yeah," I replied with a smile.
We started making waffles, and after eating them in the living room while watching TV we went to the kitchen to wash the plates we used.
"Let's go," Shoko said as she finished cleaning her plate.
"Yeah," I said as we began leaving the apartment.
"Gojo gave me his chauffeur's number so I can call him to pick me up when he is on missions," I said to Shoko as I called the chauffeur.
"Yeah? Noroi-sama?" he asked, answering the phone.
"Kenji-san, could you come pick me up in front of my apartment to go to Jujutsu High?" I replied.
"Of course, Noroi-sama," he said before hanging up.
We waited just five minutes before the car appeared in front of us.
"Good morning, Kenji-san," I said while looking at the old man.
"Good morning, Noroi-sama. It seems you are with Satoru-sama's classmate," he replied with a smile as he looked at us.
"Yeah, Gojo is on a mission, and Shoko came to pick me up," I said, smiling at the old man as we entered the car.
"I see," he said as he started driving. "Noroi-sama, when are you going to visit Akari-san?" Kenji asked me.
"I suppose when Gojo comes back from his mission," I said, remembering when I visited for the first time.
Flashback
I approached Akari's house while strolling through the town, with Gojo at my right. The looks the villagers gave me were still filled with fear and disgust. The people who walked past us avoided being too close to us.
'I suppose they still see me as a monster,' I thought with sadness. 'It doesn't matter. I came to visit Akari-san. She is the only one I care about in this town,' I said, assuring myself.
Gojo stayed silent all the way to Akari's house.
As we arrived at her house, I knocked on the door. In a few minutes, Akari opened it.
"Who is it?" Akari asked.
"It's me, Aka—" She interrupted me with an embrace.
"Noroi-kun!" she said happily. As she hugged me, I avoided touching her with my two abdomen arms so she wouldn't notice them.
"Are you okay? Do you have the disease that young man told me about?" she asked worriedly.
'Yaga already explained to me why non-sorcerers shouldn't know about sorcery or jujutsu society.
"Akari-san…" I muttered sadly. "I have the disease he talked about," my heart aching as I lied to her.
She gasped. "Noroi-kun…" she said, her tone full of sadness and worry.
"But its curable" I say rushedly "I only have to stay in a hospital in Tokyo"
His smile returned "Is that right?… have you come to say your goodbye's to this old woman? How kind of you Noroi-kun" She said her tone a little sad.
"Akari-san I will be able to visit you once a month" I said tears starting to form in my eyes
"But… I want to stay with Akari-san" I say starting to cry.
"Noroi-kun… don't be sad" she said while embracing me warmly, "you will see me once a month, so don't cry please" her voice calmed me slightly.
Gojo looked away while we were having this conversation.
After bawling my eyes out I stayed for two hours in Akari-san before returning to Tokyo.
End of the Flashback
The car stopped in front of jujutsu high and shoko and I exited the car "Thank you Kenji-san" I say to the old man.
"It's my pleasure Noroi-sama" he replied with a smile before leaving.
Shoko and I started going towards the training grounds where Yaga was going to train me, as we arrived I saw Yaga standing in the center of the training grounds with his arms crossed.
"Well I'll leave you here Noroi-kun" Shoko said while patting my head
"Okay" I reply with a smile while looking at her leaving.
"Noroi, are you ready?" Yaga asks me when I approach him.
"Always" I reply with a smile.
Two days later.
I am strolling through jujutsu high after Yaga told me that Gojo and Geto have returned from their mission. After walking for a while I see Gojo seated in a bench looking at nothing with a blank stare.
"Yo! Gojo how was the mission?" I ask while approaching him.
His gaze focuses on me his usual cocky smile gone and replaced by a sad smile.
"Hard" he says while looking at me.
I notice something's wrong with him "Gojo… Are you okay?" I ask him with confusion.
"Yeah, I'm good" he said before looking at nothing again.
I notice he is upset by something "Gojo wanna go grab something from the vending machine?" I ask him trying to cheer him up.
"Okay" he said blankly before standing up and start following me.
"Did something happen in the mission?" I ask him with worry.
"I don't want to talk about that right now Noroi" he said his smile dissapearing.
"Okay" I say as we arrive at the vending machine. "You know? One time I was upset because the students of jujutsu high feared me so in one of the times I visited Akari-san I told her my problems without mentioning my appearance and she told me I had to talk to them so they would stop fearing me" I said to Gojo while ordering a cola in the vending machine.
"I see… but I really don't want to talk about it" he said his tone softening and a small smile posing in his lips.
"Okay" I say with worry.
As Gojo started pushing buttons I saw Geto coming towards us, his appearance was disheveled, bags under his eyes like he didn't sleep the last night his uniform was messy and his hair that was normally perfectly tied in a bun now was a complete mess.
"Geto?" I say as he stops in front of us.
"Hello, Noroi." he said without emotion then shared stares with Gojo and without saying anything he ordered a cola and then left.
"Did something happen to Geto?" I ask Gojo.
"He is affected by something don't worry" Gojo said ruffling my hair.
"Since when are you so amiable" I ask confused by him ruffling my hair.
"What do you mean? I've always been like this" he said with fake confusion while sipping his cola.
I look at him suspiciously before turning away and taking a sip of my cola.
"let's go see Shoko, I will call Geto in the way" Gojo said with a smile.
"Gojo today I want to eat barbecue" I say we begin to search Shoko
"Okay, okay" he said with a little laugh.
As we find Shoko we find her with Utahime, Nanami and Haibara.
"Shokoo, Utahime-saaan, Nanamiii, Haibaraaaa." Gojo and I say in a sing-song voice.
"Noroi-kun" Utahime says as he rushes towards me
"Haaah?! Utahime why do you only say hello to Noroi?" Gojo asks with a fake hurt voice.
"Shut up!" Utahime yells at Gojo as she hugs me
"My ears" I mutter with pain.
"So yo returned from you mission Gojo" Shoko says while approaching me to pat my head.
"Gojo how did you do" Haibara asked with a cheerful tone.
"It was successful" Gojo said with a bit of sadness in his tone.
All the people in the room noticed this and the room fell silent.
"You want to grab a bite Gojo" Nanami the person I expected the least to try to cheer Gojo up asked.
"Yeah!" I said with excitement.
"what do you want to eat Noroi-kun" Utahime asks me.
"Barbecue" I say cheerfully.
"Sounds good!" Haibara replied with his usual cheerful voice.
"I like the idea" Shoko said while smiling.
Nanami nodded with a smile in his face "let me call Geto" he said while picking his phone to call Geto.
Gojo looked at all his friends and smiled, the sun brightening the room
"Thank you all"
Jujutsu High
Narrator pov
In an empty classroom Geto layed down in the floor with all the blinds of the windows down, darkness covered the room
then a ringtone disturbed the silence, Geto still laying in the floor didn't move and let the phone ring
'Amanai I'm sorry' he thought with tears forming in his eyes the darkness in the room seemed to be even darker as Geto thought that
'I'm really sorry'