Early Encounter

"C'mon now Megumi, you can try a lot harder!" laughed Satoru as he held the bag of treats from the 7 year old. He was mid laugh when all of a sudden he made a move to duck from a clumsy flying kick heading his way. His hand instantly went to grab the leg mid air and he was about to throw the assailant when he paused abruptly to stare at the captive.

"H-hey let go!" the attacker— no, kid, dangling from his hold said. Satoru blinked behind his shades while Megumi stared bewildered from the sidelines, mouth slightly agape at the sudden happenings.

"Ara~ and why should I? You were the one attacking strangers for no reason." the older man said raising his arm and bending himself to be eye level with the kid.

"I do have a reason!"

"Oh and what might that be?" he chuckled.

"You were bullying him!" he shouted as he pointed at the black haired kid.

"Bullying?" both Satoru and Megumi said while the kid in Gojos grasped nodded fiercely.

"Me? Bullying? I would never." Satoru said dramatically while Megumi made a face, whispering under his breath that he definitely was.

"You were! You were! Now let me go!" the kid started struggling and as much as it was amusing to watch they were already garnering weird looks from a few passer-byes, it would be troublesome if someone called the police on them. Yaga would definitely try to kill him if he finds out he was picking on a kid.

"Down you go."

"Thanks old man! Now stop being a bully!" the kid huffed.

"But I wasn't, I was only teasing little Megumi here." he started patting Megumi's unruly spiky locks, pulling his hand away immediately before the raven head could manage to swat it away. He stuck his tongue out to his charge and moved away to avoid the child's kick much to the younger ones irritation.

"See!! You're doing it!" exclaimed the other boy gesturing his hands wildly towards the pair.

"Teasing is bullying! Grandpa said so! Wait wait you were holding some candies a while ago too," Gojo hummed and the boy let out a gasped, tears gathering around his big tawny eyes which caught the older man and Megumi by surprise.

"Don't tell me you were trying to kidnap him!" he shouted, "that's why you had does candies!"

"Ahahaha— wait what?"

"Don't come any closer," the pink haired kid warned, herding Fushiguro behind him as he readied himself in to a shaky fighting stance. "My old man's been teaching me karate so don't try anything."

"Brat, I think you—"

"Stranger Danger! Help there's a weird man trying to kidn—"

"Okay okay, this is getting out of hand now." Gojo said as he swiftly dove and lifted the child to his arms and covered the kids mouth which served to cause the kid to panic even more.

"Hlmmmph" Megumi sent un unimpressed look at his guardian.

"Only you would be accused of being a child kidnapper and then proceed to act like one." he said in a deadpan voice. Good thing there weren't anyone around the park they were in, people having cleared up a while ago as it was getting late.

"Hey now, calm down brat, Megumi here is my charge. I'm not trying to kidnap him."

After a while of both Satoru and Megumi trying to explain and coax the other kid to calm down, Satoru finally lets go of him. The boy let out a few sniffles, wiping away some stray tears that made its way down hi cheeks abd blowing his nose in a handkerchief Satoru reluctantly gave him before he looked back again at the older man.

"Okay Mr. Not-a-kidnapper, I guess I believe you but your still a bully."

"Uh-huh but still kicking someone is also bad you know and calling someone names. Being called an old man and accused as a kidnapper was hurtful, especially when I'm still in my early 20s." Gojo pouted.

"It is? But my Old man has white hair and you do too so that makes you an old man! and- and you look soups pea shoes—"

"Suspicious." Megumi corrected.

"Yeah that!"

"His hair is naturally white and he always has looked like that."

"I can hear you Megumi." Gojo gestured clutching his chest in mock pain.

"Good."

"Woah~" the boy said looking at awe at the older man's head.

"Don't act so surprised, you have pink hair. Who let's their kid dye their hair at a young age anyway."

"Oh, I don't know what dye is but my hair has always been like this!" exclaimed the child before turning to the older man and giving a deep bow, "Well I'm sorry then for calling you an old man and trying to kick you and calling you a kidnapper. But it's still not ok to tease people."

"You don't have to apologize for anything, you didn't do wrong. Plus he's always like that. I'm not bothered by it."

"But—"

"Seriously its okay, plus thanks to you I managed to snatch it from him, see." said Megumi, shaking the bag to emphasize his point.

"Well if you say it's okay, then apology accepted." the pink haired kid gave him a huge smile, warm brown eyes sparkling which made Megumi blush and Satoru chuckle in amusement, thinking he hadn't even apologized for anything yet here was a seven year old accepting something that hasn't been given which was all to adorable but then suddenly someone made their way to them causing the trio to pause.

"Oii Yuuji where have you wondered off to now, are you bothering this people?" an old man called out as he approached the them placing his hand on Yuuji's shoulder as he eyed the white haired man with suspicion.

"Ohh Gramps!"

"Oh no he wasn't a bother!"

"He was bullying the other kid."

Both Satoru and Yuuji said at the same time, Megumi scrunched up his face in annoyance before nudging Yuuji.

"Oh uh but it was only a bit of teasing. We're all good now. I think, right?" said Yuuji as he nodded.

"Everything's fine, Yuuji was it? He was only trying to help since he thought onii-san was bullying me but my older brother just likes to joke around that could leave others the wrong impression. Sometimes he acts more like a child than an adult." lied Megumi.

"Well I was just worried over my grandson over here," Wasuke said as he patted Yuuji's hair "he sometimes can be too energetic and jump head first into anything without thinking it through yet. That's why I've been trying to teach him some karate to help him focus but that hasn't been working out well."

"Oho~ so that's why he tried to kick me earlier." Gojo remarked.

"Yuuji!"

"Eeep! I already said I'm sorry."

"Mah~ no harm done actually I was quite impressed by his move, I've been considering having my baby brother learning some too." Satoru said as he swung his arm over Megumi's shoulder and squishing him to his sides which Megumi then tried to push the older man away with a muffled protest.

"Well then, me and my grandson better be going now, We're just visiting Tokyo for a bit since it's his birthday but we better head off now to catch our train. It was nice meeting with you." Yuuji's Grandfather said before briefly bowing and taking his leave.

"C'mon now Yuuji."

"Kay. Bye stranger-sans, and oh don't try bullying uhhh" he trailed of looking at Megumi with expectation.

"Fushiguro, Fushiguro Megumi." The raven haired offered after finally getting free from the older mans hold.

"Don't try bullying Fushi-chan again! Bye!" Yuuji waved goodbye but before he could go any further Fushiguro called out to him.

"Wait!"

"Huh?"

"Here, have this."

"But it's yours."

"Nah, it's Go— I mean onii-sans, I don't like sweets that much. I just wanted to rid of his stash."

"Well, if you say so then I'll accept this then." Yuuji cradled the bag of sweets close to his chest. "Thank you!" both ignored the older man's protest.

"No problem, bye then."

"Bye-bye!" Yuuji replied running backwards and almost tripping before righting himself and facing the direction he was supposed to in order to catch up with his Grandpa.

At the side of the road, the two watched as the Grandfather and Grandson duo disappeared from their sight.

"Well that kid was interesting." Satoru remarked and Megumi hummed in agreement.

"Also, older brother? I didn't thought you saw me that way Megumi-chan. Should I start calling you my little brother? I can, can't I? You gave him my candies so you better start calling me Satoru-nii as compensation, c'mon now Megs, say it."

"Please don't. It was only a cover. Try it and I'll tell Yaga-san what you did with one of his cursed doll yesterday." Megumi deadpanned to which Satoru pouted.

"You're no fun, Y'know." Megumi didn't answer instead just went on ahead to the direction of his home.

Originally posted on ao3 under my username Vividly_Violet.

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