Chapter 20

Things returned to normal in a sense. Well, as normal as they get around here. Nobara and Fushiguro were waiting for class to start; Fushiguro kept looking to Gojo sensei who was merely watching the floor. Every so often, the chair next to Megumi would move ever so slightly.

"UMPH!"

"Itadori, I'll help you up" he said in an exhausted sigh.

"Don't you dare, this is adorable right now… like a puppy trying to fit into a boot…" Gojo snapped back.

It's been going on for the past twenty minutes. Itadori came to class early to get into his seat, it appears he wants to try and get things back to normal, but at the same time, he's not going to be able to do much, let alone take notes on the day's lesson. It's bad enough he can't even get up the chair!

He was determined though to do it on his own, he as tried to fly his way up to the desk, yet he's oddly tubby this morning, flight was no longer an option.

It went on for another ten minutes until Junpei arrived, he didn't say a word as he walked in, grabbed Itadori and put him on the desk. Yuuji appeared to be out of breath but nodded to Junpei for the help.

"He has to learn sometime that he needs to help himself!" Gojo sensei said in a lecturing tone.

"He couldn't get to his seat!" Junpei protested. "In the family, he can try until he asks for help, and he was at some point, right?"

Yuuji sat there with his arms crossed, frustrated to say the least. But the lesson went on.

"He's just too damn cute right now! Even his little chubs are endearing!"

Yuuji's wings went up over his head, hiding his face.

"That… is… ADORABLE!" Nobara shouted. "Oh Itadori, that's so cute!"

"Please, if Suiryu found a way to do that, you wouldn't be gushing over him," muttered Fushiguro.

"Are we going to even have class today?" Junpei asked innocently enough.

"Umph" came out of Itadori.

"I'm waiting to see if he is going to break into a song," Gojo sensei said with great excitement. "I am determined to make it my ring tone!"

Yuuji's wings became a little tighter around himself. Junpei rolled his eyes to it all. "Sensei, with all due respect, he is going through enough as it is, isn't he?"

A defeated sigh came from Gojo sensei as he put his phone away. "Fine then, Itadori the phone is away. I am no longer recording" he called.

Slowly, Yuuji's wings came down. He looked about to make certain there was indeed no cellphone. Fushiguro shook his head to it all. Junpei is right, he's going though enough as it is, why hold it over his head later like this?

Class was… interesting.

Yuuji tried to take notes as best he could, Nobara thought it was endearing of him trying to write with two hands on a single pencil. He needed two just to steady himself to make words! The words that he was able to get down were nothing but chicken scratch to them. But he was indeed trying his best. All in all he appeared more frustrated than anything.

"Yuuji, why are you in class anyways? I'll write you notes if you want. You know Choso will look after you as everyone else is in school"

There came an odd sideway glare from Yuuji. "Wait, you don't want to be with Choso?" Megumi asked.

"Umph…" Yuuji said and it sounded slightly disgruntled.

"Oh… right…" Junpei muttered.

"What?" the room demanded of him.

Junpei forced a small smile and explained. "Choso enjoys cuddling Yuuji, more so than usual. Whenever he comes to visit now, Choso insists on carrying him everywhere. He's a little… overbearing right now."

UMPH!

Yuuji shouted that and crossed his arms, then, he suddenly went into a whole speel of odd sounds and noises, but he started crawl pacing his desk and yet at the same time was very expressive with his clicks and arms as he did.

No one understood any of it!

When he finished, he fell back on his desk, arms crossed as he pouted to the world.

"That's still freaking cute," Nobara said.

"I know, he's adorable even when he is upset." Snickered Gojo sensei. "I recorded the WHOLE rant!" he said proudly.

Suddenly the room burst out laughing, even Junpei couldn't hold back as four small arms raised in the air… with the middle finger sticking up from them!

#

Suiryu was with the second year students. He was sparring with Mika and found that she has grown stronger since their last session. She was keeping pace with him, her strikes were getting more precise, had he let her, she would have taken his head nearly three times! Her proficiency with the weapon was also very fluid and natural. When finished, she was panting, but wasn't out of energy. "Impressive," he said and nodded his approval. "You have greatly improved since our last work out here. Your footwork is remarkable."

"You wouldn't expect anything less from me," she said with a proud smirk. Yet a moment of pause came over her. "Have you spoken to Nobara?" she asked offhandedly.

He shook his head. "I respect your relationship with her at the moment, I promise you that didn't I?"

She nodded but then, she too appeared conflicted. "Honestly, I don't know if I, myself want this kind of relationship." She confessed.

It caught him off guard!

"Wait, what?"

She smirked a little. "I'm experimenting myself, at the same time, so is Nobara. I like her, I really do. At the same time… I do like someone else too. I haven't seen this other person for a while…"

"Okkotsu," he said instantly.

She froze and blushed to the name. Suiryu smirked to her as she demanded. "How did you know?!"

He chuckled a little. "Before he took care of Yuuji for a short while, he wanted to get to know me. To make sure I wasn't trying to fool or trick anyone. We got to talking." He said but then paused. "But that is all I am going to say about it, after all, if you have something to tell him. You should be the one to do it. I told him the same thing."

She was turning red now. "But… Nobara…"

"Yeah, I know, if anything see this relationship through between the two of you, make sure you know what you want. Me, I know what I want. But I am not going to force myself on her either. I may not have complete understanding of human emotions just yet… But I have a better notion as to how they work, why and how they are suppose to feel."

She was silent on the matter.

"Well, we're done here. I better go work with Inumaki next, I found he has been lacking in using his telepathic voice as of late… that or has someone…"

Once more she was silent on the matter, they knows the elders watch them like a hawk now after the incident in hiding Yuuji, but, what consequence would there be if they learned about his ability to speak?