By the time they got back to the house; the delivery team had been awaiting their arrival for several hours. Gojo would apologize, but the amount of money he threw at them to accommodate his schedule is more than sufficient for them having to wait an hour or two past the scheduled time.

"I can't believe you only got a twin," he complains, leaning against the wall, "where am I supposed to sleep tonight?" He takes off his shades and hangs them from his shirt.

"Thank you, Gojo-san—"

"Satoru."

"Gojo—"

"Satoru-kun."

"Thank you, Satoru, for today." Kagome places the McDonalds bag on the table and takes out their respective burgers and fries.

"Sounds like the start of a breakup speech." He kicks off the wall and pulls out a seat at the table. He chooses not to dwell on how pink her skin flushes, nor the way her hands every time he annoys her.

"I'm being serious." She huffs as she sits down next to him. "You could have just made me sleep on the couch or just left me out on the streets."

Clucking his tongue, Gojo changes the topic. The night is still too young to be having a heart to heart conversation. "What kind of technique did you use on that curse?" He takes a big bite of his burger, smirking at her disgusted face.

"I just purified it. Nothing fancy." She shrugs.

"It cried as it was being exorcised."

"Because it was no longer in pain."

Gojo takes another large bite, chewing with more aggression than necessary. The light fixture above them blinks in tune with the slight irritation coating his veins.

"Are you sympathizing with them?"

"Curses are born from negative emotions, right? So, I guess, a part of me feels terrible that they are in this situation because of us–well, the humans of this world."

Gojo slumps forward, his burger gets smashed between his palm and cheek. She was one of those people that believe in the greater good in everyone. He rolls his eyes. The weight of her hand gripping his free hand startles him. Leaning back, he places his nearly finished burger on the table and gives her a curious glance.

"What are you doing?" he whispers as pink radiates from her palm. "Are you going to exorcise me too?" Warmth washes over him, easing the tension in his shoulders, and causing his heart to beat faster than it should.

"I was curious if you were suffering from some ailment." Her brown eyes are so earnest and her smile is so hopeful that he can't find it in him to be offended.

"You can heal too?" He frowns when she untangles her hand from his and goes back to munching on her fries.

"Yes. Surely you have healers."

He leans forward until their arms brush against one another. "I'm glad I found you Kagome-chan." Gojo plucks the fry that hangs from her mouth and plops into his own. A part of him wonders if this feeling in his chest is the result of her powers or the woman herself. The moment gets ruined by the inessive vibration of his phone. He leans back in his chair and fishes his phone out of his pocket. Great, another text from Yaga going on about some special grade cursed object. With a sigh, he scoots back and stands.

"I'm heading out. Don't wait up for me." He winks and leaves to go change into his uniform. Wisely, he ignores the voicemail from Yaga. Probably cursing him for neglecting work today. It's not his fault, honest; how was he supposed to know that he'd find someone out of this world? Anyone would have dropped what they were doing to investigate.

Kagome leans against the front door with her arms crossed in front of her. Gojo cocks his head to the side as he approaches.

"Whatcha doin?"

"You're wearing the blindfold again," she states. He files the disappointment away for further use.

"I like to wear it for work." He slips on his shoes, keeping his gaze focused on the floor and not the length of her legs. "Make yourself at home, yeah." He stands back up and urges her out of the way.

"You don't want my help?" she questions, stepping aside to let him pass.

"I'm not ready to share you just yet." He waves as he leaves out of the house. According to Yaga's messages, they already have Megumi on the case; and the risk of anyone else getting a wisp of Kagome is too great. The higher-ups will want her dead, even though her powers don't appear to be a threat to them, and curses seem to be drawn to her even with his own cursed energy wrapping around them like a blanket.

Best to keep her tucked away, at least for now, he thinks.

By the time he makes it to school, following the influx of Megumi's cursed energy, the poor kid is all beat up; and the cursed object has been swallowed by a civilian. Man, he really isn't looking forward to writing this report.

"I don't want him to die."

Gojo lifts Yuji's limp form and throws him over his shoulder with ease. "Your personal feelings?" he questions, turning around. At Megumi's nod, Gojo smiles and gives him a thumbs up. "Leave it to me!" He drops his hand and fishes for his phone, dialing Ijichi to come and pick them up.

"You really picked up souvenirs before coming here," Megumi mumbles.

"They're not souvenirs, I didn't even get to finish my dinner." Gojo pouts. He closes his eyes behind the blindfold. The emergence of Sukuna and the arrival of Kagome can't be a coincidence. His head pounds just thinking about the amount of paperwork he's gonna have to fill out when all of this blows over.

"Weren't you supposed to be looking for the cursed object earlier today?" Megumi questions. Gojo snorts; it's so hard to take the kid seriously with dried blood on his face. Gojo pulls his phone back out and snaps several more pictures of Megumi in response.

"Come on, Ijichi is here." Ignoring Megumi's grumbles, Gojo leads them down to where Ijichi is waiting for them. The man looks so frazzled that it almost makes Gojo want to go easy on him. Almost.

By the time he gets back to school and talks the situation over with Yaga and the higher-ups, he's mentally exhausted. Even though Yuji can keep Sukuna under wraps, the higher-ups still call for his immediate execution.

What he needs is a plan to keep the same fate from befalling on Kagome, he thinks with a frown.

A/N: Thank you all again for reviewing and reading! I'm taking everything you all had to say into consideration. And, I'm sorry that this came out late! I had a 3-hour long interview yesterday *phew*