Chapter 22
The fae returned to check on them.
The ten minutes passed and he wondered in. Much to his surprise the two were not fighting the least bit, however, they peered about the room curiously. They were dressed in fresh robes and were not glaring at one another… so far so good! "Gentlemen, excellent, you listened and left the bath after ten minutes. How do you feel?"
"Good… I think… where are we?" asked Sukuna.
"Yeah, this place is great… but I have NO idea where we are… and who is he?" Gojo asked as he hooked his thumb to Sukuna.
The fae froze.
"Did you two drink the water?!" he demanded of them.
Suddenly, they were smacking their lips oddly. "Huh, I do have a weird taste in my mouth… I'm not familiar with it…" said Gojo.
"Same here, it is rather unusual…" Sukuna muttered back. "So do I know this guy or what?"
"You have to know me, and I have to know you… why else would we be bathing together? You don't do that with strangers right?" Gojo asked.
"You two are brothers in law!" the fae protested. "What were you thinking when you drank the water!"
"Brothers in law?" they asked and peered at each other. "I think that makes sense considering how tall you are and how lanky I am." Gojo said.
"That does make sense, I don't feel any sort of connection to you either way… but brothers in law…" he said and nodded his approval. "I can believe that."
The fae on the other hand appeared to be at his wits end. "So what can you two recall?" he asked of them.
"Our names and to get out of the bath after ten minutes. I know I am Satoru Gojo"
"Ryomen Sukuna, but that's it… and we're brothers in law."
The fae appeared dead inside from all of this, he took to the phone and called the manager Celine on the issue. When she heard, he heard a depressing sigh follow. "It takes at least a month for that to leave the body properly… If we let them leave tomorrow, they won't remember anything about themselves!"
"So, extend the stay?"
"Lady Tiamat informed me to do whatever is necessary. We will extend the stay until they can recall themselves."
He nodded to this and sighed as he hung up the phone. "Gentlemen, you will be remaining in the establishment for a while longer, I think you may need to have a meal by now and settle yourselves. You have lost your memories so we will help you recover them as soon as possible."
"We did?" they asked.
"Follow me to the dining hall…"
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"What…"
Yua had to tell Chusi what happened, apparently both Satoru and Ryomen have forgotten who they are. "At the moment from what I have been told, they know their names, that's it. They figured out that they are brothers in law thanks to the attendant but because of that… they are getting along for the moment."
"Yua… if they don't remember a thing… that means they don't remember us!" she protested. "What… what do we do to make them remember!?" she was worried, Yua was too. Since if Sukuna began to recall the wrong thing… it could backfire.
"We will tread carefully, but Celine suggested to me that we don't approach them, we don't bombard them with memories or anything to try and get them to remember. We take it slow."
Chusi sighed aloud and nodded to it.
They just sat down to eat when Yua saw them.
From the corner of her eye she found Satoru and Ryomen staring right at her. Gojo was playfully elbowing Sukuna and nudging his head towards them. Sukuna on the other hand was trying to convince him to back off for the time being.
Yua was a little confused as they sat farther away, but Satoru was determined to get close, and tried to shift tables ever so often. But, Sukuna pulled him back!
Chusi was getting confused by all of this too.
"What the hell are they doing?" she whispered but refused to turn around.
"I think… Satoru is trying to get closer to us… Ryomen is holding him back… trying to play it cool."
She froze to this. "What?" she whispered as her eyes beamed. "Are they… are they trying to flirt with us?"
"Satoru is, but as I said, Ryomen is playing it cool, trying to convince Satoru to hang back and wait… who knew he had dating edict!"
"Get to know him, he will surprise you."
"Excuse me, ladies?"
They peered up at Celine who sighed. "I am terribly sorry about this…"
"Hon, our husbands are suppose to be the strongest sorcerers in the world… if they did something as dumb as drinking bath water that is suppose to erase your memories that is on them, not you." Chusi decreed. "Besides, this could be fun… we get to see them work for our attention and affection"
Yua froze to this. She was right, wasn't she? After all, everyone else, unless they are staff, have their faces blurred with no distinct details to recall. Since they came in together, they see their faces just fine, clear as day…
"We have made arrangements. We are having those two sleep in the same room, we added another bed so there is no trouble. We have done the same to your chambers, Miss" Celine explained to Yua. "So you two will be sharing a room from this point on until your… husbands can remember themselves."
"It's for the best," Yua said.
Chusi was already thinking of wicked things, it's written all over her face.
They finished their dinner and were about to call it a night. Yet, as they got up to leave, Yua peered form the corner of her eye. Satoru and Sukuna were on the move, yet keeping a respectable distance.
She could only wonder what kinds of looks they had on their faces when they realized their 'room' was across from them.
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"Dude!" Gojo said with great excitement.
It was shortly after they left the bath and came to the dining hall. When they did, there were others out and about, but, sticking out among the masses were two women. "Wow…" Ryomen whispered as his eyes came upon them. "We each get one," he said in a cool tone.
"Yeah, let me go for the one on the right, she has this glow to her that is just… pulling me in right now." Gojo said as he looked to Yua.
"Good, I was aiming for the one on the left… it's not every day we get to flirt with twins right?"
"I can't remember if that's the case or not, either way. I'm going in!"
"Hold it" Ryomen was quick to pull back Satoru. "You don't just go in like that! Besides, they are eating. That would be a put off if you interrupted the meal."
"But they are so HOT right now!"
"Yeah, they will put ice on that fire of yours. Let's keep our distances, with the way they are seated, they appear to be expecting company."
Gojo didn't want to wait, after all, this place was full of other people. What if someone makes a move on them before they do? "We need to strike while the iron is hot right? He who strikes first, wins!"
"He who goes in knowing nothing, leaves with nothing" Ryomen snapped back. "Just for now, let's merely observe them and see if there is anyone else who is joining them at the table. Then, we plan our move."
Gojo sneered. "Must you plan this ever so carefully?" he demanded. "I thought you would be the kind to go in gun's blaring!"
Ryomen sighed. "Certain event permit such actions, but something is telling me this isn't one of them. Besides, you blow this for me, I am never speaking to you again."
"What?!" Gojo protested. "Come on!"
"I am DEAD serious!" Sukuna said and yet he did this just under his breath so the ladies wouldn't see him angry. "You blow this, you are dead to me."
Gojo, despite not really knowing his relationship with Ryomen was besides being a brother in law, sighed in defeat. "Fine…" he muttered.
It didn't stop Satoru from inching a little closer. Yet, when he was getting too close, Ryomen put a stop to it. "They are not fools!" he growled at Satoru once more. "Respectable distance…"
Satoru pouted, yet as he continued to peer about, his eye kept wondering back to the young woman at the table. He was almost within her eye sight, yet Ryomen made sure he didn't stare, every so often, Satoru would feel a massive hand come on his head and then force it towards his food. "You're acting like a creep!"
Satoru was about to protest but froze.
"You son of a bitch! You can see her through one eye can't you? Your eyes can look all over the place don't they!"
He was silent.
Ryomen said nothing more as he continued to have a meal, but kept his left demon eye on the ladies.
"This is boring, we need to make a move…" yet Satoru silenced himself as the two ladies stood up, it was time to sleep.
"Let's go," Ryomen whispered. "Let's see if their rooms are on the same level we are… if we are lucky, they are near by, we could arrange a 'bump in' with them…"
Satoru got the hint.
They stood up and began to walk towards the hall of rooms. Despite their memory loss, they knew which room they were in and yet, lingered back until the ladies were out of the hall.
But, much to their delight, they found that they were right across from them. Neither one said a word as they entered their room, when the door closed, they peered at each other… before going for a high five.