gojo-sensei can be really intense when he's interested in people. and because we're friends, he's definitely going to want to know more about you.
[ it's heartwarming and also more than a little scary. thrilling, if he's honest, because gojo's approval matters so much to megumi even if he play-acts at indifference or nonchalance. gojo's family. gojo's the closest to a father that megumi has, even beyond his own biological father.
so he wants this dinner to go well. that's not too much to want, right? to meet a friend and have a nice dinner with him and hang out like normal teens. and he likes hikaru too. likes him, similar to the way he likes yuji, gets all fluttery with his heartbeat, gets flush at the peaks of his cheeks.
he feels so silly, and he's never felt so young. ]
we could walk the park, run a couple loops? like in the other life.
It'll be fine then, I'm not too interesting. Easy to learn about!
[Okay he sees what he means about getting through dinner. Gojo is a superninja as far as Hikaru has seen and that drives him nuts. This body isn't built to take on Gojo, but maybe one day.
He's not aware that this dinner is half way to make or break, either, he thinks it's more that he's going to be interrogated that Megumi is worried about, not the outcome of it.]
Oh I see. You want me to kick your ass for old times sake?
[There is no old times. It still feels like there is but there isn't. That was a fake life and the memory of Megumi's hand in his won't fade any easier than the memory of Midoriya being his brother.]
[ there's that playfulness, that previously imagined closeness. the ribbing and cajoling and joking around on the track, running next to each other, shoving at each other until the sun's set too far into the horizon and they have to walk out off the field with the sky turning a dull blue.
it was— happy. happy in a way megumi didn't know that he didn't know. ]
we make it through dinner in one piece and i'll go on easy on you, how about that?
Think I can? You're gonna be crying when I'm done!
[This is much better, he would've agreed if he knew they both had the same thoughts. Imagine communicating. Imagine being able to communicate. Couldn't be him. Dinner doesn't seem so bad in the face of actually finding that familiarity again even if it feels like a small speck of light in an otherwise dark abyss. It's still something he can see and move toward.]
You better not! Unless you want to lose twice as bad!
I'll bring something for dinner, too. I don't really cook but I know someone who does. It'll be good, I promise!
that doesn't even make sense, you can't lose twice in the same race! i'm gonna kick your ass!
[ he's pleased. maybe even giddy. there's a brilliant warmth erupting from inside him, a starburst of a warmth, a newborn galaxy of them, and megumi wants to trap the feeling and never let it go. ]
if it's something sweet, it'll be a hit. gojo-sensei likes sweets.
Nah, this is my first dinner party. I think that's cool enough. Plus we get to go out with the dogs after! But... Hey. Since you want to call me by my first name, can I do that too? I mean call you by your first name?
[Megumi lives next door, so maybe he can hear Hikaru laughing happily at the way that he just had to zoom through that. It's not laughing at him, either, it's because it's the exact way Hikaru has been lacking navigation through this too.]
Okay, Megumi. Then I'll be there. Tonight? Tomorrow? When's good? You said birthday, but you didn't say what day.
[And if he did... Hikaru was nervous and missed it.]
I'll make sure my calendar's free, either's fine by me. Gives me a bit of time in between too so I can figure out what to ask help with.
[And to find a present for Megumi because... Christmas present is fine, but he didn't know the birthday of someone he-- yeah. He has to find something.]
I'll be there. Wild Kaiju couldn't drag me off from it.
[ lighthearted, buoyant — like a cloud rising on and up to the sky, reaching for the sun. birthdays, dinners with family, boys who smile like the sun. all of it is unfamiliar territory.
all of it feels like he's learning it all over again. ]
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Date: 2025-12-21 08:08 am (UTC)[ it's heartwarming and also more than a little scary. thrilling, if he's honest, because gojo's approval matters so much to megumi even if he play-acts at indifference or nonchalance. gojo's family. gojo's the closest to a father that megumi has, even beyond his own biological father.
so he wants this dinner to go well. that's not too much to want, right? to meet a friend and have a nice dinner with him and hang out like normal teens. and he likes hikaru too. likes him, similar to the way he likes yuji, gets all fluttery with his heartbeat, gets flush at the peaks of his cheeks.
he feels so silly, and he's never felt so young. ]
we could walk the park, run a couple loops? like in the other life.
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Date: 2025-12-21 08:15 am (UTC)[Okay he sees what he means about getting through dinner. Gojo is a superninja as far as Hikaru has seen and that drives him nuts. This body isn't built to take on Gojo, but maybe one day.
He's not aware that this dinner is half way to make or break, either, he thinks it's more that he's going to be interrogated that Megumi is worried about, not the outcome of it.]
Oh I see. You want me to kick your ass for old times sake?
[There is no old times. It still feels like there is but there isn't. That was a fake life and the memory of Megumi's hand in his won't fade any easier than the memory of Midoriya being his brother.]
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Date: 2025-12-21 08:40 am (UTC)[ there's that playfulness, that previously imagined closeness. the ribbing and cajoling and joking around on the track, running next to each other, shoving at each other until the sun's set too far into the horizon and they have to walk out off the field with the sky turning a dull blue.
it was— happy. happy in a way megumi didn't know that he didn't know. ]
we make it through dinner in one piece and i'll go on easy on you, how about that?
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Date: 2025-12-21 08:46 am (UTC)[This is much better, he would've agreed if he knew they both had the same thoughts. Imagine communicating. Imagine being able to communicate. Couldn't be him. Dinner doesn't seem so bad in the face of actually finding that familiarity again even if it feels like a small speck of light in an otherwise dark abyss. It's still something he can see and move toward.]
You better not! Unless you want to lose twice as bad!
I'll bring something for dinner, too. I don't really cook but I know someone who does. It'll be good, I promise!
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Date: 2025-12-21 08:58 am (UTC)[ he's pleased. maybe even giddy. there's a brilliant warmth erupting from inside him, a starburst of a warmth, a newborn galaxy of them, and megumi wants to trap the feeling and never let it go. ]
if it's something sweet, it'll be a hit. gojo-sensei likes sweets.
what about you though? do you want anything?
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Date: 2025-12-21 09:16 am (UTC)Okay, I bet that's gonna be easy to do.
Nah, this is my first dinner party. I think that's cool enough. Plus we get to go out with the dogs after! But... Hey. Since you want to call me by my first name, can I do that too? I mean call you by your first name?
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Date: 2025-12-21 09:20 am (UTC)[ WAIT—— ]
however you prefer, that is. megumi. that's my given name.
you already know this, i don't know why i'm telling it to you again. call me megumi or fushiguro without keigo, it's fine.
this is okay.
i'm going to beat you in a race either way. get ready for it.
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Date: 2025-12-21 09:35 am (UTC)Okay, Megumi. Then I'll be there. Tonight? Tomorrow? When's good? You said birthday, but you didn't say what day.
[And if he did... Hikaru was nervous and missed it.]
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Date: 2025-12-21 12:24 pm (UTC)[ megumi is just as anxious and nervous. he doesn't do this. he doesn't ask people to hang out, much less go on dinners with him. ]
it's really no pressure, okay? don't worry about it if you can't come suddenly.
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Date: 2025-12-21 12:41 pm (UTC)[And to find a present for Megumi because... Christmas present is fine, but he didn't know the birthday of someone he-- yeah. He has to find something.]
I'll be there. Wild Kaiju couldn't drag me off from it.
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Date: 2025-12-28 10:08 am (UTC)[ lighthearted, buoyant — like a cloud rising on and up to the sky, reaching for the sun. birthdays, dinners with family, boys who smile like the sun. all of it is unfamiliar territory.
all of it feels like he's learning it all over again. ]