"𝘐 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳...𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨."

"𝘖𝘰~ 𝘋𝘰 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭..."

{♡}

Gojo sat on the leather couch with his leg resting on his other. He listened to M/n with a blank expression on his face, wondering what exactly the curse wanted now of all times.

"You just dispatched sorcerers, correct?"

"Well.. I didn't, but the higher-ups just did to deal with a situation down by the movie theater in town. I couldn't be there. Why?"

"I'm considering your offer, okay? I don't have time for this. I need you to call that blondie and tell him that you've sent another backup to assist the both of them."

"Oh, yeah, I could do that pretty easily. But I need you to tell me out right that you'll take the offer."

"Are you kidding me?!"

"Nope, not a single bit. Now, I just need to hear a little confirmation before I do this for you."

"Oh my-..fine! I'll take the stupid offer, now can you please do this?!"

"You got it! Bye now~" Gojo hung up on the curse and smiled. He'd gotten M/n. Hook, line, and sinker.

{♡}

M/n sighed and shoved the phone in his pocket as soon as the white-haired sorcerer hung up on him. He could already tell that dealing with him was going to be a challenge in it of its own. But he had to follow Geto's orders. No matter what.

Just as they agreed to, Gojo did eventually text Nanami that another person was coming to join the both of them at the theater shortly. The blonde male just stared at the text with narrowed eyes. Yuji just stood there, confused as to why they weren't going in just yet. Five minutes later, there was a commotion behind the both of them.

"Sir! You can't be in here! This is a closed off crime scene. No civilians allowed!" M/n arm was suddenly grabbed harshly by a male police officer and was quickly being surrounded by the others.

"Get your hands off of me!" M/n grit his teeth and yanked his hand away from the officer and quickly dodged and weaved around the others surrounding him. All was going just well until he was tackled and held to the ground. If he wanted to, he would've totally killed every single one that laid a hand on him. He knew, however, that would blow his cover. The next them he knew, a certain pink-haired teenager was above him, scolding the adults for being too rough on the poor boy.

'Do I really look that young in this form..?' M/n thought as he suddenly felt the weight of the police officer being lifted off of his back. "Hey dude, are you alright? I told them off for you. Here, let me help you up."

Yuji held out his hand for M/n with a concerned look on his face. M/n took it hesitantly, and when he did, his heart panged. THIS was Yuji Itadori?! Now of all times, he had to run into Sukuna and his vessel. Now, the King of Curses definitely knew he was alive now. That was his confirmation now.

M/n quickly pulled his arm away and let it hang back down to his side. He quickly dusted himself off and stood up to face both of them. "Please forgive.. whatever that was. I was sent here by Satoru. We're old friends."

"Woahh, for real? Wait a minute. Have I met you before? Because you look really familiar to me for some reason..." Yuji put his hand to his chin and started to look at M/n suspiciously. Keeping his composure, M/n simply shook his head, confirming that him and Yuji hadn't met before anywhere.

"I was informed of the situation, and now I'm here as a sort of backup. I understand that you think two might've been enough, but I was pretty interested in this case and asked to join. I do hope you don't mind." Nanami just remained indifferent and didn't show an ounce of emotion as he just nodded and walked towards the entrance of the theater. M/n looked at Yuji, who just shrugged and followed the man behind him along with M/n.

{♡}

The three were in the theater where the incident happened. M/n looked around the area and found that Mahito had most definitely left behind cursed energy. An irk mark appeared on M/n's forehead but quickly disappeared when Nanami pointed out Mahito's traces to Yuji.

"Can you see it? These are the residual traces of cursed energy."

"Uh..no I don't -"

"That's because you're not trying to see it." Yuji frowned and started to focus on the blank space. He soon started to see the footsteps left behind in the form of cursed energy.

"Woahhh, I can see it now!"

"Of course you can. Let's go follow them." M/n just walked ahead of them and turned into one of the private rooms. This day was already tiring enough, and he needed some rest. He scouted the area before when he was with Mahito, and he knew there was a private room somewhere around in the back.

"You guys go on ahead. I'll be resting in this room over here. It's been a long day, and personally, I didn't want to have to deal with another mission after I just got back.

"Woah!! I knew you were a sorcerer! What kind of mission did you go on?"

"You should know better than to ask that kind of private information. Let's go, Itadori." Nanami shut down the conversation before it even started. They were off track and needed to deal with whatever was on the roof of the building.

{♡}

{???}

"Wake up... he's coming..." Darkness surrounded M/n as the unknown voice called out to him. His eyes did not open.

"WAKE UP!!" M/n's eyes shot open the second time his consciousness called out for him. There was only one instance that ever happened. That was when his barriers were breached and someone had entered his dream-like state. M/n was asleep in the real world, but here, he was wide awake.

"So, you've finally woke up. I have to admit. You're smart for setting up those barriers against me. But you should've known they would've fallen soon." M/n's eyes widened as he saw the man he feared sitting upon a large pile of bones ahead of him.

"Sukuna...what are you doing here..? And how did you get in?! A special grade curse wouldn't have been able to do this!!"

"After all these years, you still address me so formally. I thought you would've known to call me Ryo again."

"You know, just as much as I do what we had was nothing."

"You're so cruel, and for what reason? I see you don't have a vessel."

"I wasn't stupid and didn't get myself split into twenty god damn pieces! You left me to rot and watched me get sealed! You did nothing! So why in the world do you deserve to be in my presence once again?!"

"M/n, we couldn't do anything! I don't have any clue why you're just wandering around instead of getting revenge on these sorcerers!"

"A sorcerer brought me back anyway! A year ago! And we made a pact!"

"WHAT ABOUT OUR PACT HUH?!"

"THAT WAS NULL AND VOID THE MINUTE YOU DECIDED TO TRUST THAT MAN!" Sukuna paused and sighed. His arms fell to his sides, and he looked in disbelief at his old partner.

"After a thousand years, you really haven't missed me at all? Nor even thought of me?"

"You need to stop flattering yourself. Even in our relationship, everything was about you. Your pleasure. Your annoyance. Your pain. Your happiness. I provided all I could give you, and it still wasn't enough. Yes, I thought about you always when I sealed."

"Then we should still be together! Ruling the world! I'll take control of the brat and I'll find you!"

"Sukuna..please..do you remember that sorcerer that I told you about? He gave me a revolation. He told me I don't have to live for you anymore. I could live for him and myself! Not have to think about you and what you think of me! So there is one thing I ask of you."

"And what would that be?"

"Let me go. If you loved me, let me go. Focus on gaining power for yourself. Not for me."

"But you know the reason I'm not killing this brat right now is for you! Understand that all my actions up until now were all to see you again! When I saw you two days ago, you didn't know how much it overjoyed me to see my most loyal do-.." Sukuna paused and reconsidered his words.

"My most loyal partner."

"Sukuna...please...if you really changed, then you wouldn't have thought of me as some object you did and could still control." Sukuna attempted to reach out for his lost love, but he was quickly rejected once again. All the King of Curses could feel now was pure anger at the fact that he could no longer possess M/n like he used to.

"I have a proposal for you. If you can prove to me that you changed, then I'll give you another chance. October 31st. Shibuya. I expect you to have changed then."

"Wait- what do you -?!" The area around them started to turn white. Sukuna was being pushed out of M/n's consciousness so that the two weren't combined any further. Can't I stay with you?! Just for a little longer?! M/N!!"

M/n stood in the void space as Sukuna and his consciousness were pushed out of his own. However, before he was fully out, Sukuna would see a single tear running down M/n's face. A tell tale sign that the former second king...

Still cared...