queen of expressions, nobara
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shopping 🛍️
“ keep up, okkotsu-senpai! ”
with a pep in her step, nobara moves with purpose as she flits from store to store, the four smaller bags on her arms filling with more and more things. festivals in the city were much more so than back home. they were much more lively, much more people-filled, much more ambient in atmosphere, much more her speed, and nobara was capitalizing on the benefits of discounts and sales off.
5月7日: it's ōgon shūkan in japan, a temporarily extended time of festive celebration and mirth, and the staffs and student bodies of both jujutsu tech schools are in attendance: in accordance with keeping up their disguises as well-meaning institutions geared towards the religious and academic futures of a select, few kids.
in a highly good mood, nobara doesn't mean to sound bossy if she does? but it's also like, the more load of heavier bags he's carrying aside, okkotsu-senpai is taller than her, so he has no excuse for the slow pace he's moving at. she's shorter than him, she would know.
her patience exists on a spectrum, it begins and ends at slow walking, and her momentum is one that can hardly be interrupted once it begins ... but she pauses in her stride if only to turn around slightly, a hand placed on her hip, demanding that okkotsu pick up his pace with a gesture of her other and a look that says slow walking at her expense isn't his place.
usually itadori and fushiguro would be the ones accompanying her, holding any bags she'd shove off on them, but they're busied doing whatever else right now — itadori had made prior plans to hit up a festival and dragged fushiguro along for the ride, with them all promising to meet up later. either way: those two left her all alone, not that she'd have particularly cared if she didn't require company that entailed heavier lifting than she didn't care to do, leaving her to seek alternate means.
okkotsu was her bag boy for the day, less robust than itadori and less broody than fushiguro, she made her pick work all things considered. they were making good timing, too, hitting a few more stores, before okkotsu tired out. “ kugisaki-san, do you think we could take a break? ” he asks and she relents, just a smidge, leading them to the food court.
in his defense? he was new to this, experiencing her in all of her exuberance, her in her element. kugisaki nobara is the same girl outside of school, free-spirited and lively, and she revels in her youth. unbothered by the toils of classwork and sorcerery, she pours equally into her passions.
a sip of her matcha milk tea with boba, nobara is in a good mood, she's bright-eyed and all smiles, and the fruitful shopping day's haul will stave her off from borrowing gojō-sensei's black card for two to three weeks, at the most.
“ thanks for coming with me, senpai. i know that you might probably have wanted to be more so in the company of maki-san and inumaki senpai — — or even panda, but still: this meant a lot. i couldn't have possibly carried all these bags myself. ”
a starter for @waraningyo!
❥::: yuta didn’t think he’d get dragged along for a shopping trip with his kohai. literally dragged. she didn’t take no for an answer. yuta doesn’t mind too much since he sees it as a bonding experience. but for the most part, he carries her bags as they went from store to store. kugisaki was really energetic and lively. just as maki described her.
yuta gave her weakened smile. ❝ Um… Kugisaki-san… do you think we can take a break? ❞ yuta asked.
the weight of the bags makes it hard for him to keep up with her. the circle under his eyes seems darker than usual. he almost look on the verge of passing out.
megumis’ clothes often get,,,”permanently borrowed” by nobara 🍂
a small collection of platonic sentences used in casual interactions between friends, or those who need a moment of platonic sweetness. some are goofy, some are serious, some are just sweet and domestic.
“ you’ve got something there… let me remove it for you! ”
“ lean on me if you’re tired, i’ll keep an eye on the movie… ”
“ you look really good today! ”
“ your hair is really soft, what kind of braid did you want again? ”
“ i love this. just you, me, an ungodly amount of blankets and netflix. ”
“ if you want it i’ll get it for you, don’t worry! ”
“ you really make my days, you know that? ”
“ nothing makes me happier than being here with you ”
“ hey hey hey, if you wanna share fries you could ask first! ”
“ okay, i’ll give you half of my burger for half of your sundae, okay? ”
“ uh huh? you’re gonna take me? you and what wrestling army? ”
“ oh ? really ? me ? weak ? have you Seen my muscles ? ”
“ can you stroke my back for a moment? i just want some cuddles. ”
“ i just really want a hug today. ”
“ you look like you could use a hug today ”
“ that outfit looks really good on you, by the way ”
“ okay but, taste this, i made this but i can’t tell if it’s tasty — ”
“ come here — let’s sort this out ”
“ if i squish your cheeks together you look like a pufferfish ”
“ oh my god, your hand is MASSIVE compared to mine ”
“ are you serious? is your hand this tiny? let me compare to mine — ”
“ yes please, keep stroking my hair. i need that today. ”
“ you. me. junk food. today was crap and i need Us time. ”
“ is that the perfume i recommended to you? it smells really good on you!”
“ you’re hogging the blankets, stop it! ”
“ if i just flop over on your lap, will you let me sleep in peace? ”
“ scoot — over — i need to lie down ”
“ give me your feet and i’ll rub them ”
“ hey now, it’s okay? i’m here for you ”
“ we make a good team though, don’t we? ”
“ hey ( name ) wanna catch a movie later today? ”
“ here you go, your favorite snack — picked up a few on my way over ”
“ well d u h, of course i know your favorite snack. friends do this stuff. ”
“ oh, so you really think i don’t know you? mhm? test me! ”
“ you think you know me? really? okay, what’s my favorite … ( thing )? ”
“ i can’t believe my clothes look better on you. that should be illegal. ”
“ well if this meme isn’t us then i don’t know — ” sends meme.
“ your shoulders are really tense, can you try to sit still? ”
“ i’ll buy you dinner if you rub my back right now ”
my sleep schedule isn't even a schedule anymore it's a freestyle
[ . . . ] perception, communication ⸻ the actions you take in life are forced upon you infinitely. ironic, isn't it? 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠.
#𝐍𝐕𝐈𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐄 : a private & highly selective gojō satoru of 呪術廻戦 by gege akutami. headcanon & lore-heavy, drawing inspiration from the animanga & light novels. open to crossovers, original characters & multimuses ! 21+ only. written by kae ( 29, she/they )
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their first year as tōkyō jujutsu tech students had come and gone.
her first year as a tōkyō jujutsu tech student had come and gone, just like that, leaving her second year open with possibilities and even more room to grow. days, weeks, months: a whole year's gone by since her move to tōkyō and nobara's decided that a passed year of self-indulgence, of living on her own terms, and the survival that comes with clashes against the cursed spirits of the city kind of makes her a bit of a professional in deciding if she's made the right move in the end, right?
she's coming into her own, blossoming at a self-set pace, and this eases her. definitely beats the what if scenario of if she'd stayed back home. she's done so much in one year, she's seen so much in one year, and it's thanks to gojō-sensei's initial teachings: he's wacky, sure, but efficient where it matters as a teacher and she dutifully carries his teachings into this current year.
with each passing day, week, month: nobara has found herself settling more and more into everyday life in tōkyō. she's sat at the communal space's kitchen table, face's cheek cradled in a dainty hand, idly scrolling social media. eyes lift to meet fushiguro's for a brief moment with barely contained excitement before she stands to tilt her chair back on its legs.
it was hard to rope fushiguro into much of anything, sometimes, and it was so nice out. it'd be a waste if the day was spent inside cooped up with some book or whatever he usually does, but she observes that it's easier to coax him, he isn't as non-compliant to her whims. really, he should thank her though. he needed a bit of vitamin d!
it's once they're shuttled outside to harajuku's shopping district, nobara fitted in a flattering sun dress with a paired straw hat to block out the harsh summer sun, and it's when they've fallen in step with one another that she speaks. “ i think encouraging him to reach out was the most amazing thing we've did recently, wouldn't you agree? i need to be frank, though, fushiguro ... i'm helping out itadori, he's a boy — he has no idea what to get her. me and him? we've talked a bit about this. sorry you weren't in on the loop, ”
their first year as tōkyō jujutsu tech students had come and gone.
kugisaki nobara.⠀⠀웃⠀⠀a glimpse into her instagram.
some to-knows:
maki, fushiguro, and itadori were among the first people she followed from tōkyō jujutsu tech. family members⠀⠀(⠀⠀some of those of her clan residing outside of japan included⠀⠀)⠀⠀and her favorite fashion brands, designers, + celebrities were among her first followings.
someway, somehow, she makes the time to be a brand ambassador for one of her favorite makeup brands.
she's somewhat slow at following people back⠀⠀(⠀⠀if she even chooses to⠀⠀) and extremely selective. between in-class jujutsu lectures, classwork, personal time to herself, and fieldwork on top of that:⠀⠀nobara is extremely in-demand!
whenever she goes live it's usually when she's sightseeing or trying new foods, or visiting her favorite, more popular stores and malls. sometimes, she'll stumble upon the most simplistic nook-and-crannied little spot in tōkyō ( like that one non-descript coffee shop that she's claimed for her own for studying, because she loves their coffee, and it's hers because she says so ).
she has profile reels that have become popular, and that've went viral, of her constructing wara ningyō 「 藁人形, lit. " straw dolls " 」: of her showing step-by-step how they're made. these videos have not only become a hit in her native japan, but outside as well, particularly in the west: her following is accredited to this, largely. before they were ever thought of to be used as a clever device in exorcising curses, before they were ever thought of to be ever-useful proxies by the women in the kugisaki clan, they were apart of her culture. nobara takes immense pride in that.
she has a select, private groupchat on nearly every social media app and instagram is not exempt. members obviously consist of itadori, fushiguro, and herself.
makes it a point to block mai everywhere. it works for the most part, but nobara soon learned she has ample burner accounts one day. luckily, she isn't at all afraid to run blockchains through third-party apps.