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Just thinking about tracing Suguru's scar.
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A/N - I dedicate this piece to the Anon that flooded my inbox with 30+ messages telling me how it was canon that Gojo didn't have any scars.
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! PIECE BEGINS UNDERNEATH THE CUT !
GETO never let you see his scars after he received them — suddenly he was covering himself up with thick sweaters and baggy clothes. You noticed … you always noticed.
But you said nothing, not wanting to draw unwanted attention to something that he was very clearly adamant on keeping hidden.
One night, however, your curiosity got the better of you. You didn’t mean to pry as much as you did, but you desperately wanted Geto to know that you weren’t going to suddenly start looking at him differently because of some raised skin — you wanted him to be comfortable around you.
You wanted things to be like they were before.
He was different. You could see it as clear as day.
His hugs didn’t last as long as they once did, instead of bear hugs that he wouldn’t pull away from unless you did first, you received a half-assed sideways squeeze.
It felt like he didn’t want to be touching you in fear of contaminating you, like you would catch some otherworldly disease that didn’t yet have a cure. It hurt you – it stung in a way that nothing else could compare to.
When you sat on the couch beside him, he would scoot a few inches away from you.
When you laid down to take a nap beside him, he’d offer you only his pinky and nothing else.
When you went to embrace him, his body would angle itself so that his shoulder rested against your chest.
“Suguru?” you whisper to him under the cloak that night provided, turning to face him properly. He mimics you, rolling onto his side and propping himself up with the use of his elbow, palm resting against the side of his face.
“Hmm?” he hums in response, eyes studying your expression. His face pinches in slight concern at your narrowed eyes and furrowed brows — something was very clearly upsetting you.
“Are we okay?”
He pauses, staring quizzically at you as if you had somehow sprouted another head. His free hand extends, finger rubbing affectionately against your cheek.
“Course we are. Why do you ask?” he murmurs, breath catching in his throat as you push yourself to sit up. Your legs cross, one ankle over the other while you maintain eye contact with Geto.
Your mind reminds you of what he had been doing; the behaviors that he had been displaying. What wasn’t he telling you?
You swallow the growing lump in your throat, not wanting to accidentally make a big deal out of something that could otherwise be nothing.
“What are you hiding from me?” you whisper, already feeling tears build on your waterline at Geto’s shocked (and worried) expression. He looked so conflicted, so unsure that it made your heart crack.
And even though he wants to believe that he has no idea what you’re referencing … he does.
He looks away from you, and even though it’s only for a moment, it only makes your heart sink deeper into your stomach. “It’s—“
“Please don’t sit there and tell me it’s nothing,” you practically beg, voice cracking. Geto lets out a small sigh through his nose, adjusting himself so that he sits in front of you.
“(Y/N)—“ he begins, but the way that you shake your head at him only makes him feel guilty, “—are you sure?”
Your silence tells him everything that he needs to know.
Slowly, and albeit very hesitantly, Geto lifts his shirt, revealing an ‘X’ shaped scar on his chest. Your breath hitches at the sight of it, the sound making Geto flinch.
He tosses the shirt aside with a barely audible plop, not daring to make eye contact with you in fear of what expression you wore. So instead of glancing at you, Geto forces his eyes shut.
They shoot right back open at the feeling of your fingers lightly tracing his chest.
Shocked, his eyes flicker up to watch you. Your eyebrows are slightly pinched together, a worried indent to your forehead as your nails slowly move over the raised skin.
You don’t say anything to him, not that you really need to. You knew that this — this gentle touch — was what Geto needed. He didn’t need half-assed reassurances that carried no weight.
No, what he needed to know was that you were here, right with him, at his side — you weren’t going anywhere.
Your finger reaches the end of where his scar slightly raises his skin. You shift forward, laying your palm against the center of the ‘X’, feeling Geto’s heart thumping against your fingers.
He says nothing. You say nothing.
Your eyes flicker up to meet his own. He returns your softened glance.
“You’re so handsome Sugu … you know that, right?” you whisper tenderly, finally breaking the silence. The sigh he lets out in response is shaky, tear-filled.
Before Geto has the chance to shake his head, your lips are on his scar, the softness of you contrasting greatly with the roughness of his skin.
You glance back up at him, letting out a shocked squeak as he tugs you into his arms. Your head tucks into the crook of his neck, arms winding around his midsection.
His breath shudders as his nose tucks into your hair. “Thank you.”
You smile against him, turning your head and laying a chaste kiss against the skin of his throat. Your arms momentarily tighten around him, eyes closing in content.
“I love you.”
“I love you too angel … thank you.”