#implied stsg

desiderium: an ardent desire or longing. especially a feeling of loss or grief for something lost.

playing fast and loose with canon bc i am a god.

Satoru makes sure to buy matching pyjama sets for himself, and the first and second years so they can lounge around on Christmas day.

It started as a tradition with Megumi and Tsumiki, and Megumi always pretended to hate it, but he genuinely liked the clothes Gojo picked out. (He'd never tell him that tho)

Yuuji's never celebrated Christmas with a big group of people before, and he and his grandfather didn't have enough money to go all out with gifts and decorations.

He gets reeeeeaaallly excited abt Christmas -the days before the big day he's just all chaotic energy, bouncing off the walls as he flits around the common room. he goes overboard with the decorations but nobody has the heart to take any of them down.

he, megumi and nobara decorate the tree (a ridiculously huge tree found by satoru). nobara sits on yuuji's shoulder to put the star on the top of the tree.

Yuuji and Nobara drag Megumi along for Christmas shopping, and they all end up going home with five bags each. (Most of them are Nobara's).

On Christmas Eve, Yuuji bakes. He makes cookies and gingerbread and cakes.

The smell of freshly baked goods brings everybody to the kitchen and they all sit around eating pasteries with warm egg nog that satoru makes, swearing up and down his way is the only right way to do it.

The night before Christmas, they put on their PJs, bring out blankets and pillows to the common room and watch Christmas movies until the early hours of morning.

(Just as the clock strikes twelve, Nobara rests her head on Maki's shoulder, falling dead asleep. Maki doesn't disturb her.)

They wake up on Christmas day around 12 pm and that's when Yuuji drags Inumaki and Nobara into the kitchen with him to help prepare breakfast and dinner.

Everybody else gets banned because it "ruins his focus".

Gojo takes that time to get everyone to bring out their wrapped gifts and put them under the tree. The pile of gifts is so big that it's almost as high as the tree itself. (Most of the gifts are from Gojo)

Yuuji blares cheesy Christmas songs throughout the dorms the entire day, and Megumi sits at the counter away from where Yuuji and the others are cooking to watch him dance and sing along to whatever is playing.

There are a few close calls with mistletoe.

(Yuuji went wayyyy overboard with the little plant and almost every crevice and corner and doorway has mistletoe hanging from it)

When Maki walks into the kitchen as Nobara is leaving, the pause under the little plant before blushing and rushing off before anyone can see them.

When Yuuji skips over to Megumi to have him taste the sauce he's working on, Megumi tries not to bring attention to the mistletoe right above them.

Satoru brings a little piece of mistletoe with him wherever he goes and brings over the head of his next victim. he gives them a kiss on the cheek every time.

(Megumi punches him in the gut the second he moves away).

As the evening comes, Nanami arrives and Yuuji forces him into the kitchen as well. Not for cooking, but just to have the older man around.

Satoru tries and fails to get his mistletoe above Nanami's head.

He also tries to give Nanami pjs that match his own and also fails.

(Gojo ends up recruiting Yuuji into his plans and eventually Nanami is decked out in comfort wear)

Christmas dinner isn't around a table. It's scattered around the common room. On the couches or the floor, a little table with the food in the centre of the room where anyone can go for seconds.

Yuuji sits with Megumi and Nobara, their shoulders pressed together as they sit together in the tiny sofa that can just barely fit them.

They watch more Christmas movies, and talk amongst themselves. It's comfortable and warm, love and joy radiating in the room.

When dinner is done, Satoru declares that it's time to open presents.

They don't go in any particular order, the person closest to the tree (Inumaki) passes around gifts one by one and its passed along to whoever's name is on the tag.

Yuuji recieves the most presents.

Satoru gifts the most presents.

Nobara watches the persons opening the gifts she bought with intense eyes, and only relaxes once she sees them smile.

(She buys Maki a silver bracelet with an emerald gem, inside there's an inscription that says 'love, Nobara.' The two girls avoid each other's eyes, even as Maki holds the gift close to her heart)

Yuuji gifts Megumi animal plushies. Megumi clutches them with embarassed fondness. Nobody dares teasing him about it, all too aware of the way Yuuji is beaming.

Satoru gives Nobara clothes - incredibly expensive brand names she always eyes but could never afford. He buys Megumi jewellery - diamond earrings for him and Tsumiki ("For when she wakes up," he explains.) He buys Yuuji a large colourful blanket, each colour representing each one of the first years. Salmon pink for Yuuji, Midnight Blue for Megumi and bright red for Nobara.

Yuuji buys Nanami a recipe book, one focused mostly on breads and the bread dishes. He hands it to the older man and shyly suggest that they try to make some of these dishes together someday.

By the time all the gifts are open, the floors are covered in wrapping paper. Nanami forces everybody to clean up, but rewards them by handing them his own presents. Satoru opens his and closes it immediately, a distant look in his eyes. He thanks Nanami but gets quieter for the rest of the night. Nobody brings it up.

(It was a locket. It was bejewelled with sapphire gems that glittered like the six eyes but inside was just a single picture. A picture he'd never thought even existed. It was taken from a distance, two figures sitting on a hill facing the sunset and the only thing you could truly see was their hands intertwined between them).

Yuuji finally manages to pull Satoru out of his somber mood by proposing a dance off. The two battle it out in front of the TV as the others watch on, either mocking or cheering. It's a tie.

They watch Christmas movies again, this time animated classics. Yuuji slips away to make popcorn with caramel and they pass around huge bowls of popcorn between each other.