#the lore deepens...

@songcurse asked: Utahime waits until he's within reach and then pulls him in for a kiss.

while jujutsu tech offered dorms to the students and staff, there was also a maintained common area relegated to either group. within it there was seating, a small kitchen area, and entertainment in the form of tv. a cupboard held some cleaning materials, and another closet near the hall to the dorms hard board games, consoles, and the like. while the accommodations were nothing at all like the ones the gojo clan's compound had, he found he never minded the change of pace.

it felt like much more of a home than that place ever did.

it wasn't messy by any means, but still clearly lived in without servants wiping away even a speck of dust the moment it settled. there were some decorations from all of them, like vintage items shoko liked, and some decorative plants tended by utahime. unfortunately, haibara's offerings were gone, returned to his family after his untimely death, and suguru's still remained despite his betrayal. satoru, on the other hand, hadn't brought anything with him, but he'd contributed stuff over the course of attending the school, like collection of DVDs and a large CD-rack and radio.

his favorite of all, however, was a bookshelf he steadily filled over time with the books he read. sometimes satoru read classic japanese literature, and other times even some western ones, both historic and contemporary. while he enjoyed all of those, his absolute favorite reads were actually non-fiction books pertaining to subjects in any field of science... particularly anything to do with physics. it was initially something he'd taken up to fully grasp the nature of his curse technique, but he'd grown to love it.

that day, he'd spent the better part of it in an book delving into the workings and nature of black holes. so entranced by the equations and explanations, he hadn't noticed even when someone had settled on the couch next to him. he wasn't made aware until the book was plucked from his hold and utahime's lips were suddenly on his, kissing him. so surprised, satoru hadn't even returned the kiss for a few moments, and just when he was about to, she'd already broken it.

"utahime? you kissed me...?" he asked, as though it hadn't just happened. it was that much of a strange occurrence that part of him believed there had to be some sort of catch. his cheeks were flushed, a rare instance of satoru caught off balance and flustered by someone else. it wasn't too shocking it'd be utahime of all people, especially considering his blossoming crush on the older girl, but he knew she wasn't into him like that.

she wouldn't be interested in him if he were the last guy on earth. she'd made that pretty clear. she was being cruel. she had to know he liked her considering that stunt he pulled before. he wasn't particularly subtle about it, either. still, annoyance at her toying with him in such a way bothered him.

"give back my book. i was reading that," his expression was serious despite the blush still staining his cheeks. he was choosing not to dignify that interaction any further. it was probably a dare or something of the sort. he loathed the idea of that. did shoko put her up to it? promise she'd keep quiet about her beer stash? get her baseball tickets?