Chapter Text
(for new readers the chapters get longer as the story progresses)
There was a change in megumi and yuta okkotsu was sure that he wasn't the only one noticing it. The glint in megumis eyes had dimmed, they seemed more hollow and blank nowadays, megumi would frequently get caught zoning out eyes staring blankly at the ground while muttering. However the greatest change and one that he was sure had caught everyone's attention, including the elders was his drastic increase in strength (this sudden change being the only reason he was called back from his mission in the first place) megumi's strength was overwhelming it overpowered him in every way it seemed as if every step no rather every breath megumi took was calculated, his eyes dissected him and his every move in battle, megumi would slip into the shadows only to reappear not even a millisecond later beside him ready to strike however, every step and every breath megumi took now seemed so... Paranoid.
Megumi now also wore a plethora of bandages around his right wrist, whenever he'd even try to ask megumi about it the boy would simply look at him with those pleading eyes of his begging for a change in topic, (in which okkotsu yuta could only shamelessly give in to those eyes) ofcourse he bitterly remembered there was someone else who could unravel megumi, unravel megumi in ways that he had never dreamt of before the one and only gojo satoru. So why, why would megumi glare at gojo satoru with those eyes of his, the eyes that once soaked up every word, every action and every breath taken by gojo satoru why were they now looking upon gojo with such conflict in them?
Yuta couldn't help the shameful feeling of slight giddiness, of happiness when he saw megumi outwardly regect the honoured one, when he saw megumi turn not to gojo but to HIM with a look of trust and fondness.
In the corner of his eyes he could see a pinkhaired boy (sukuna's vessel no doubt) and a brunette girl staring at him with curiosity in their eyes, perhaps they wondered how he could be so close to this new megumi. He couldn't help the slight skip of his heart when he thought of that, he walked past them without sparing them a glance he sadly had to return to his mission although this time he would leave with a warm feeling in his heart and a promise from megumi.
"I promise I'll contact you more during your trip, stay safe"
Yuuta okkotsu would be a dirty liar if he claimed that he didn't like the change.