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It was supposed to be an easy mission.
Of course, it was not.
Jujutsu High had assigned a mission to the first-years that was only supposed to involve a grade two curse. Easy-peasy lemon squeezy for the trio.
How were they supposed to see that it was not a grade two curse, but a special grade?
Luckily for them, before the veil was put up by Ijichi, Gojo had decided to stay inside the veil rather than waiting outside, having a gut feeling that told him to do so. He pulled out his Tamagotchi from his pocket to feed it in the meantime, since it oddly still worked while inside the veil, as he walked towards the fight scene. When he was done feeding his pet, a curse wooshed in front of his path and pulled its arms back, charging up some cursed energy.
A special grade? Gojo thought, This wasn't supposed to be a special grade curse.
In the middle of these thoughts, he saw Yuji right in the line of fire for the curse, recovering from some blow that he had not seen happen. Unfortunately, also had his back towards the curse.
I'm gonna need to tell him to never put his back against a curse when this is over. Shit, if it hits him directly, it might bring out Sukuna, with that damn ego of his.
"Itadori, watch out!" Megumi cried out as the curse spat out some odd curse energy towards the other boy.
As Yuji was turning around, he could see the curse energy coming his way, but could do nothing as it approached him. He closed his eyes and braced for impact, but as the seconds passed, he felt nothing at all. He peeked open one eye and saw the curse hissing and running off to disappear. Megumi and Nobara began to run after it. He was about to start running after it when he looked down in front of him and stopped in his tracks, absolutely baffled.
"...A... baby?"
There sat Gojo's clothes in a rumpled pile on the floor, and a tiny baby holding a Tamagotchi with white hair and undeniable sky blue eyes of the Six Eyes behind some much too big sunglasses sitting on top of the pile.
"...Gojo-Sensei?! Is that you?!"
The baby - Gojo Satoru as a baby - began wailing.
Fuck! This wasn't supposed to happen.
A smile and eye appeared on the left side of Yuji's face as Sukuna appeared. "HAHAHAHA! The strongest, huh? HAHAHAHAHA!" he barked out, laughing at Gojo's circumstance.
Yuji slapped his face, "Shut up, Sukuna! Oh man, oh man! It's okay, Sensei!" Yuji panicked, waving his arms around, trying to calm the crying... baby? ... adult baby? ... baby adult?... tiny Gojo, to no avail. Gojo continued to shriek and cry as if he knew something was wrong. Yuji grabbed his Sensei's jacket and wrapped it around the tiny Gojo, as it was too big for him. "There, there, Sensei. It's okay, I got you. Can I carry you?"
Absolutely not!
Gojo let out the biggest screech yet.
"Okay! Uhhh... I was an only child. I don't know what to do here." Yuji lamented, sitting next to the crying baby. "Please, Sensei, stop crying. What can I do to help you?"
Why can't I stop crying? What's wrong with me? Am I processing emotions like a baby, too?
His thoughts were cut off with a shout from the returning Megumi and Nobara, who ran up to him, "Itadori! What happened? What is this?" Megumi gestured towards the bawling baby.
"It's a baby, Fushiguro."
Nobara took a deep breath and gave him a knuckle wrap to Itadori's head. "Ow!" Itadori whined, rubbing his head
Megumi pinched his nose, "I have eyes. I can see it's a baby."
"What's it doin' here is what Fushiguro is trying to ask?" Nobara asked.
"Oh! It's Gojo-Sensei!"
The other two's eyes widened as they looked at the crying baby, confirming that it was, in fact, their teacher as a baby. "Okayyyyy... why's he crying?" Nobara asked.
"He's been crying this whole time. Maybe he hasn't eaten yet?" Yuji pondered.
Megumi took another big sigh and knuckled Itadori's head too. "Or maybe it's because he's been turned into a baby."
"Okay. This is fine." Nobara supposed, "We just have to turn him back. Fushiguro, how do we turn him back?"
Megumi looked at her, baffled, "How the hell am I supposed to know?"
"Well, you've been in the jujutsu world since you were a kid, no? You must know more than either me or this dummy here. Also, isn't he like your dad?"
"He's not my dad!"
"Is that really all you're going to address?" Nobara deadpanned.
"Whatever. The point is, I don't know how. Maybe Geto-Sensei or Nanami will know. For now, since the curse got away for now, it'll still be in the area, so I think we should call them and tell them what happened and get Gojo out of here." Megumi replied.
"I totally agree with Fushiguro. There's just one teeny problem." Itadori responded.
"What?"
"So... Gojo-Sensei isn't allowing anyone to pick him up."
"What do you mean?" Nobara asked.
"Exactly that. He starts crying even harder when you try to pick him up. Look!" He said, while reaching over to try to pick him up. "C'mon, Sensei." Gojo flapped his little arms, attempting to swat them away while screeching. "See?"
Nobara kneeled and got close to tiny Gojo. "Here, let me try. C'mere, Gojo," she cooed, extending her arms. Tiny Gojo shrieked and grabbed her hair with his empty hand, refusing to let go. "God, I hate that babies have superhuman grips. Ow! Okay okay! Let go! I won't carry you." Gojo held on for a little bit longer and then acquiesced.
"We don't have time for this. Let's go." Megumi said, grabbing the pile of clothes and the tiny Gojo all in one go. Gojo yelled and cried and tried hitting Megumi's face, but did little to deter the teen from letting him go. He fussed and kicked and screamed the entire way, as Ijichi was bringing down the veil.
"I am terribly sorry for not properly calibrating the level of the curse. The curse was supposed to be a Grade Two and not a special grade. I am so sor- why are you holding a child? There were no mentions of baby disappearances in the area." Ijichi asked, confused.
"It's Gojo-Sensei." The trio said together.
Ijichi gaped at the angry baby, his mouth opening and closing a few times. "Well. I suppose it's a good thing then that I called Geto-san and Nanami-san. Speaking of, here he comes."
The teens looked up to see Geto's dragon flying through the air, with their teacher sitting on it, guiding the majestic-looking creature through the sky to where they were. As the dragon landed, it went back to the unsummoned realm, and Geto, in his Jujutsu uniform with baggy pants, gracefully walked over to where the trio was. "I heard from Ijichi that there was a special grade curse here? What happened?" He asked as he approached. The teens were positioned so that Nobara and Yuji were in front, covering Megumi and the now quiet baby.
"Well, it got away," Yuji explained lamely.
"That's to be expected. I'm glad you three are okay. We'll handle the special grade. Don't worry about it."
"Um... Sensei. By 'we'll' do you mean you and Gojo-Sensei?" Yuji nervously asked.
"Of course. We're the strongest." Geto said, pleasantly.
Nobara jumped in, "Well, about that... he may not be able to help you this time around."
Geto frowned and narrowed his eyes in concern. "What do you mean by that?"
"Well..." Nobara and Yuji trailed off, moving to the side to expose Megumi standing behind them, carrying tiny Gojo.
Geto's mouth dropped, and his eyes widened like saucers. "...Is that... Satoru?" he questioned softly, walking closer to Megumi.
At this point, Gojo had stopped fussing and was just looking at Geto. They looked at each other for a couple of seconds, just processing this information. Then, tears began to well up in Gojo's eyes as he reached out his hands towards Geto, who quickly closed the gap and grabbed Gojo and placed him on his arm, cradling him. "Oh... Satoru. What have they done to you?" He asked, softly rubbing Gojo's cheek, clearing his tears. Gojo's tears kept falling, but one of his little hands was holding a fist-tight grip on Suguru's shirt. "There, there. I got you, Satoru." Gojo sniffed a little, his cries settling and his eyes beginning to close.
I guess I can sleep now that Suguru is here.
In less than a minute, he was out like a light.
Suguru bundled him up in his clothes a little more to keep him warm. The three teens were staring with their jaws dropped at how easily the other was able to tame the untamable baby, especially with all the fussing he was doing earlier at being carried.
"Geto-Sensei! How did you do that?! He was making such a tantrum to not let us hold him." Yuji whisper-yelled.
Geto chuckled softly, "Well, when you've dealt with Satoru for as much time as I have, you learn how he is. And he's the same brat, grown or not." He looked down at the sleeping baby with a fond smile. "C'mon, let's go. Nanami should be coming over soon, and he'll be able to track the leftover residue from the special grade. We'll figure out how to return Satoru to normal after that." He ordered, walking over to Ijichi's car and settling in the back seat with Gojo nestled into his arms. Nobara and Yuji shared the backseat with him, while Megumi took the passenger seat.
"Aww, Sensei! He looks so cute sleeping!" Yuji cooed.
Geto looked at Gojo with a adoring smile on his face. "He does, doesn't he?"
"Geto-Sensei, who will be taking care of him in the meantime, while we figure out how to switch him back?"
"I will, of course. If word gets out that Gojo Satoru is a baby, I'll be able to protect him and fend off any intruders. In the meantime, however, we're gonna need some supplies to take care of him. Ijichi, please head to the nearest grocery store."
"Of course, Geto-san," replied the ever-so obedient Ijichi.
As they pulled into the lot, Geto turned to the teens. "Alright. I'm going to stay here so as not wake him up. You guys and Ijichi - take my card - go buy the things for him."
"Leave it to us, Sensei! What should we get?"
"For now, just the bare essentials. Get a couple of packs of diapers for babies ages seven or eight months," at which Megumi turned his face to the side to snicker, "also get a variety assortment of baby food, a baby seat, a couple of onesies for him and other types of clothes, oh, and some baby powder and baby wipes." He listed off, he looked up, thinking a bit more. "Hm, was he really fussy with you guys?"
"Uh, he kinda was throwing a bit of a tantrum. Why?" Yuji responded.
"Okay. Get him a bib and a pacifier, too. He might need it."
To which, of course, all the teens burst into giggles.
"Okay, I think that's it for now. Don't worry about the prices."
"Aye-aye, captain!" "Yes, sir!" "'Kay." Responded the trio, excitedly skipping away and getting a shopping cart and walking into the store with Ijichi behind them.
Geto settled back into the seat, softly rocking his arms, where Gojo nuzzled closer to his chest for warmth. "Now it's just you and me, little guy. What a predicament you're in, huh, Satoru?" He whispered gently. "Don't worry. I'll protect you." He leaned down to place a kiss on his crown. "Sweet dreams, baby."
-
"We should totally get this! It's so funny!" Nobara exclaimed.
"Uh, don't you think Sensei will get mad?" Yuji questions with a nervous laugh.
"He's a baby right now; it doesn't matter."
"Not that, Sensei. Geto-Sensei. I know he's very protective of Gojo-Sensei even before this."
"They've been friends forever." Megumi inputted.
Noabara, undeterred, put both her arms around the boy's shoulders, "All the more reason we should get it. Besides, Geto-Sensei did say not to worry about prices, right?" She gaslighted.
"Well, I suppose so." Yuji relented.
"Woohoo! In the cart it goes! Let's finish shopping!"
-
They pulled up to Jujutsu High, where the kids brought in the bags and accommodated all the supplies in the necessary areas for Geto. The kids were not exactly quiet, and all the racket they were making caused the baby, who was nicely nestled into blankets and pillows, to wake up.
Where am I? Where's Suguru?
His thoughts wandered as he settled back in and grounded himself as he realized he was at Suguru's place on his couch. He felt so nice and warm, all bundled up as he was. He wiggled his body as he tried to settle himself even more, when he felt something that made his eyes pop open.
He wouldn't dare!
He wiggled his bottom again and yet again felt the same sensation.
How dare he put a fucking diaper on me?!
He screamed out a wail that was enough to deafen anyone, crying loudly and making his utter displeasure and anger at his situation known to everyone.
"Sensei! He woke up!" Yuji called.
"Yep! I can hear him. He might be hungry. Can you get one of the baby food cans and try to feed him? I'll be there in a second!" Geto answered from the other room.
"Leave it to me!" The teen was happy to be helpful wherever he could. He quickly went to the kitchen to retrieve the food and a small feeding spoon, and then walked back to the screaming baby.
"Alright, Sensei! Open wide! Say ahhh," Yuji said animatedly to the baby.
Gojo took one look at him and then at the baby food in his hand and clamped his mouth shut, glaring fiercely.
"C'mon, Sensei! Don't be like that! You must be hungry, right? Just try a little bit." Yuji tried coaxing the baby, bringing the spoon to his mouth.
Gojo turned his head to the side, refusing to take any of it.
Consequently, the food made a mess of his little chubby cheek.
Yuji tried the other side, and Gojo just turned his head to the other side, finishing his artwork on his face.
"Sensei! Please!" Yuji said, fully distressed now.
At that moment, Suguru walked in and saw the mess all over the baby's face. "Oh goodness! What did you do, Yuji?!"
"I swear I was trying to feed him, and and and he wouldn't let himself!" he stuttered through the fear.
Geto sighed. "Nobara, Fushiguro, and you can go now. I'll handle it from here, okay?"
The three teens left with a quick goodbye to both their teachers.
Geto went to grab a wet wipe and a bib and walked over to the couch, cleaning up the leftover mess on Gojo's face. "You really are such a brat, no matter how big you are, huh?" When he finished cleaning up his mess, he placed the bib on the little one.
I'm the brat when you're the one who put me in a diaper and is now trying to feed me a bunch of mush shit?!
Of course, Gojo was totally cursing out Geto in his mind and wanting to say it out loud. Unfortunately for him, and to the fortune of Geto, all that was sounding was a bunch of cute babbling.
"Oh yes, of course, sir." Geto giggled.
Gojo could only grunt and pout.
"You'll eat something for me, right, Satoru? You need it. It's been a couple of hours, and with your little baby body, you need sustenance. You understand that, right?" Geto explained softly.
Gojo opened his eyes and stared sadly and embarrassed at Geto.
I don't want to poop myself. Especially not in front of you.
He looked downin shame.
"Aww. Are you feeling shy? Is it about being fed? Or something else?" Geto asked, trying to understand the infant. "Ah. Is it the diaper?"
Gojo's eyes just welled up with tears, effectively confirming it.
"It's okay, Satoru. I'm not judging you, okay? I know it might be a little embarassing but I'll never use this to make fun of you. Besides, how could I when you're the cutest little baby I've ever seen?" Geto cooed, reaching over to start tickling the baby's sides, to which Gojo squealed and shrieked in delight.
"Will you eat something now?"
Gojo nodded.
"Good. Stay here while I get your food." Geto smiled at him.
Geto stood up and went to get another flavor of the baby can. "Maybe he'll like this chicken and gravy one to still have some grown-up flavors." Geto mused to himself.
He walked over to Gojo and sat next to the baby, opening up the can and scooping some out. "Say ah, Satoru," Geto said lovingly.
Gojo, unlike how he was with Yuji, obediently opened his mouth and took the food into his mouth.
Only to really get a taste of the mucky food, and immediately started crying, while trying to spit it out.
That shit is disgusting!
"Aw, Satoru! You were doing so well! Why are you crying now? C'mon, I know it's not your usual food, but adult food will hurt your tummy." Geto relented, trying to once again try to feed Satoru, to which Satoru vehemently refused and cried even more.
No! It's not good!
"What's wrong? Does it not taste good?" Geto questioned seriously, while Gojo continued crying.
He brought up the spoon to his mouth to taste it, only to yelp in disgust and cough out the disgusting puree. "Whoop! Ew!" Gojo stopped crying and stared at Geto. "That is disgusting!" he got out, laughing.
Gojo began giggling with him. That's what I'm saying!
Geto grabbed his little feet and laughed, "You don't have to eat that! That's so yucky!" He booped the giggling baby's nose, to which Gojo thought that he was thoroughly enjoying all the attention Suguru was giving him. "Let's try another flavor, alright? You have a sweet tooth, so let's go sweet rather than savory, huh?"
I mean, of course! Why wouldn't you go with something sweet to begin with? You know me!
"Yes, yes, I hear you!" Geto acknowledged the talkative baby.
The next can was apple flavored and was definitely a lot better than the previous one. Gojo ate his baby food with very little fuss. Suguru cleaned him up with his bib and went to clean the spoon in the kitchen as he left Satoru watching some dancing vegetables on his TV on YouTube.
Does he really think this will keep ... me... distracted...? Broccoli...
Gojo, with his wide baby blue eyes, stayed staring at the screen, completely enraptured and even drooling a little.
Geto, in the meantime, set up everything he needed to bathe Satoru so that he could put him to sleep in one of the onesies that the teens had bought.
He pulled out one of the onesies at the top and looked at the front.
"'Uh oh. I shizzled in my dizzle?'" Geto read out loud, while rolling his eyes. He picked out another plain baby blue one and a diaper and went back to the washroom, where everything was set up.
He walked back to the living room, where a group of fruits and vegetables were just vibing around the beat. Gojo's eyes were close to closing, but his little mouth was wide open, and a string of drool was falling on his bib. "Alrighty, big guy. Let's go take a bath." Geto announced, picking up the baby who did not come out of the little hypnosis the dancing fruits had put him in, which Geto was glad that he was not making a fuss about it.
Until he began to take off his clothes, Gojo just started to whimper and whine.
"It's okay. I got you. I won't look too much. But a bath will make you feel better. The warm, soapy water will feel so good on your skin, I promise."
Gojo mewled but relented once he was in the warm soap water. It actually did feel really nice, and Geto's big hands washed him oh-so gently. Geto rubbed his scalp, and Gojo nearly fell asleep to the ministrations.
Once Geto was done bathing him, he wrapped him in a warm, fluffy towel and dried him completely. He put a diaper on him and zipped up his onesie.
By the time everything was done, Gojo was just exhausted and wanted to sleep. This entire day was just entirely way too much for baby Gojo. He stretched his little arms and legs with a big yawn.
"Oooh, big stretch for a big little guy!" Geto cooed.
I'm sleepy.
"You're tired? Yeah, it's been a long day for you. Let's get you to bed." Geto murmured, picking Gojo up and walking him to his bedroom, and set him on the bed as he arranged the pillows and blankets around him as a makeshift crib that wouldn't let him fall over.
As he caressed his head, he sang softly,
Baby, baby
you're a caramel macchiato
your scent is still sweet on my lips
baby, baby
tonight
yeah
baby, baby
you were warmer
than the scent of a cafe latte
do you remember that feeling?
baby, baby
tonight
baby, baby
By the time he was done signing, Gojo was long asleep. He leaned over and placed a gentle kiss on his forehead.
"Goodnight, baby."
-
"We should be able to exorcize the special grade the day after tomorrow," Nanami reported to Geto over the phone. "How's Gojo-san doing?"
"He's doing pretty okay for the circumstances he's in. According to Ijichi, apparently, Shoko is trying to figure out a way to bring him back to normal, considering this was done with cursed energy."
"I've never seen curse energy do this before. It's definitely odd."
"It's probably because he's Satoru Gojo, of course."
"Well, at least we could avoid hearing his dumb comments for a break for once."
Geto frowned, not liking the comment, but understanding that was the relationship that Nanami and Satoru had.
"Well, actually -" he began to reply, when he heard a cry come from his room, "Sorry Nanami, Gojo woke up, and I need to feed him. Keep me updated, though."
"Will do. Goodbye, Geto." Both hung up, and Geto went to see Gojo, who was crying and seemingly very upset and uncomfortable.
"There, there. What's going on?" Geto asked, picking him up, but guessing the probable cause. He lifted the baby and smelled his diaper. Yep. He definitely needed a change of diaper. "Let's go get you changed and clean." He told Gojo as he walked towards the restroom.
As he removed his onesie and his diaper, all Gojo did was look away, a blush adorning all over his face. At this point, Geto had already bathed him, so there's no hiding anything anymore.
Didn't mean he still wasn't embarrassed and mortified that his best friend and lowkey crush since they were teens was changing him and wiping his butt clean.
Geto made sure to do the change as quickly as he could, as he could feel the embarrassment coming off in waves from the infant. As he finished up, he began tickling his sides, "Don't you feel so much better, all nice and clean?"
That tickles! Stop Suguru!
All that came out were happy squeals and giggles from the baby. He did, indeed, feel so much better after the diaper change.
"Let's get you back to sleep, sweetie. You should be out for the next couple of hours, and then we can go ahead and feed you again, okay?" Geto informed himvas he took him back to the bed.
He placed two kisses, one on each chubby cheek, too cute to resist.
"You're so cute even as a baby," Suguru said softly, rubbing his head.
Even as a baby? Satoru mulled over, but soon enough, sleep began to take over again.
He fell asleep to Suguru lulling him to sleep again.
baby, baby
tonight
-
The next morning, when Gojo woke up again for the day, Geto greeted him with a bright smile. "Good morning, baby!" He was greeted with a huge kiss on his cheek.
Definitely a good morning. Maybe being a baby isn't so bad as long as I'm Suguru's baby.
Wait, what am I thinking?!
I need to get back to normal so that I can ask him what he meant last night.
Geto took off his onesie and went to grab a little shirt and some shorts for the day. He put the tiny shirt up against his chest. The shirt looked hilariously small in comparison to the broad-chested man. Gojo curled his legs up and giggled and laughed as Geto prepared his outfit for the day.
Geto turned to look at him, "What are you laughing at, mister?" As he continued to hold the shirt up against himself.
Gojo just continued giggling and squealing.
Geto came over and started laughing with him. Then he leaned over and began blowing butterflies on the baby's stomach, making him shriek and laugh even harder. "What's so funny, huh?"
Ah! Stop! That tickles too much!
Geto picked him up and brought him closed kissing and biting his round cheeks. "God, I could just eat you up."
I could definitely get used to this.
"Let's get you dressed for breakfast, okay?"
Geto quickly dressed him in the little shirt and shorts and picked him up to take him to the kitchen, where he sat him in the baby seat that he finished setting up last night once Gojo had been put to bed. He turned on the speaker and put some music on, never really having been a fan of pure silence. Dancing Queen by ABBA began playing, and he began to bump his head and his hips to the song. Gojo watched completely enamored and began to clap and giggle.
Geto smiled and turned around. "You like my dancing? You want to dance with me?"
Gojo smiled and gave a shrill shreak agreeing.
"Okay, okay! Come here." He said, picking Gojo up from his armpits and bringing him to the air to move him side to side as Gojo kicked his little legs.
"You can dance, you can dance! Having the time of your life!" Geto sang as he brought Gojo up to his face to rub noses with the baby at every 'you', making Gojo smile a toothless smile every time. Geto brought him up and down in the air, and brought him to his chest as he swayed to the song.
When the song was over, he sat him back down in his seat, booping his nose. He came back around with the baby food in hand, banana flavored for this morning.
Gojo was feeling so elated that he ate all his baby food with no complaints at all.
As he was being fed, he remembered something.
His Tamagatchi!
He babbled to Geto, trying to get his attention.
"Yes, Satoru? What's up?"
My Tamagatchi! I haven't taken care of it since yesterday!
"I can't understand you. All I hear is a cute baby talk." Geto chuckled.
God damn it! My Tamagatchi! Where is it?! It looks like this!
Gojo tried putting his little fingers in a little triangle shape, almost playing charades at this point, trying to get the message across that he needed to take care of his beloved pet.
Geto cocked his head to one side, trying to understand the weird shape the chubby fingers were trying to make.
"Ah! Your little game thing?" Geto deduced.
Gojo nodded vehemently.
Geto rubbed his head and told him, "I'd put it away, but I can go get it for you."
As he walked away, Gojo heard a "Would this count as an iPad baby?" from around the corner.
Gojo, being left to his own devices, suddenly got the urge to bite something. He looked to his side and noticed a marker sitting next to him. Driven purely by impulses at this point, he brought up the marker to his mouth and began chewing on it. It was one of those clickable ones, so he decided to click on it. Right as he was about to put it in his mouth, Geto was coming back and saw what he was about to do.
In superhuman speed, he rushed over and took away the marker from Gojo. "Bad Satoru! That would really harm you if you put it in your mouth!" Geto said, full of concern.
Gojo burst into tears.
"Aw, no buddy. I'm sorry. You're not bad. I just can't have you putting dangerous things in your mouth, okay?"
Gojo continued to sob. He just wanted something for his teeth!
Geto thought for a moment.
"Oh! Are you teething? That would make sense. That's uncomfortable for you, huh?" he asked him earnestly, holding onto his little feet.
Gojo sniffed a little and nodded.
"Okay, let me get you something, sweetheart." Geto soothed him, rubbing his cheek with the back of his fingers, as he got up to go get something.
He brought the pacifier that he had told the teens to get yesterday. He brought up the pacifier to the sniffling baby and offered it to him.
Gojo looked skeptically and slightly offended at Geto.
There's no way he's offering this to me right now.
"Listen, I won't judge you. Have I been judging you at all this whole time? No, right? They're just baby urges, and we just have to deal with the circumstances we are in. It'll make your little mouth feel better once you have something to bite down on. Especially something that isn't dangerous. Try it ... for me, yeah?" Geto reasoned.
And because Gojo could never deny Geto anything, especially when he used that tone with him, he gave in and opened his mouth. Geto put the pacifier in his mouth, and Gojo bit down on it apprehensively, and then began to chew on it a bit more.
I guess it's not too bad.
Geto smiled at the now calmer baby. He reached over and gave Gojo the Tamagotchi that he was asking for. "Good, Satoru. Here's your game." He said as he passed over the Tamagotchi.
Just to find another dilemma, his little fingers could not get the strength to push down the buttons.
He tried to give the game back to Geto so that he could take care of his pet for him, but being a baby really was an unfortunate thing for him because he was completely unable to manage his strength.
So, he threw the little device with superbaby strength at Geto. And it bounced off his forehead.
Oh my gosh! I'm sorry, Suguru!
Geto rubbed his forehead and then chuckled lightly, "You're such a little shit. You know that? I forgive you because I know you didn't mean to do that. Right?"
Gojo nodded quickly.
"Okay, good. Now, do you want me to play your game for you?"
Gojo nodded again.
"Okay, okay. I can do that. Let's see." He turned on the Tamagotchi and saw the pet's name and looked over at Gojo. "Suguboo is hungry. Should I feed him?"
The baby's eyes widened, then he closed his eyes tightly and brought his tiny hands to cover his now red face.
Suguru let out a full-on laugh. "It's okay, baby! I won't judge. We'll talk about this later when you're grown up again, okay? For now, I'll just take care of your pet for you."
And he did just that.
They spent the afternoon on the couch with Gojo on Geto's chest, just watching shows on Netflix and videos on YouTube for kids.
The feeding, bathing, and sleeping just fell part of this temporary routine with no fuss or tantrums, just lots of butterfly kisses on tummies and lots of giggles.
-
The next day came around, and Nanami came to pick up Suguru so that they could go hunt the Special Grade curse down. Shoko was going to stay behind to take care of Satoru.
The only issue was that Satoru was throwing a fit, refusing to let go of Suguru.
"Satoru, I have to go. With you down, I'm the only special grade on standby. They need me. You understand that, right, baby?
Satoru cried harder and gripped his neck with more of his little strength.
His emotions were completely irrational, and he knew it, but somehow he was not able to control them at all! He logically understood that Suguru had to go hunt the curse down with his inability to. But his mind was feeding him all sorts of troubling thoughts of Suguru getting hurt or worse.
His feelings were being exaggerated times a hundred.
"Gojo-san. Geto needs to be a part of this mission. We will fail to catch the special grade without him," Nanami tried to reason.
Gojo turned around to stare at Nanami with electric blue eyes and brought three of his fingers together.
Hollow Purple.
Of course, nothing happened, but Geto knew enough of Gojo's techniques to see what the baby was trying to do. He brought his hand to the baby's and brought it down. "The faster I go, the faster I come back. I just fed you, so you should be sleepy in a few minutes, and that will put you to sleep for the next two hours. I think I should be back by then. You won't even notice that I'm gone. And I'll leave some of my curses here to always give me alerts in case anything goes wrong. I'm not abandoning you. Okay?"
Gojo pouted out his bottom lip and teared up, hugging Suguru again, hiding his little head in the crook of his neck.
You better be okay!
"I'll be fine. Don't worry about me. Let's get you to bed, okay?"
The baby sniffed and nodded against his neck.
Suguru put him to sleep in his bed and lulled him to dreamland.
Baby, baby
you're a caramel macchiato
your scent is still sweet on my lips
baby, baby
tonight
Suguru was back before Satoru had even woken up.
That Special Grade Curse had no chance against a Special Grade Suguru in a hurry.
The two continued their day as they had previously: dancing, watching TV, playing with the Tamagotchi, feeding, napping, and bathing.
Life was calm.
-
The next morning, Shoko came inside the room with Nanami in tow to Geto's apartment.
"I figured out how to get Gojo back to normal," Shoko announced.
Gojo, who was lying against Geto's chest as he was being carried, straightened his back.
"Yep. And lucky for him, I'm able to do it for him."
"Really? Oh my gosh! That's great news, Shoko! What do you need?"
"I just need cursed energy, a lot of it, which is why I brought Nanami along."
"Can you explain exactly what's going to happen?"
"So, essentially, I'm reversing the Reverse Curse Technique. Satoru was hit with so much reverse concentrated curse energy that it reversed him back to him as a baby. As we know, RCT can reverse any damage or injuries. In his case, since he had no injuries, his body was just reversed instead. Now, RCT is just negative cursed energy multiplied against itself, which makes positive energy. So to undo the negative cursed energy, all we have to do is hit him with the same amount of positive energy, which is where you two come in. Basically Reversed Reverse Curse Technique. Does that make sense?"
Gojo and Geto looked at her with owlish eyes. "Um, not really, but I trust you. Go for it."
"Good. Set him down on the couch." Shoko ordered, getting to business.
Geto put him down and looked at him with a sad smile. "See you back to normal in a bit, alright? Oh, I'm gonna miss my chubby baby Satoru."
Gojo reached out his arm, asking for uppies. Geto picked him up in his arms, hugging him. As he pulled the baby away from him, Gojo leaned over and placed what was supposed to be a kiss against Geto's cheek, but it was more of an open-mouth slob.
"I love you, too, baby," Suguru replied, kissing his cheeks once more.
Suguru placed Satoru down on the couch and stepped back.
If his eyes were teary, no one mentioned it.
-
Five minutes later, a full-size Satoru Gojo was on the couch.
"Gosh, it's so good to be back to normal!"
-
That night, a knock came on Suguru's door. He wiped his eyes from the tears as he opened the door. "Satoru? What are you doing here?"
"We need to talk. Can I come in?"
"Of course, come in."
Geto opened the way for him to come in, to which the other did. They sat on the couch where just yesterday they were watching TV together.
It was silent for a bit, then Satoru cleared his throat and spoke up. "I wanted to thank you for taking care of me."
"Oh, you don't have to do that, Satoru. I just did what I had to."
"You didn't have to," he disagreed, "But I'm so glad you did."
"Well, it really was no problem, Satoru."
"But it was! You had to take care of me, feed me, put me to sleep, bathe me, shit, even change my soiled diapers. And you did it without complaining."
"And I'd do it again, as many times as you turn into a baby as needed."
"Well, hopefully that will never be the case again. But I want to be honest with you, Suguru," Gojo said seriously, grabbing Suguru's hands.
"As I spent time as a baby, I realized that you are truly such a wonderful person. You are so full of love, and there's not an evil bone in your body. As you took care of me and gave me all your attention and care, I realized that I could not keep two things to myself anymore. The first one is that I do not want to live a life where you are not there with me, sharing things with me, laughing with me, dealing the goods and bads with you. I realized just how lonely life has been for me, and I don't want to go back to that kind of life. Not when I've had a taste of what I could have with you, which leads me to my second point. I love yo,u Suguru. I have loved you since we were teens. I was just always too much of a coward to confess it to you. But that's my truth. I am completely head over heels for you, and now getting to be just with you at all times for these past couple of days has been nothing more than a dream. I'd rather live all my days with you in a peaceful domestic life than live in a mansion all by myself."
Satoru brought Suguru's hands to his lips, placing a gentle kiss on his knuckles.
"You are all I have ever wanted in my life, and now that I've had you, I never want to let you go again. You are the most important person in my life, Suguru."
Suguru was speechless, but with a singular tear falling.
"You know, when Nobara said that you would not be able to help me around this time with the Special Grade, the world briefly ended for me when I thought you were not in it anymore. I was so relieved to see that you were still here with me. As I took care of you, these feelings that I've tried to suppress for so long came out, singing loudly. Babies have always been a weakness of mine, and seeing you like that really made all the cuteness aggression part of me come out," he laughed, wetly, "You really are a cute baby. And being a baby just really amplified who you already are: a spoiled brat, but a loveable spoiled brat. I have also been in love with you for the longest time, but I never thought that your clan would allow it or that you even liked me back in that way. So I'm glad to hear that it really did go both ways."
"We're so dumb, aren't we?" Satoru said, laughing a little through teary eyes at all the things Suguru said.
"Maybe a little." Suguru giggled. "So, what happens now?"
Satoru took a deep breath and asked, "We can start with this: Suguru, will you be my boyfriend?"
Suguru smiled and blushed, "Of course, I'll be your boyfriend."
Satoru jumped up and cheered, "Yay! Suguru is my baby now!"
He sat back down closer to his now-boyfriend. "I promise to take care of you in the good times and bad times, just like you have with me. I love you."
"I love you, too."
And they kissed and giggled against each other's lips as they pulled away. They decided to take things slowly and not rush into things in their new relationship.
Cuddling was definitely not off the cards, though.
As the moonlight cascaded down into the room onto the loving couple, Satoru shifted as he was lying on top of Suguru's chest, while Suguru rubbed his back.
"We still need to talk about Suguboo, Satoru."
Satoru groaned and hid his face in Suguru's chest. "Can it wait until tomorrow?"
"Sure, baby," Suguru said, huffing out a laugh.
"Suguru?"
"Hm?"
"Can you sing me that baby song you sang to me. Your voice is really nice."
"I can't believe you remember that."
"I remember everything. Please, sing to me."
"Well, alright. You big baby."
Baby, baby
you're a caramel macchiato
your scent is still sweet on my lips
baby, baby
tonight
yeah
baby, baby
you were warmer
than the scent of a cafe latte
do you remember that feeling?
baby, baby
tonight
"Goodnight, baby."
"Goodnight, Suguboo."
The End.