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It's okay if he never gets to see Fushiguro again.
He's always kind–to others, but not himself. Closed off to the world, open of heart. Someone who gives away parts of himself to feed those who suffer. Unkind of words, but so much kind in actions.
Is he being sentimental? Clinging to the notion of being able to free him from Sukuna, wanting him to live for once?
No one says it, but everyone treats it like a foreseen outcome, and unspoken price. We must kill Sukuna, even at the cost of Fushiguro Megumi dying.
Yuuji can't fault them for such a belief. Sometimes even he thinks it's actually just a pipe dream, one which almost certainly has no hope of coming true. Sometimes he lays awake at night, weighing the price of killing Sukuna for good and losing Fushiguro Megumi, and then berates himself for ever trying to decide the value of someone's life. He has no right to decide who deserves to live and who deserves to die.
And it doesn't matter. He hasn't stopped at any length to kill Sukuna – even if it had just started at swallowing all his fingers and dying with him, or eating his own (and Choso’s) brothers. He would do anything for the world to be rid of Sukuna.
The question remains – would he do it even at the cost of ridding the world of Fushiguro?
He knows the answer in his soul. Even if there is one fixed way for this to end, he won't stop trying. Even if Fushiguro doesn't want to be saved anymore, even if it's unfair to those who died, so long as there is a way, Yuuji will show that to him. It's okay if Fushiguro never wants to see him again, as long as he lives, if he stays alive for a long, long, time.
After all…
The only thing fair about this world is that it is unfair for everyone.
I've never once regretted saving you, Itadori.
If you die, I'll kill you!
It's our fault.
We are not heroes; we are jujutsu sorcerers. So don't be selfish to give up all alone.
So start by saving me, Itadori.
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…He continues holding onto his words.