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[ Megumi's quite used to the other man and their many eccentricities, how manners were never a concern for him around the people he was close to (and the people he despises, but that's a different sort of disregard). As far as his mentor is concerned, permission is something he would never need from Megumi. Not after everything he's done for him. Not after providing for him, teaching him, protecting him and giving him the closest thing he could have to a normal life given their circumstances. Gojo can really do whatever he wants and Megumi would be fine with it (some grumbles aside).

He hears the other many before he sees him. Those cat-like features he's developed are embarrassing to look at, but they come in handy in a lot of ways. When alone at home, he tends to relax and allow them to come out. Since Gojo is the same and they're comfortable together, he doesn't motion to put them away around him. When Megumi emerges, his face has that familiar, grouchy expression but the tail in his pants is standing tall and high, a little hook at the tip. A sign of happiness and safety. ]

You should tell me before you visit. I could have prepared something. [ While he was brattier in his childhood about his benefactor's visits (complaining that he's just here to annoy them again), Tsumiki's influence over time has rubbed off on him. ]

Edited 2023-04-03 23:05 (UTC)

( his own feline features tend to come out more when he's around megumi, whether it's because they are mostly the same or because he loves and trusts him is anyone's guess, but it's really a measure of both when it all comes down to it, and when he sees that hooked tail …

his own swishes behind him despite everything he's still keeping to himself, the blossoms in his lungs, and he steps closer to him. )

Ah, don't worry about it. ( as much as megumi fusses over him given the chance, he never wants him to, because it's his job to fuss, thank you very much. ) I just …

Came to check in.

[ Something's not right here. It's not just the enhanced senses he's developed after taking that potion. From their history together, Megumi can tell that something isn't quite right. Yes, Gojo checks up on him from time to time, but he's usually much more flippant and chipper about it. No jokes this time or a silly souvenir? There's a somber sort of aura.

Megumi stops closer and inspects his face, tugging at the side of his shirt to get his attention. ]

Are you okay?

( he should have known that megumi would know something wasn't right the moment he stepped through the door, but knowing it hadn't stopped him from coming, anyway; he hasn't quite figured out how he's going to say what he needs to get off of his chest to begin with, but the younger fussing over him, asking him if he's okay gives him time enough to stall to think of how to open.

but how exactly does one admit to killing another's parent?

megumi tugs at his shirt and he peers down at him, unguarded, having long since abandoned the futile need for his blindfold or even his glasses, and maybe … that's going to be what ends up giving him away. he smiles, genuine as it always is when he looks at him, but there is no denying that there's something else hiding underneath. )

Yeah? ( that sounding like a question isn't doing you any favors, sir. ) Why wouldn't I be?

[ They've been together long enough for Megumi to pick up on those cracks beneath his mentor's cheerful demeanor. Megumi's a perceptive person, even if he doesn't always know the right thing to say to comfort others. He can tell that something isn't right. However, he's not the sort to push very hard for an answer when the other person isn't ready to give him one. ]

You're quieter than usual. [ There's another little tug and he leads Gojo to the living room to sit. ]

( of course they've been around one another for so long that both of them would be able to pick up on the smallest things, it's something he's personally prided himself on from the moment he could tell when megumi was upset and not telling him why, or when he was angry and not telling him why, or when he wanted affection as a small child and would not let himself ask for it.

( those last instances … were more rare, of course they were with this one near-constantly pulling him into an embrace or ruffling his hair, pinching his cheek affectionately. when megumi wanted attention, there was always something more dire laying just underneath. )

he follows that tug and finally sits, but at the very edge of wherever he's settled himself, the whole of his posture screaming tense even when he's trying like every hell to make it not seem so. well.

important. ) That obvious, huh? ( he tries to laugh, and his breath catches on another petal that sticks to the roof of his mouth. there's. no way for him to extract it without the younger noticing, so he just. tries to chew and swallow it.

nailed it. ) I … ( shit, how is he actually going to do this? maybe he should let this nonsense kill him and be done with it. he was supposed to take it to his grave. ) I have something I need to talk to you about.

[ It sounds like something that's weighing heavy on Gojo's heart, and for that, he gets Megumi's full attention. The boy settles on the couch beside the taller man, turning to face him. What could this be about? It's rare that he sees the older man a bit lost or imbalanced. He's usually the kind prepared for anything.

With Megumi's pessimistic personality, he does start to assume the worst. If his mentor has a difficult conversation to broach, and it's clearly pertaining to Megumi himself, is there something he's not happy about? Maybe he has some sort of grievance to bring up with Megumi, but he's nervous about how Megumi will take it. If he does have a grievance, wouldn't that be justified too? After all, he's been raising Megumi on his own dollar and time since he was a child. And Megumi had the audacity to omit something important about their lives back home. Maybe he's unhappy about any of those things after all?

This makes him a bit nervous, but he doesn't let that show on his face. ]

... What is it?

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