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Hearing a knock at their door, Toge looked up from his phone.
“Hey, can I come in?” Yuta asked from the outside.
“Shake” Toge replied and Yuta came in peeking through his fingers. Upon seeing that Toge was fully dressed he dropped his hand and crouched next to his bag. Toge noticed the tips of the dark haired boy’s ears were tinged red, his hair was damp and kept falling into his eyes, the t-shirt he changed into hugged his broad shoulders highlighting his muscles. Yuta wandered around their room in search of anything he might have missed. Toge watched him, silently staring, occasionally fiddling with his hands. After a while of scouring their room for none existent forgotten items Yuta paused in the center of the room and after glancing around one more time turned to Toge and asked
“Have you packed up all of your stuff?” he asked, trying to appear nonchalant. Toge nodded and gestured to the large backpack he had brought all of his clothing and belongings in. Yuta nodded in acknowledgement and paced around the room some more. He looked more stressed than usual and was biting his nails and aggressively combing back his hair.
“Mustard leaf?” Toge asked. Yuta’s response was slightly delayed but he nodded and assured Toge that he was fine. Seeing through his bullshit, Toge patted the space on the bed next to him and after a second Yuta sat down next to him.
“Spicy cod roe, mustard leaf?” he said. Yuta sighed and slumped. Toge patted his back in an attempt to comfort him.
“Sorry about this,” Yuta said after a moment, “it’s just Maki’s been pressuring me to tel-do something and while I know she means well and I’ll probably feel better after I do it it’s really stressing me out.”
Toge nodded and repeated, “Spicy cod roe!”
“Thanks Inumaki,” Yuta said, smiling slightly.
Toge nodded and signed ‘ anytime. ’
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When the Tokyo students gathered back at the entrance around the cars, it was nearly four in the afternoon. There were only a few Kyoto students to send them off. Itadori was talking to Todo and Fushiguro was impatiently waiting for him to finish.
After everyone bid their farewells they piled into the cars, second years into one. Maki and Panda taking the next, leaving Yuta and Toge with the final car. Before Maki shut the door, she shouted to Yuta
“If you don’t do it before we get back you know what will happen Okkotsu.” She threatened. Toge was very confused and started thinking about what she meant by that. Lost in thought, he didn’t notice Yuta open the car door until he gestured for Toge to take a seat. Once they were both belted in the driver started the car and they left following the winding road from Kyoto school back to Tokyo.
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‘So what do you need to do before we get back?’ Inumaki signed after a while of uncomfortable silence. Yuta blushed and took a deep breath gathering his courage.
“So as you’ve probably noticed, I’ve been acting really weird for a little while,” Yuta started. Inumaki nodded with a small ‘yes, very awkward. More than usual,’ to try and make Yuta less uncomfortable. It worked as said boy smiled slightly and continued ever so slightly less nervously this time.
“Well… Maki’s been nagging me for a few weeks now to actually tell you, and she said that if I didn’t by the time we got back to school, she’d tell you for me. I’m not sure how serious she was about that but I didn’t want you to find out like that. So uhh ya.. God this is scary.” Yuta took another deep breath, and screwing his eyes shut he all but blurted it out “Inumaki will you go out with me?”
Toge sat there in stunned silence. Despite his minor flirting attempts, he didn’t actually think that Yuta returned his feelings. After processing he muttered a quiet “Salmon.”Toge was looking anywhere but Yuta. After a minute or two of awkward silence Yuta nervously asked, “So uhh boyfriends?” Inumaki glanced up to see Yuta extending his hand for a handshake. Toge couldn’t help but think about how endearing Yuta could be. After a second more he returned the gesture and getting an idea he pulled the other boy's hand towards himself, bringing him along with the appendage. Their faces crashed into each other but the short kiss that followed was nothing but gentle and tender. When they pulled apart both boys were completely flushed. Toge was ecstatic and Yuta looked like a stunned tomato. After some more awkward silence Toge inched his hand towards his boyfriend’s and interlocked their pinkies.
‘Also, call me Toge,’ He signed. Yuta nodded and they spent the rest of the car ride in giddy silence.
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At some point along the ride Yuta fell asleep on Toge’s shoulder, the white haired boy thought it was adorable and took a photo. However, when they got back to Jujutsu Tech and needed to get out of the car, moving a sleeping Yuta proved to be more challenging than Toge first thought. Toge knew Yuta was a very light sleeper and had trouble falling and staying asleep, so as gently as possible he shifted their positions and after many minutes of struggling he managed to get the still sleeping Yuta on his back.
When he met up with the other students Maki strode up to Toge, glancing at the boy hanging onto him like a backpack she demanded “Did he tell you about his stupid crush on you?”
Toge nodded and looking satisfied, she offered to carry Yuta the rest of the way. Toge wanted to refuse, but Yuta was getting heavier by the second, so he nodded and Maki crouched down getting in position for the transfer. After a lot more shuffling and struggling, Yuta was securely on Maki’s back. She carried him effortlessly but after less than thirty seconds of being on Maki’s back Yuta woke up.
“Huh? Maki? Why am I on your back?” Yuta asked blearily.
“You fell asleep on the car ride back. Toge brought you out of the car then I offered to carry you after confirming you didn’t chicken out,” she said, putting him down.
‘You woke up almost Immediately after Maki picked you up, but you were out cold in the car and when i was carrying you,’ Toge signed with a small chuckle. Yuta flushed with embarrassment.
“Sorry for troubling you. Toge, why didn’t you wake me up when we got back? I think I muttered something about that before I fell asleep,” Yuta asked. Toge was fairly sure Yuta didn’t say anything before falling asleep but he signed:‘I tried to wake you up at first but you were really sound asleep and since I know you have trouble sleeping most of the time, I thought I would let you rest a little longer’ Toge signed. Yuta smiled, gingerly grabbed his hand and together they walked back to their dorm.
When everyone had dumped their stuff in their room most people met back in the shared kitchen and dining room.
“Fushiguro was tired and wanted to sleep and Itadori chose him over us, that traitor.” Kugisaki stormed in and announced that to everyone there.
“Panda’s also sleeping,” Maki said when Kugisaki sat down next to her.
“So it’s just us four still awake?” Yuta asked. Maki nodded.
Toge smiled to himself, they were kind of on a double date.
‘Should we watch a movie?’ he suggested.
“Good idea. What movie?” Maki said getting her laptop.
“The Barbie movie?” Kugisaki suggested.
‘But haven’t we all seen it?’ Toge asked.
“I haven’t seen it,” Yuta added shyly. Everyone turned and stared at him.
“How have you never seen the Barbie movie Okkotsu? I forced that idiot and Fushiguro to watch it with me on a day off! Itadori and I even dressed in matching outfits!” Kugisaki demanded. Yuta put up his hands in a placating gesture.
“I don’t really watch movies that much. Also you can call me Yuta, everyone does”
“We’re watching the Barbie movie,” Maki said decidedly.
Half an hour later, Yuta was completely engrossed, asking questions about what was going on and sharing his thoughts about characters.
When the movie was over everyone was half asleep. As they bid their farewells and headed to their own dorms Yuta was humming Speed Drive.
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A few weeks after the exchange event Toge was awoken late at night by someone pacing outside his bedroom. Getting up to investigate he opened the door cautiously at first then, realizing it was Yuta he opened it fully, alerting the dark haired boy to his presence.
“Sorry for disturbing you, just a nightmare I couldn’t go back to sleep, sorry for waking you up,” he started to head back to his room but Toge caught his hand and dragged him back to his own bed. He forced Yuta to lay down and cuddled up next to him. Toge heard his heartbeat accelerating and he smiled to himself, the noise lulling him to sleep.
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In the morning he woke up wrapped in strong arms. He turned around to find Yuta fast asleep. Toge stared at his face for a while, soaking in every detail from his messed up hair to chapped slightly parted lips. Yuta’s face scrunched up a bit more and he opened his eyes a crack. Upon seeing Toge, he closed it again but shifted and mumbled a good morning. Toge was still trapped in his partner's embrace but he needed to use the restroom so he tapped Yuta’s chest, trying to get him to open his eyes. When he didn't, he tried to free himself from Yuta’s grasp, when that proved futile, he remembered a specific spot on Yuta’s side. Reaching under the other boy’s shirt he brushed his fingers over the dip in his waist. The reaction was almost immediate, Yuta’s eyes shot open and he flailed around trying to get the tickling to stop. When he released Toge, the boy leaped out of his partner's reach and dashed to the bathroom.
When he returned, Yuta had sat up and was stretching his shoulders. Upon seeing Toge he brightened and scooched over patting the space next to him. Toge sat and Yuta leaned his head on his shoulder. They were sitting there content in each other's presence when Toge's phone buzzed. He reached across Yuta to grab it off his nightstand and read the notification. ‘Maki has sent: IMG_12489634428’ he tapped on the icon and opened his phone to find that Maki had sent a photo of him and Yuta asleep. It was probably taken the morning of the exchange event. Toge was drooling and his hair was going in every direction, Yuta was spread out and his face was scrunched up like he was concentrating really hard. Toge’s phone was snatched out of his hand by Yuta and he typed out a reply and gave the phone back to Toge. When he looked at the message he couldn’t help but smile.
Toge: ‘>>>:(((((’
Maki: ‘Is Yuta with u’?
Toge: ‘Ya he stole my phone’
Maki: ‘😏’
Toge: ‘It wasn’t anything like that -_-’
Maki: ‘😏😏😏’
Toge: ‘sjuyt upopopppp’
Maki: ‘Hi Yuta enjoy your time with Toge last night 😏😏😏😏’
Toge: ‘Sfsgiiirufdjhdcbidcad thete wadn;t snytjibg liek thag’
Toge: ‘He’s all red now lol’
At that, Yuta took Toge’s phone and placed it on the nightstand. He then grabbed Toge and crashed back down on the bed. Toge rolled his eyes but cuddled closer ignoring the messages.