( OPEN ) feel like i'm falling down

[eyescar]

WHO: Yuji Itadori & you!
WHAT: Yuji has once again been the first guinea pig for the upgrades on offer from LILITH and is paying the price.
WHERE: Across the base
WHEN: End of the month
WARNINGS: References to brain surgery, time distortion, and other medical related things. Info about the side effects of the surgery here.

A.

[ The first moments after being released from the medical room are fine - or, Yuji thinks they're fine, at least. Megumi takes him back to his room and takes care of him, but eventually he gets a little stir-crazy and wants to go and get something to eat, and that leads him to the situation that he's in right now.

Anyone coming across Yuji in the corridor will see him walking down, but at a strangely slow pace. It's as if he's tiptoeing, and he has a face of such utter concentration on his features that it might be endearing if he wasn't also wincing, holding his arms out either side of him. It's as if he's walking along a balance beam, wobbling here and there.

It's comical, and when he realises someone is in front of him he lifts his head, slowly, as if underwater. ]

... Hi?

B.

[ Getting out of bed was probably a mistake.

Yuji had made his way to the library, a quiet place where he wouldn't have to worry too much about being bothered or poked and prodded, but everything had felt so loud. Every time he tried to sit down the pain of it was enough to have him twitching, tears prickling in his eyes, and when he lifts his hand to wipe them away it's as if someone has shoved a hot poker against his skin. It's too much, and way worse than the surgery he had last time, that for a moment he wonders if it was worth it.

(It will be, once this is over, but right now he feels as if his body is out of control).

The overstimulation leads him to crawling under one of the tables, tucking himself against it and shoving his face into his knees, looking far too much like his brother for anyone not to notice the similarities should they come across Choso hiding in the future.

He's crying off and on, but doing his best to pretend he isn't, just in case someone comes across him. ]

C.

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Comments

@MEGUMI

[eyescar]

[ The surgery was painful, but it was nothing that Yuji couldn't handle. It's the after effects that seem to be the worst this time, and his gut is twisting painfully as he climbs out of the bed, wincing. He knows that Megumi is here to take him back to his room, but he doesn't want to be too much of a burden or anything like that, so...

Sliding out of the medical bay and into the main room, he spots his friend and lifts his hand, waving a little, expression tight. He's sore all over, and his legs threaten to wobble out from under him, but he's determined not to collapse. He can lie down when he's back in his room, right? ]

Hey, Megumi... Thanks for waiting.

[ Especially with how things are at the moment... Leaning against the wall, Yuji winces. ]

... Is it okay if we head back now?

@RAIDOU

[eyescar]

[ Yuji had been thoughtful enough to message Raidou before he had gone to get the surgery (not that they had been particularly close last time, but as his boyfriend he is top of the list) and then had gone silent for hours. The pain and the strange distortion of time had left Yuji more confused than he normally is, trying to adjust and not being sure how to do it, eventually recognising that what he wants is to go and find the person who helps settle him and comfort him when something happens.

He is desperately trying not to think about the idle comment Dr. Spim had made and the condoms that still sit in his pocket, since he had no idea what else to do with them. Give them to Choso?

At least Raidou is only in Everlight, so Yuji can stumble his way across the hall. He's tempted to attempt the teleportation, to see how it works, but the idea of accidentally getting himself stuck in his boyfriend's door is alarming, so instead he slumps against it, knocking absently. His voice is a pained whine when he speaks, wondering if he ought to have texted first.

Is Raidou working right now...? ]

Johei... Let me in, it hurts...

b

[ignoreher]

[ the library is one of her weekly stops, so it's natural that she'd be here one of these days; there could almost be a ghost with the stifled crying in here today, but malkuth isn't one to believe in them. she's aware of far worse boogie monsters. so she looks. she searches.

she finds a familiar young man curled up under a table and she hesitates, then leaves a moment just to go downstairs again and return with a blanket that she throws over the table, careful not to disturb yuji as she adjusts it and sits on the other side of his new curtain. sometimes people don't want to be seen, and she doesn't know what's bothering the normally bright boy. ]

How's that?

[ it's barely above a whisper, audible but only somewhat. ]

A

[heir_conditioned]

Shoto still isn't against wandering aimlessly in halls. It gives him good time to reflect on things, get confused by his reflection on some of the things, and then bother Bakugo or Midoriya about the things he's reflected on.

However, today's walk includes someone else's and while Yuji isn't walking toward him, Shoto certainly is catching up at his leisurely pace. The arms out prevent him from doing much moving aside, and if someone is drunk then they probably should be escorted home. He hadn't planned to have a day where it included any kind of community service, but he's all in all dedicated to his cause. So when he's addressed and said hi to, Shoto replies in kind: "Hello." Shoto is walking half behind him, and a little turned toward him. "Where are you going? Straight ahead?"

for the boys B)

[rikugan]

[ gojo typically has what one would call an unorthodox and hands off approach to teaching his students. he prefers it if they can learn from each other and, most importantly, improve upon their individual skills through their own efforts. when appropriate, he doesn't mind guiding them, but at the end of the day, he values achieving breakthroughs through hard work, perseverance and independent thinking. he trusts in them to maintain focus and grow in their strengths at their own pace.

—or, well, more accurately speaking, he had trusted them, until two of his first years decided that it would be more advantageous if they'd just skip a couple of steps and get a high risk surgery to give them extra perks. apparently, individualism and resilience are laughable in the face of advanced tech.

gojo really doesn't care what people choose to do with their bodies. he also understands why yuji and megumi made their choice, yet if they had bothered to ask him (instead of alerting him at the last minute), he would have told them that he didn't approve of it.

disregarding whatever condition his boys are in now, gojo has teleported both of them into his room and, for the first time, he regards both of them without a hint of his usual humor. leaning back against a wall, he shifts his gaze from one to the other as he slips his hands into his pants' pockets.

and then he releases a sigh. let's begin then. ]

To start off, I'm not mad. I'm not here to scold you or hold this against you because what's done is done. We can't turn back the clock. And I understand why you did it. I just expected... more from you two, but my judgment was wrong. That's a failing on my part. I should have realized that circumstances have changed and we are now in a new setting with new opportunities and those new opportunities are apparently tempting. But as tempting as they are, I thought that you would at least run it by me first. So, I'm gonna ask you a simple question to circumvent us having this conversation again: do you still consider me as your sensei?