The fall air was cold as ever, the wind whooshed as the sun was setting, sending a shiver down your neck as you pulled on your hood. You were wearing fleece tights, a mid length black dress with a cropped jacket on, paired with boots that went to right below your knees. With minimal daylight left, you were walking towards the small cafe on the corner. The street lights slowly turn on, lighting the sidewalks as you walk. As you approach the light to cross, you can see inside the cafe windows. It's a quaint little cafe you usually study in and the pastries and drinks were delicious. You picked the place as this was your first date with someone you hadn’t known previously. Especially since you know most of the people that work there since you're around so often, so in case it goes bad, they’re there to help.
Glancing through the window you see him, his white hair makes him easy to spot. You had run into him at a bar and he offered to buy you a drink, which was too hard to decline and his persistence added to it. You got to talking and he asked you on a date but you only agreed if he let you pick the place and he did. So now here you are on a random Thursday meeting at a place you frequent daily. Looking through the window you see him wearing a blue button up, wearing glasses as he’s looking down at his phone. He looked more put together than the last time you saw him, as previously he was in a white button up with the top multiple buttons undone, with sunglasses on (inside, a dimly lit bar nonetheless), and black pants. He was a very attractive man but you just hoped his personality didn’t match his looks, in a good way.
As you approach, you take in a breath of air and pull open the door. The smell of coffee and tea filled your nose and you let out a small sigh. You turned your head to the left as you fully took him in, he had a black jacket on his chair, matching to his pants, his hair was messy but not in a bad messy way. As if he knew you were staring at him, he looked up from his phone, a smile appearing across his face, it felt as if you were staring at a cat.
“Y/N you made it”, he said with a light chuckle as he set his phone down.
“Satoru you’re earlier than I thought you’d be,” you said with a chuckle as you approached the table. “Do you want to order something first?”
“Yea that’d be good”, he said as he got up leaving his jacket to claim the table. As you head towards the counter, you look around and notice not a lot of people were here as usual but midterms did just end and most customers were college students, like yourself. Looking behind the counter, you notice Kento and Yuji working tonight. A slight smile on your lips as you approached the counter, Yuji was sitting on a stool reading a manga and looked up from it. He broke out in a big smile and hopped off the chair, placing his book on it. He looked at Satoru next to you and hesitated for a slight second, then continued towards the register. Satoru hadn’t noticed his reaction as he was looking at the menu above his head. You furrow your eyebrows at him and tilted your head a bit, you mouthed what. He shook his head slightly and mouthed nothing. Still looking him in the eye, you were now worried. Did he know him?
“Hi, welcome to Juju’s Bakery shop, what can I get you?”, Yuji said, looking at you first, despite knowing what you’re gonna order anyway.
“Hi Yuji, can I get a chamomile tea with honey and a ham and swiss sandwich?” You said with a slight smile as you clasp your hands in front of you. He nodded and wrote it down, he looked over at Satoru and blinked at him.
“What can I get for you?” He said, with a slightly harsher tone but barely noticeable. What the fuck is going on? Finally Satoru looks at Yuji and you see him take a double take, his eyebrows furrow for a split second but then he breaks out in a smile.
“Yuji, Yuji, my I haven’t seen you in weeks. How you doing?’ Satoru smirks as he crosses his arms over his chest. Standing next to him makes you feel so much smaller than you are, at 5 '4, he’s almost a whole foot taller than you.
Yuji frowned at him and shook his head, “You’re so annoying Gojo, you saw me two weeks ago at the party we threw”.
“I did? Shit my bad dude, maybe I was a bit too out of it then”, Satoru says as he rubs his neck. Yuji rolled his eyes at the response, he raised his hand and gestured to the menu.
“What did you want?” He says but with more attitude. Satoru throws his hands up with a laugh, looking over at you as you look up at him.
“A caramel frappuccino, extra caramel and a honey bun”, he says as he reaches for his pocket. Sweet tooth you thought as he hands his card to Yuji.
“It’ll be coming right up”, he says and hands the card back. You murmur a thank you and smile at him. His frown turns into a slight smile as he walks to make your drinks.
“How do you know each other?” You ask as you walk towards your table. Taking a seat he sighs and smiles.
“Well I know the manager Kento, we all go to the same college. Plus I’m friends with his brother Choso but he doesn’t like me too much at the moment because I told his brother something I wasn’t supposed to apparently”, he rolls his eyes and leans back in the chair. “How was I supposed to know his brother wasn’t supposed to be told?”, he scoffed but smiled almost instantly. “How do you know him?”
“Same college? That means we go to the same college too, I frequent here daily doing schoolwork and just chatting with him and the workers. I kinda picked this place because they know me, in case you were some weirdo after all”, you say with a chuckle as you watch his mouth drop open dramatically.
He places a hand over his heart, “Me? A weirdo? As if, but that’s crazy we’ve never crossed paths. Different majors and schedules, plus I am a year older”, he says and I smile.
“Yea, I know Choso through him. I know a couple people in your year but through some classes and what not. Obviously Kento too but that’s through here ”, you say and tilt your head. “Crazy I’ve never seen you, you’re too attractive to be missed”.
His smile widens at the compliment, “Back at you, it’s probably because you're holed up in here daily. You don't seem like the going out type, I got lucky meeting you at that bar. I’d love it if you came to a party I’m throwing this weekend”, he props his elbow on the table and places his chin on his hand. You smile at him nodding your head.
“Honestly I could use it, school’s midterms mentally killed me this time around”, you say.
“Great, I’ll send you the info right now”, he grabbed his phone and sent you a digital flyer. As you open it, you hear footsteps approaching. You glance up and see Kento holding a tray. His face in a scowl as he looks at Satoru, you crack a smile at his reaction.
“Gojo”, he addresses him with a nod and places his items in front of him. He looks over at you and smiles lightly at you, “Y/N glad to see you”, as he places your order in front of you with 2 sugar packets.
“Thank you Kento, you remembered”, you say as he nods.
“You’re the reason I order so many with how much you order this drink”, he chuckles ever so lightly. Satoru is frowning at him and looks between you two.
“Kento we’ve known each other longer, why can’t you greet me like that?”, he scowls and throws his head to the side. “You can’t be flirting with her if I’m on a date with her”. You gasp and Kento’s face slightly blushes but it was gone as quick as it appeared.
“I’m not flirting with her, just casual conversations with a friend”, he rolls his eyes and walks away. You can’t help but feel embarrassed by the interaction but try to dismiss it. You smile at Satoru and put the two sugar packets in your tea and stir it around. You feel his eyes staring at you, his blue eyes that you can’t unsee.
“Yes Satoru?”
“Do you like Kento?”, he says as his eyes pierce into you. His head tilted and has a small smile on his face but by his eyes, you can tell he’s serious.
“What? I’m here on a date with you not Kento”, you say and take a large sip of your drink. “Plus he’s not interested”, you say as you set your cup down and look into his eyes, he raises his eyebrows and he smirks slightly.
“So you got rejected?” he laughs out and you scoff at his rudeness.
“It was a while ago and I thought there was something okay? So I asked but he turned me down and we moved past it”, you can’t believe you’re telling him this. It feels like it’ll come and bite you in the ass later on.
“That’s hilarious, I can’t believe he rejected someone as perfect as you, his loss”, he says as he reaches to set his hand on yours. You smile at his flattery, knowing it is just flattery.
“You’ve known me for less time than I’ve known him, you can’t just say I’m perfect when you don’t even know me”, you look towards your hands and use your thumb to rub against his hand. He smiles wider and intertwines your hand and his.
“Well I can already tell by how you’ve put up with me that you’re perfect, not just anyone can deal with my shit”, he says and you laugh and nod your head.
“Take me out a couple more times and we’ll see then just how perfect we are..if you're not totally full of shit I mean”, you laugh at the face he’s making. He leans back but keeps your hand in his, he takes a bite of his honey bun. You both start eating and drinking your drinks and casually talk about school and bits of your lifes in general. (I’m too lazy to go into detail but you can imagine your life that you’re talking about).
As time goes on, you don't realise how much time had passed. As you take a look around the store, there was only one other person sitting and Yuji and Kento cleaning up the place.
“Shit we talked for so long they’re already cleaning”, you say as you lean back in the chair, stretching a bit as Satoru looks around.
“Oh yea, we were having such a great time, we weren't looking at the time”, he says with a chuckle. You nod your head in agreement.
“Well we should leave now, maybe it’ll get the other person to leave as well”, you whisper the second part of it and Satoru nods in unison. “I’m gonna go say bye to them, meet you outside?” you say as you get up and grab your jacket to put on.
“Yea, I’ll be outside”, he says as he puts on his jacket and heads towards the door. “Bye Kento, bye Yuji”, he hollers towards them as they both stare at him.
“Bye Gojo”, they say in unison, as he walks out and you chuckle at them. You gather the plates and drinks and walk towards the counter. Kento rushes towards you and grabs them from you.
“Don’t worry about that y/n, I got it”, he says as he holds them. His hand brushes against yours and your heart flutters a bit. Just because you’re on a date, doesn’t mean that you don’t feel excited at the slight contact. You smile at him and nod your head a bit. He walks back around the counter and puts them in the sink and starts cleaning them. You watch him as a smile creeps up on your face, you look over at Yuji who’s already looking. He’s leaning a bit on the broom but has a smile on his face.
“You’re always smiling at me Yuji, don't you see me enough to know what I look like?” you say with a slight eyebrow raise. He blushes and looks away.
“You’re too perfect for Gojo you know,” he says as he looks back sheepishly.
“I know I am, I’m too perfect for anyone at this point”, you sigh and cross your arms. “But it’s all for fun, nothing serious yet while we’re in college. Attention is fun you know”, you say with a laugh. He nods his head at that. You gaze back over to Kento and he has stopped for a couple seconds as the water ran.
“You are too perfect for that jackass”, he mumbles and you laugh even more.
“I’ll let you guys know how it goes with him, or you’ll see how it goes. Whichever but I’ll come in tomorrow, you guys going to his party?” You smile at them, hopefully they are.
“Yes we’ll be there, obligation from Yu and Choso”, Yuji says, “Even Megumi will be there. So you can hang out with us if anything”.
“Yay! I was hoping you guys would be there, I’ll probably bring the girls too. They can never say no to a party and are always dying for me to go out with them”, you smile at the thought of them being excited that you’re actually gonna go out again. “Well, I just wanted to come say bye and hope you guys get home safe. Get rest for tomorrow, busy Fridays”. They both look at you and smile wider than you’ve seen from them tonight.
“Bye y/n, get home safe. Text us if anything”, Kento says and you nod at them. You bid your farewells and walk outside. Satoru’s leaning up on his car as his eyes meet yours, there’s something behind them that you can’t decipher but as you’re thinking about it, it’s gone and he smiles.
“Care for a ride home?” he says as he opens the passenger door. You nod as you get in the car and he closes the door, he goes around the car to the driver's seat. His interior is all black but a mix of matte and shiny in different places. You turn on the seat warmer and sigh as the heat warms your body up.
“Here type your address in”, he says and hands you his phone, you put it in and he starts driving towards your place. Casual talk fills the car with the hum of music playing in the background as you two drive.
“You know they like you right?” he suddenly says and you furrow your eyebrows and look at him. His face is serious once again and he stops at a light, he looks over at you and you stare at him.
“No? What are you talking about?” you say as you scoff at his comment. “I’ve been rejected by one of them and Yuji doesn’t see me like that”.
“Doesn’t mean that Nanami doesn’t regret it and Yuji is too shy to say otherwise”, he rolls his eyes and starts to drive again. You stare at him and then look away at the road. Is he right? “Guys know how other guys think, how they look at girls they like. It’s a bit harder to tell from Nanami but Yuji is too open to not be able to tell”.
“Well if they do or if they don’t, it doesn't matter to me. They’re my friends regardless, even if they tried, we’d move past it”, you say as you bite your cheek. It doesn’t matter, what more can I say to the guy I’m on a date with.
“You say that now, but you never know”, he says as he grips the wheel ever so slightly tighter, not that you’d mention these little details to him, but you see them.
“Whatever, you’re just jealous because I’ve liked Kento before. Worried you’ll lose me as a casual dater?” you say with a laugh. He doesn’t laugh but scoffs.
“Well you’re the only one I’m seeing right now, wouldn’t want to lose you already after one date”, he says as his mood switches and laughs. You stare at him in disbelief, no way he hasn’t seen anyone since I met him.
“You’re lying, right?” You can’t believe that he isn’t seeing or even talking to anyone else. He glances at you and furrows his eyebrows.
“I’ve never dated anyone before, just talking and shit. But I haven’t been or seen anyone in almost a year”, he says as he slowly parks in front of your building. You can’t believe his words in all honesty.
“Oh well, I didn’t think that. In all honesty, I don’t want an official relationship until after I graduate. I’ve only done dates and stuff, hopefully you understand that”, you say as you look at eachother.
“Oh..okay I understand that. Uhm, well come tomorrow to the party. Plus, I would love to take you out on another date. My plan next time, you won’t be disappointed”, he says as he smiles. You smile slightly at him, you expected a worse reaction. Maybe he isn’t such an asshole like you’ve heard.
“Okay, text me the plans and I’ll see if I can squeeze you in”, you smile as he holds in a chuckle. You lean over and kiss his cheek. “Hopefully next time you can tell me all about you”. He blushes and returns the kiss on the cheek.
“Definitely, see you tomorrow”, you say bye and step out the car, the air hits your legs and you run-walk towards your building entrance. You turn around before you close the door and wave with a smile. He smiles and waves, as you close the door he waits and watches you go into the elevator. As you lean against the wall in the elevator you close your eyes, Satoru Gojo, you will be a fun one.