ALLGUMI,🎍 ALLSAKU,🎍
@https://archiveofourown.org/users/spaceChai/pseuds/spaceChai
He gestured around them.
“The forest did.”
Silence.
Then, very quietly, the moss rearranged itself into a heart.
Megumi screamed.
He gestured around them.
“The forest did.”
Silence.
Then, very quietly, the moss rearranged itself into a heart.
Megumi screamed.
The magic settled.
Warm. Invasive. Annoyingly optimistic.
Megumi stared at the ancient oaks. “You cannot just decide a fae will love you.”
The magic settled.
Warm. Invasive. Annoyingly optimistic.
Megumi stared at the ancient oaks. “You cannot just decide a fae will love you.”
Megumi’s wings flared. “NO!! absolutely not!! this is not a binding, this is not a vow, this is not....!”
Megumi’s wings flared. “NO!! absolutely not!! this is not a binding, this is not a vow, this is not....!”
“It means everything,” Gojo said gently. “Also, you smiled.”
“I barred my teeth.”
“Semantics.”
The air shifted.
Roots crept.
The forest let out the softest, most exhausted sigh.
“It means everything,” Gojo said gently. “Also, you smiled.”
“I barred my teeth.”
“Semantics.”
The air shifted.
Roots crept.
The forest let out the softest, most exhausted sigh.
Gojo closed his eyes.
Megumi’s horror dawned in real time.
“Oh no.”
“I am very charming,” Gojo murmured. “I’m funny. I’m resilient. I don’t die easily. You laughed at my jokes.”
Gojo closed his eyes.
Megumi’s horror dawned in real time.
“Oh no.”
“I am very charming,” Gojo murmured. “I’m funny. I’m resilient. I don’t die easily. You laughed at my jokes.”
Then, with heartfelt sincerity, said, “You’re definitely going to fall in love with me.”
Nothing happened.
Megumi crossed his arms. “See? The forest didn’t react.”
Gojo tilted his head. “Hmm. Maybe I need to believe it more.”
Then, with heartfelt sincerity, said, “You’re definitely going to fall in love with me.”
Nothing happened.
Megumi crossed his arms. “See? The forest didn’t react.”
Gojo tilted his head. “Hmm. Maybe I need to believe it more.”
“if I said you were going to fall in love with me--”
Megumi stopped laughing.
The forest stopped humming.
A leaf froze mid-fall.
“I will absolutely not,” Megumi said flatly. “That is not how fae work.”
Gojo nodded, serene. “Right. Of course. Totally. I get it.”
“if I said you were going to fall in love with me--”
Megumi stopped laughing.
The forest stopped humming.
A leaf froze mid-fall.
“I will absolutely not,” Megumi said flatly. “That is not how fae work.”
Gojo nodded, serene. “Right. Of course. Totally. I get it.”
“Okay,” Gojo said thoughtfully. “So if the forest believes things hard enough…”
Megumi’s laugh cut sharp. “No.”
Gojo ignored him. “Then hypothetically-purely hypothetically
“Okay,” Gojo said thoughtfully. “So if the forest believes things hard enough…”
Megumi’s laugh cut sharp. “No.”
Gojo ignored him. “Then hypothetically-purely hypothetically
“Oh,” he said softly. “Is that how this works?”
Megumi felt it then.
That sinking, ancient dread. He had not been outsmarted.
He had been out-chaosed.
And gods help him...
…he was laughing.
“Oh,” he said softly. “Is that how this works?”
Megumi felt it then.
That sinking, ancient dread. He had not been outsmarted.
He had been out-chaosed.
And gods help him...
…he was laughing.
“That you are a dragon.”
Gojo blinked. “Why?”
Megumi smiled. It was sharp. Predatory. Fae-perfect.
“Because if you say it one more time, and believe it just enough...”
The forest hummed.
“...the rules might decide you’re right.”
“That you are a dragon.”
Gojo blinked. “Why?”
Megumi smiled. It was sharp. Predatory. Fae-perfect.
“Because if you say it one more time, and believe it just enough...”
The forest hummed.
“...the rules might decide you’re right.”
Gojo beamed. “Talent.”
Megumi glared at him. Then, softly, dangerously:
“…Say it again.”
Gojo beamed. “Talent.”
Megumi glared at him. Then, softly, dangerously:
“…Say it again.”
The magic stirred. The rules flexed.
Gojo grinned up at him. “See? You’re thinking about it too.”
Megumi swore in Sylvan Fae Language.
The magic stirred. The rules flexed.
Gojo grinned up at him. “See? You’re thinking about it too.”
Megumi swore in Sylvan Fae Language.
Several seconds passed.
“…You cannot just declare yourself a dragon.”
“Why not?” Gojo said, still on all fours. “You lot do it all the time.”
“We do not---”
Several seconds passed.
“…You cannot just declare yourself a dragon.”
“Why not?” Gojo said, still on all fours. “You lot do it all the time.”
“We do not---”
Gojo thought for a second. “Okay. I’m… a dragon.”
Megumi exploded. “NO, YOU’RE NOT!!!!”
Gojo immediately dropped to the ground and made a very unconvincing roaring noise.
Gojo thought for a second. “Okay. I’m… a dragon.”
Megumi exploded. “NO, YOU’RE NOT!!!!”
Gojo immediately dropped to the ground and made a very unconvincing roaring noise.
“That is because it is observable reality.”
Gojo leaned closer, whispering conspiratorially. “But how do you know? What if I’m purple on the inside?”
Megumi hissed. Literally hissed, and the leaves shook.
“That is because it is observable reality.”
Gojo leaned closer, whispering conspiratorially. “But how do you know? What if I’m purple on the inside?”
Megumi hissed. Literally hissed, and the leaves shook.
“Fine,” Megumi snapped. “Tell me something true.”
Gojo brightened. “I’m bright purple.”
Megumi stared at him.
“You are,” Megumi said slowly, “tragically not.”
“Fine,” Megumi snapped. “Tell me something true.”
Gojo brightened. “I’m bright purple.”
Megumi stared at him.
“You are,” Megumi said slowly, “tragically not.”
Megumi froze.
“…That,” he said carefully, “is lying.”
“No, see,” Gojo wagged a finger. “Lying is intent. I’m just vibing.”
Megumi froze.
“…That,” he said carefully, “is lying.”
“No, see,” Gojo wagged a finger. “Lying is intent. I’m just vibing.”
“Oh,” Gojo said easily. “I’m here to trade.” A pause as Gojo took him in from head to foot, then a playful smile on his lips "and offer my hand."
Megumis eyes narrowed. “Human, stop lying
“Oh,” Gojo said easily. “I’m here to trade.” A pause as Gojo took him in from head to foot, then a playful smile on his lips "and offer my hand."
Megumis eyes narrowed. “Human, stop lying
A human.
Standing in the middle of Megumi’s forest. Uninvited. Smiling.
“Wow,” Gojo said, craning his neck. “Your woods are super spooky. Very 💕 murder 💕. ”
A human.
Standing in the middle of Megumi’s forest. Uninvited. Smiling.
“Wow,” Gojo said, craning his neck. “Your woods are super spooky. Very 💕 murder 💕. ”