𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐶𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒 𝑊𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛|||𝑅. 𝑆𝑢𝑘𝑢𝑛𝑎

|||CHAPTER 18|||OOH, NICE|||

"Yep." Satoru put the movies down on the coffee table, "From masterpieces to French movies with landmines of C-grade horror... It's gonna be non-stop for as long as you're awake. Of course, you're not just going to watch them. You're going to watch them with this guy..." Satoru held up a cursed corpse doll, "and Y/n if she wants."
    
"Ah, I remember this guy." Y/n nodded before looking at the movies on the table.
    
Satoru handed the doll to Itadori, "What's this creepy-cute doll?"
    
"You think it's cute?" Satoru asked quietly, "It's the school principal's specialty–a cursed corpse."
    
"Ooh, nice, Now You See Me." Y/n spoke quietly to herself, holding up the DVD case.
    
"...And? This isn't to the point at all."
    
"Don't rush, we're almost there." Satoru told Itadori as he got punched in the face by the doll. "If you don't emit a constant flow of magical power, that cursed corpse will wake up... and attack you, like it just did."
    
Y/n now stood next to Satoru as he spoke, "As I said earlier, since there's a variety of movies at your disposal... it can make your heart throb, make you anxious and excited... you can cry, laugh, and feel damn nauseated."
    
"I remember when I did this," Y/n uttered, "first he makes you watch a full movie without waking the cursed corpse and without getting hurt."
    
"This is training to maintain a constant output of magical power, no matter what emotion you are feeling. You can't emit too much or too little magical power." Satoru explained, "Right now, it's set to a degree of magical power that even you can emit, but gradually it will demand a bigger output so never lose focus, okay?"
    
"If it's like this, I can't lose focus even if I wanted to." Itadori looked down at the doll in between his hands.
    
"What do you want to start with? I recommend this." Satoru held up the movie as he squatted before going to put in the player, "The heroine irritates me but... she dies flashily in the end."
    
"Wow, what a spoiler. I'll go with action first." Itadori said before he got punched in the face again, "Damn it!" He threw the doll.
    
"Even if you're irritated, keep the magical power constant." Satoru told him, holding a hand to his mouth.

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Y/n decided to stay and watch movies with Itadori. She sat on the right side of the couch with her legs crossed, while Itadori laid across the couch with his legs in her lap.
    
They were watching some action movie now, a man was on the phone with another man, "Which wire should I cut?! Red or blue!?"
    
"...Long ago, in the designated trash area where I used to live, you know–"
    
"Hey, hey, what kind of story are you telling at a time like this?"
    
"The plastic trash was in a red bag and the combustibles were in a blue one," Itadori took a sip of the soda as the man continued to talk, "I thought, 'Isn't it the opposite?'"
    
"That's right, it's red! Usually it's red!" The man exclaimed as Itadori got punched in the face.
    
"Don't do it when I'm drinking Coke!" Itadori shouted from the floor, coughing.
    
"Don't drink, will you?" Satoru said from behind the couch with his hands in his pockets.
    
"At home, it's always chips and Coke with a movie, isn't it?"
    
"Well, that's true." Satoru said as Y/n said, "I eat popcorn and Coke, but you do you."
    
"Well, then," Satoru held up his hand as Itadori went back over to the couch, "I have stuff to do, so...! Keep it up, okay? And Y/n, keep it down." He tugged at his shirt, referring to her shirt.
    
"I—" She glared at him after pretending to gag.
    
Satoru started to leave, but turned around, "Oh, right. Did you talk to Sukuna when you were dead? He didn't make conditional offers or a contract to heal your heart?"
    
"Oh... I have a feeling we talked about it but..." Itadori looked down, "I don't remember."
    
"I see." Satoru mumbled before leaving.

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Itadori and Y/n continued to watch movies. Y/n had fallen asleep with her head on his chest and his arm loosely draped over her shoulder. Itadori had to handle his emotions from the movie, a girl sleeping on him, and Sukuna talking in his head. He was starting to get the hang of his emotions. The doll hadn't punched him yet since the start of this movie and it was almost over.
    
He started to close his eyes and then all of a sudden he being held above a lake by Satoru.
    
Y/n woke up abruptly, her body falling on the couch, "Where...?" She shook her head, going back to sleep, ignoring the fact that Itadori just disappeared.