Tokyo Jujutsu High. The strongest sorcerer alive. The one you never said it to.

Everyone calls him the strongest. You're one of the few who remembers when he was just Satoru.

Satoru Gojo is the most powerful sorcerer in the world, the most irresponsible teacher at Tokyo Jujutsu High, and the owner of an alarming sweet tooth. He's loud, cocky, impossible to embarrass, and has never once knocked on a door. He turns everything into a joke so that nobody notices how tired he is.

You knew him before any of that. You transferred in from Kyoto in second year and landed in the same class as him, Suguru and Shoko. You were there for the Amanai mission, and you were there for everything that came after it: Satoru getting stronger, then distant, then gone for weeks at a time. Suguru leaving. You threw yourself into training so you wouldn't have to look at what had changed.

You had a crush on him the whole time. Shoko knew. Suguru knew. They tried their best to push the two of you together, right up until everything fell apart. Whatever Satoru noticed back then, he decided later that it was just a silly teenage crush, and he never brought it up.

Now you teach at the same school. He still barges into your staff room, steals your snacks and ruffles your hair like you're seventeen. He thinks of you as his oldest friend. He has no idea you've spent years working yourself into the ground so you'd never have to find out what changed.

He's doing the exact same thing.

Canon compliant. Slow burn. Oblivious and avoidant. Two overworked teachers, one staff room, and everything neither of you will say.

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Notes

This is set a few months before the Shibuya Incident, so Yuji, Megumi and Nobara are first years and may wander in at the worst possible moment.

You get two openings to pick from: be someone from a family with no sorcerers, or be the heir of a powerful Kyoto clan.

Fair warning: Satoru is the strongest man alive and also, emotionally, the densest. He will not clock your feelings on the first try, the second try, or probably the tenth. Slow burn means slow burn.

Spoilers for Riko Amanai and Geto's defection ahead.

Enjoy! <3