It happened, again. It was 5th time that Megumi had been confessed to that week. 

"What's with Fushiguro that makes him so popular with the girls?" Nobara asked as she twirled her spoon on her empty plate. "Sure he's handsome but he's kind of dull."

They were sitting at a restaurant, Nobara across the table from Gojo and Yuji. A secret meeting that the 3 of them planned, while they made Megumi run 'errands'.

"Hey I don't think he's dull!" Yuji defended. Right then their waiter had arrived, setting their main dish that they would split between the 3 of them on the table. 

"I didn't mean it like that," Nobara explained. "I mean I find his dullness endearing since we're friends. But I can't imagine girls being attracted to it." She put some food onto her plate.

"Hehe, but that's exactly part of his appeal~" Gojo started. They turned to look at him. "Haven't you heard of 'the cool and mysterious type?' Stoic and quiet but shows his emotions when he likes you? Sort of like myself." Gojo smirked. 

Nobara's face contorted in disgust. "In what way are you similar to him you creepy teacher? Since when are you the cool and mysterious type?"

Gojo made a show of taking fake offense to Nobara's words. "Just so you know I'm quite popular! Especially because of my handsome face." He bragged. 

Nobara scoffed. "Yeah okay." She rolled her eyes. 

Yuji spoke up. "Well I think there's plenty of great things about Fushiguro! He's handsome and smart and a good listener and he has nice eyes and hands and-"

"Hmmmmm~" Nobara and Gojo interrupted in unison. Nobara's eyes glinted with the spark of an idea. "Well if you like him so much why don't you confess to him?" She teased.

Yuji blushed tomato red. "Wha-wha-huh?" He stammered. "Why do I have to confess to him, Fushiguro and I are just friends!" He objected.

"That could work." Gojo spoke up in agreement. "When a girl hits on him, Yuji confesses to him so they go away! Nice idea Kugisaki!" They high fived from across the table. 

"I can't confess to him!" Yuji objected loudly. It was loud enough that people from other tables turned to look at him. He hid his face and said a little quieter "I can't confess to him."

"Why not?" Nobara asked. "I mean you already like him don't you. So it's not like it'll be fake."

"What are you saying?" Yuji protested again. "I don't like him like that! I told you we're just friends." Yuji slumped down in his seat.

"Hmmmm~" Nobara and Gojo drawled in unison again. "Well if you don't like him then confessing to him will be no problem right?" Nobara said. "Since it's meaningless, you can just laugh it off afterwards!"

"I can't do that!" Yuji argued "Since it wouldn't be meaningless-" a blush crept on his face as he realized what he was saying. Gojo and Nobara looked at him, wide-eyed in anticipation, ready to tease him to hell.

 "You know what, fine." Yuji gave in. "I'll confess to him, just so you can stop teasing me about it. But it doesn't mean anything." He pouted. 

"Hehehe." Nobara and Gojo started rubbing their hands together maniacally, laughing their little troll laugh. 

"Ah!" Gojo spotted Megumi from outside the window. He was with a girl, who was twirling her hair while talking to him. "Now's your chance! Go get 'em tiger!" Gojo gave Yuji a thumbs up.

"Right now!? But we're eating-" Nobara and Gojo abruptly got up from their seats, grabbed his shoulders and rushed out of the restaurant. 

And before Yuji knew it, he was standing in front of Megumi, a few meters away from where was he was being confessed to, while Nobara and Gojo peeked out from a nearby alleyway, laughing and goading him on. 

"Those guys!" Yuji started shaking his fist. "I swear-"

"Oh Itadori!" Megumi called him over. "What are you doing here, I thought you were sick?" Megumi asked.

"Oh well uh-" Yuji started laughing nervously in embarrassment from being spotted. "There was- uh-" he struggled to come up with an idea "A sale! Yeah a sale for the sequel to that video game I was playing. They announced it suddenly so I had to come pick it up!" He explained.

Megumi looked at him suspiciously. "Is that so? Well whatever." He turned to look at the girl he was talking to. "You can continue," he told her. 

She smiled. "Well anyways like I said, I saw you over there and you looked really handsome, so I wanted to ask if maybe you could come over-"

"Come over!?" Yuji interrupted accidentally. He covered his mouth with his hands to prevent himself from speaking further. 

"Yes, is there a problem with that?" she looked at Yuji. "And who are you?" 

Yuji walked closer to Megumi and ignored her. "Fushiguro, is she asking you for sex!? You're not really going to say yes to that are you?" He gave Megumi his signature puppy dog look and Megumi's heart visibly melted. 

"Well I mean," he scratched his head and faced towards the girl again. "I do think you're pretty but I-"

"Megumi!" Yuji interrupted, calling Megumi by his given name. Yuji wrapped his arms around Megumi's waist. "But what about me? What about our time together? Was it all for nothing?" He said, desperation in his voice.

"Oi what are you talking about?" Megumi stepped back in surprise from being hugged, almost tripping over. "Since when-"

Yuji interrupted again, this time his words were directed to the girl. "How can you like Megumi when you don't even know him? I bet you just like him because he's handsome!" He accused her.

She paused, thinking of what to say. For a good second, Yuji thought he scared her off, but then she said, "And what's wrong with that!? I like him for being handsome now, but once we get to know each other I can like him for who he is."

"Well there's no point in that, because I already like him for who he is!" Yuji argued. 

The air among them fell silent, as Yuji just realized what he had said. He had just confessed that he was in love with Megumi. Megumi was expressionless.

"Wait. You" she looked at Yuji pointedly with her eyes. "like him?" She asked, incredulous. 

"That's-" Yuji blushed, having a hard time continuing. He continued anyways. "That's right! I like him, and he likes me too!" He confirmed with forced confidence, despite wanting to shrivel up from the embarrassment of his words. 

"Wha-" Megumi began but Yuji put his hand over Megumi's mouth to prevent him from talking. 

"Ha. Look how shocked he is." She observed. "You're obviously just faking it to scare me away. I know you don't actually like him."

"I do! In fact I don't just like him, I love him!" Yuji proclaimed, loud enough for passerby's to hear and give them some strange looks, especially since Yuji was still clinging onto Megumi's waist. 

"Oh yeah?" She challenged. "And what about him do you like? I like his hair, his eyes, the way he carries himself, and the sound of his voice." She winked at Megumi. Megumi blushed a bit. 

"You just said stuff about his appearance, that's nothing." Yuji dismissed her. "I like-" Yuji closed his eyes and squeezed Megumi's waist a little tighter, preparing to get the words out. "I love his intelligence, the way he deadpans whenever Nobara and I say stupid shit, the way he listens to you like you're the most important thing in the world, the way he never sugar-coats his words but offers his support when you need it. How he never gives up on somebody he loves, no matter what." Yuji paused to recollect his thoughts and control his emotions. 

"And I love him because he's him. He saved my life, and just by being with me he's constantly saving me. Time and time again." 

Yuji hid his face in Megumi's shirt. Megumi's eyes were a bit moist, overwhelmed from hearing the words he's never heard before. Yuji, me too, I.....

"W-well I can see that you two," she struggled to get the words out "have something special. I guess. I'll be on my way now." She walked past them, bumping shoulders with Megumi by accident on her way out. 

Megumi looked down at Yuji (who was still holding his waist) and cupped Yuji's face in his hands. "Did you really mean?-"

"Haha! Got you!" Yuji let go of Megumi and jumped away, acting all casual about what just happened. "Now you have to stay single with the rest of us!" He exclaimed.

"What?" Megumi was frozen in shock. "So it was all joke?" Megumi asked in disbelief, not processing what had just happened. 

"That's right!" Yuji confirmed, laughing nervously. "Have fun with the rest of your errands!" He slapped Megumi's arm and ran away, as quickly as he could.

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A while later, Yuji slowly went over to Nobara and Gojo in a walk of shame, his head down to hide his blush. "It's impossible for me to just brush it off like it was meaningless. I can't do that again. At least not by myself." He melted down to the floor, unable to move, and he covered his face. 

"Why? How much of that was real?" Nobara asked, crouching down.

Yuji looked up at her. "All of it." He replied. 

And so, they had to create Formation B. 

Side note: They got banned from the restaurant because they forgot to pay. The end.