“Itadori, Fushiguro! Run!”
That man. Yuji recognizes him –that’s the guy who sealed Gojo-sensei! That’s the guy who was responsible for everything that went down in Shibuya. He needs to… Yuji needs to–
“Run!” His upperclassman commands again, then launches himself against the startled-looking sorcerer.
Okkotsu Yuta is the strongest sorcerer their age that Yuji has encountered so far. The potency of the older boy’s cursed energy and his overwhelming strength is reminiscent of Gojo-sensei. Fighting him had felt like fighting an insurmountable obstacle –and it was only the fact that Okkotsu didn’t want to kill him that Yuji was still alive.
Gojo-sensei asked me to keep an eye out for you.
I’ll protect you, because you’re important to people who are important to me.
Fushiguro jerks and hisses, cursing under his breath. “That’s–?”
“The guy who sealed Gojo-sensei, yeah,” Yuji sucks in a sharp breath. “Can Okkotsu–?”
“Okkotsu-senpai is strong.” Then both of them proceed to wince simultaneously, as their upperclassman is promptly sent flying by a powerful kick from the enemy sorcerer. The guy’s cursed technique is manipulating cursed spirits –Yuji saw that with his own eyes, when the guy had consumed Mahito– and the fact that he was evidently skilled in hand-to-hand was not something that boded well. Man, what was Gojo-sensei on about when he told Yuji that the best tactic to fight a shikigami user or the like was to target the sorcerer themselves? Every shikigami user Yuji knew of was clearly just as scary as their shikigami, if not more so!
“Alright, I think that’s enough,” their enemy says calmly, apparently choosing not to press his momentary advantage in favor of talking instead. “Okkotsu, if you could just calm down and listen to me for a moment–”
There is a cacophonous screech as Rika –Okkotsu-senpai’s shikigami? Yuji still wasn’t too clear about that, actually– materializes above the man, and swings gargantuan arms downwards in a heavy, crushing blow.
… That turns out to do nothing, because there is something that vaguely resembles a spherical shield floating above the man when the smoke clears. More cursed spirits?
Strangely enough, his attention doesn’t appear to be on Okkotsu-senpai anymore. Instead, the man stares upwards for several long seconds with narrowed eyes, before his gaze cuts sharply to the second year student.
“That’s not Rika. What did you do to her?! Didn’t Satoru teach you–”
Okkotsu glares. “I freed Rika after you nearly killed everyone last year!”
For some reason, the man’s mouth drops open slightly, as if genuinely surprised. “… I’m sorry, what?”
… Something about the way that the guy was acting felt… off. It almost didn’t really seem like he–
“Stand down, Okkotsu,” a familiar voice rings out. That’s–! “Fushiguro, Itadori, you two as well. He’s not an enemy.”
“Yaga-gakucho,” Okkotsu-senpai greets, but doesn’t take his gaze off of the dark-haired sorcerer, nor does he make any move to relax his battle stance. “What are you doing with Kamo Noritoshi?”
The guy reaches up and pinches the bridge of his nose, as if he’s attempting to stave off an oncoming headache. “… Who?”
Yaga-gakucho emerges from the other side of the clearing and pats the confused-looking sorcerer on his shoulder, shaking his head. “The curse user who took over your body in this world is Kamo Noritoshi. The blight of the Kamo Clan.”
… The what who took over what? Yuji scrunches his face. Yaga-gakucho is making even less sense than Gojo-sensei usually does!
“Students. I realize that this may be difficult to explain, but…” the principal sighs. “I’ll be brief. This man is Geto Suguru –or rather, an alternate version of Geto Suguru from another world where he did not become a curse user, and he’s landed in our world by accident. He’s agreed to help us with the current situation, and his strength will be invaluable in countering Kamo Noritoshi and freeing Gojo Satoru.”
Silence.
Okkotsu-senpai slowly lowers his sword, although he appears no less wary. Rika hovers behind him protectively, a menacing specter of violence. “… I think we’re going to need the less-brief explanation of events here, Yaga-gakucho.”
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Apologize if you’ve fielded an ask or twenty about this before, but how do you think HL would take it if Vought hired a masseuse to come in to work on him once in a while. Is he touch-starved or touch-averse? or both lol? Is he averse to having to take his top off? Since his muscles probably don’t actually get sore from anything does he pretend they do to get certain types of contact? - 🥰
i do think he's both touch-starved and touch-averse! every so often the idea comes up that there isn't any good reason Homelander isn't regularly drowning in physical affection/sex given how rabid of a fanbase he has, and i think that comes down to several factors:
his brand! it doesn't fit his brand to be sleeping around, especially with fans. i'm willing to bet this was strongly discouraged by Madelyn, along with any other "deviant" behaviors.
his deadly combo of superiority/inferiority complex. from the first episode, Homelander doesn't care about human life. even though he craves the general concept of love and approval on a mass scale, individual lives simply don't matter to him. they're beneath him, and he has a pretty high level of disgust towards people. he doesn't like touching them without his gloves.
i headcanon Homelander to be demisexual. i really don't think he experiences the desire to be touched by specific people unless the person in question has elevated themselves in some way in his mind, or he's formed SOME level of an emotional connection/dependency, even if it's completely one sided/imaginary.
absolutely his body issues are a factor. barely seems to like getting naked with partners, let alone strangers.
when i wrote Eat Your Ego, it didn't matter that he sought her out as an escort. he still entered that encounter hostile until he could find something in his twisted psyche to elevate a human enough to deem them worthy of touching him. the sequence of events in my mind was more or less:
step 1, initial physical attraction.
step 2, projection.
step 3, antagonize/determine worth.
step 4, form an abrupt and unhealthy attachment based solely on delusion and wish fulfilment.
step 5, profit??? live happily ever after?? still figuring that part out.
i feel like the same would apply to this situation. he definitely WANTS tactile comfort. he likes the idea of someone touching him with the sole intent of bringing him pleasure/helping him relax, even in a non-sexual context. but if he was put in some situation where he was directly told to have a massage for some reason and he did comply, he would be a huge asshole about it until he settled into it. like a cat who wants to be pet but keeps swatting and hissing every time you try because he's so damaged.
once he was settled though? that's HIS masseuse now. daily sessions. he's their only client.
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