PAS DE DEUX â GOJO SATORU
tags: GN reader, no curse au (ballet), principal dancer gojo, reader is a photographer for his ballet company, fluff, flirting + casual touch, barre exercising, getting together, first kisses
wc: 2.4K
Gojo Satoru is just a man.
Albeit a coveted man, able to do anything on stage exactly as he would in rehearsal. High arabesques and tight pirouettes. Otherworldly form. Broad hands able to memorise anotherâs centre of gravity within the first twenty seconds. Swan-like and slender. All agile limbs, a body brazen with self-assurance and packed with strength, reflected in how effortlessly he can catch, spin, and dip his partners. Low, on perfect pointe.
A beautiful, talented, annoying man. That which has chosen to breathe down your neck as you fiddle with your camera, rather than occupy any other corner of the large studio.
âYouâre distracting me, Satoruâ.
âHow am I distracting?â he asked, inclining his head. You gave him a look, and emphatically motioned at him from head to toe. Satoru cracks a grin, those piercing blue eyes gleaming, âBy existing?â
âNo, because you're all up in my space. Iâll show you the pictures in a second so back up,â you snap, your hand fluttering dismissively at him. âAnd put a shirt on!â
A low, vibrating hum, and a smile that holds a sincere gentleness to it that you wouldnât have expected to find. He looks almost boyish. You turn from it and feel his presence move away like the sun being blocked out, steady warmth then the absence of it.
He does not put his shirt on. Instead Satoru takes position at the barre and walks his fingers along the top. Dawn filtered in through the small windows, casting a spotlight onto every dip and curve. You resolutely do not look at that narrow waist, nor how closely his tights clung to his hips, his thighs. Pulled over his soft soled slippers are a pair of grey stirrup leg warmers, bunched around his calves. Heâsâ
You draw a sharp inhale and refocus on the LCD screen, the neckstrap suddenly uncomfortably heavy.
Satoru is a bit older than most of the other dancers you photograph but no more mature for it. Granted heâs gentler in his discipline, more experienced, and always less eager for the practice to be over. He liked the day to drag on and on, especially if someone was watching him.
People said he was arrogant. Maybe that was a little true and with good reason. But your lense saw through the veneer that Satoru wore. Session after session, through rehearsals and classes and auditions, you saw pride for his craft, and how deeply he loved imbuing that love into his juniors.
You wouldnât give him the satisfaction of saying so, but watching him dance felt transcendent. Whoever the pair, he made every pas de deux seem seamless, like two halves of the same entity coming together. Solo he was in a league of his own. Sometimes he danced as if he loved beyond the scope of his skin. Sometimes he danced as if the whole world had betrayed him.
âHowâd I do this time?â you hear him ask in that very cavalier way that betrayed his interest immediately, becoming antsy in your prolonged silence. âPretty good, right?â
Today you managed to shoot him demonstrating a particularly heartbreaking variation of a grand jetĂ©. He reached the peak and fell so gracefully that youâd felt the whole room hold its breath. Another beep and the camera screen flickers to that very photo. Right leg stretched anterior, his left posterior to his body, evenly split into a horizon as he soared through the air. Rather than poise to mimic an elegant wingspan he had curved an arm into an arc over his face, almost as if in anguish, while the other draped behind him.
âWhy ask if you already know?â you deflected, switching to the next photograph. âYou definitely have a flair for the dramaticâ.
âMaybe I want to hear it from your mouth,â you can hear the layered petulance behind his words. It makes you restless to think your praise could hold any significance to him. âTense today, arenât we? You should do some barre exercises with me. Loosen you up a little,â he continues, clicking his tongue. âI could even teach you some stepsâ.
You snort lightly, âThatâs a ridiculous ideaâ.
âI donât think so,â Satoru disagrees, a contemplative tone to his voice. Intensity returns to his gaze as it roams over your form. âYouâre the only person in the company I havenât danced with yet. Can you blame me?â
âIt wouldnât be dancing, Satoru. You know I canât dance,â you insist, or so you think, the weak response barely audible over the heartbeat flooding your ears. âIâd look like a fucked up marionetteâ.
A hand crosses your line of sight. You hadnât even noticed his approach. Satoru plucks the camera from your slackened grasp and slips the neckstrap over your head in one swift movement. âThen let me pull your strings,â he teases, proffering his open palm. Your throat grows dry.
âThat was awful,â you tell him, clutching to whatever dignity you have left. Then you take it. Long fingers enclose over your knuckles and he smiles.
Sometimes when you want something youâll take it in whatever manner the universe is willing to give it.
âHa. Worked thoughâ.
As mercy would have it, Satoru guides you as he would a beginner. Youâve lived and worked amongst dancers for years. Your mind is familiar with the lifestyle, the lingo and the routine, but your muscles are not. âAnother rep. Heels together with your toes turned outâthatâs it, bend slightly,â your pulse rockets at the light touch to your hip, firm yet gentle in encouraging you to bend. The room is much hotter than you recall. âPlace one foot in front of you. Point. Now sweep it around to the back in a C-shape,â warmth lingers where his fingertips had been as he steps back. âPoint your feet,â he says, his lips suddenly close to your ear.
âWhatâ?â
âAs you circle,â Satoru repeats. âPoint your feet.â You exhale and repeat. âHm. Good at taking instructions, arenât you?â
âIâm going to kill you,â comes your shaky response, already feeling clammy. It doesnât escape you that he still hasnât put a shirt on. Your inner thigh muscles are burning. Satoru laughs and the irritation ebbs away because he sounds happy. Giddy, even.
âThis one will open your hips nicely,â Satoru finds your waist again and pivots you to face the barre. His body heat seeps through your t-shirt where heâs pressed against your back. Hands slide beneath your arms and down to your wrists, delicately placing them atop the barre. âKeep taking deep breaths for me. Bend your kneesâhold,â the ache forces your eyes shut for the five seconds he keeps you inert, plunged into fleeting darkness with just his low, honeyed voice to guide you.
This really was a terrible idea.
âRise to pliĂ©,â Satoru murmurs. âUp into demi-pointe. There you are, now hold againâ.
Shadows pool into the studio space as the evening draws on. Youâre rendered a sticky mess, and not in the manner youâd have liked. Wondrously, and despite the soreness that will no doubt wear in tomorrow, you had begun to feel you were working with your body and not against it.
Satoru had barely broken a sweat. You take comfort in the splotchy flush covering his cheeks and how his chest rises and falls, both signs of exertion. Equally as distracting. âYouâre almost a natural,â he says, running a hand through his silky white hair.
Unsteady on your feet, you roll your eyes skyward while the burning in your lungs dwindles. âSure. Weâll be onto our own pas de deux in no time,â you joke offhandedly. But Satoruâs expression wanes into something like longing in your periphery. Fondness, and then to amusement.
âMaybe not. Your pointe needs work,â he says.
âWell excuse me, big shot. Iâm not even wearing the right shoesââ
âWant to try some lifts?â
A stone of dread drops into your stomach. The barre digs into your lower back as you lean against the wall, âWe do someâsome routine warmups and you think Iâm ready for partnered lifts?!â
Satoruâs voice remains steady but his lips are starting to purse as he mirrors your posture, âI can take your weightâ.
You didnât doubt it. Satoruâs ability appeared to defy physics all together and that translated well with his counterparts too, whoever they may be. Youâve seen him lift people of every different shape and weight. Each one would become weightless in his embrace.
âNo. No lifts,â you tell him, trying for a cadence that inspired authority. Satoru arched his brow and you got the sense that to him you were akin to a small disgruntled cat. Whether itâs the fatigue that lowers your inhibitions or plain pettiness, you hear yourself say, âI think you just want an excuse to touch me moreâ.
A pulse of magnetised desire rippled through the atmosphere. You donât miss the way his breathing hitched, or how the hand absently rubbing the back of his neck stilled only for a moment before falling to his hip. Satoru swallows. Your eyes follow how his thumb strums the waistband of his tightsâtights that leave very little to the imagination.
Anticipation prickles through your belly when he takes a step forward, then another, until his nose bumps your own. âYouâre not supposed to say the quiet part out loud,â he murmurs, a little breathless. It ghosts across your lips. Thereâs trepidation in his gaze, searching your expression for rejection or discomfort, neither of which he will find.
You are reminded again that for all his apparent confidence and talent, Gojo Satoru was still very much human.
Your hands lingered in the narrow space between your bodies. Restlessly clenching, uncurling. Not knowing where to put them. The bare skin of his abdomen brushes your knuckles. âSatoru,â you begin.
He hums, palms coming to rest on your hips. He leans into you, emboldened by the invocation of his name, and echoes yours back.
âDid you seriouslyâŠâ your thoughts drift as he dips lower, lingering. The blood rushes to your head. You could easily tip your head, align your mouths, and bring him into a kiss. Somehow the simplicity of that makes this whole charade even more laughable. âDonât tell me you made me do a workout instead of just asking me on a date like a normal personâ.
The response registers visibly on his face. He blinks, delicate pale lashes fanning over his cheeks, and in the next breath heâs lighting up, eyes first, glittering urainian blue. âThat was hardly a workout,â he says, warmth bleeding into his voice. âIt was a warmupâ.
âWarmup my assâ.
âCan, if you wantâ.
Laughing, you cradle his jaw and say, âStop being annoying and kiss meâ.
Satoruâs hands have slipped beneath your shirt. He squeezes, smiles at the feel of soft flesh yielding under his thumbs, âAlrightâ.
Always has to have the last word, you think amusedly. Satoru pressed impossibly close. The barre has since become numb where it prods at your back. Your lips part as he tilts and your mouths brush, want knotted deep in your belly. It is slow at first, hesitant. But every movement of Satoruâs lips turns into sweet affirmation. Quick, then long, then greedy.
You wrap your arms around his neck and feel him shudder as you suck gently at his plush bottom lip. He paws at you with more fervour, languidly licking into your mouth. Soft wet sounds reach your ears and a contented hum reverberates through your skin that you canât help returning. You feel his lips stretch thin into a smirk.
When you eventually part for breath your chest is pounding. He watches you closely. Half lidded and entirely too pleased. Something about the certainty and satisfaction stunned you then. Coloured the world around you in roseate. âYou really do like me, donât you?â
Satoru doesnât falter. Quiet and deeply amused, he replies, âWhat gave it away? The constant pestering, the always staying behind after hours, the never wearing a shirt, theâ?â
âOkay, okay. I get it,â you sighed, smoothing your palms down his bare chest simply because you can. ââŠI like you too, you knowâ.
âYeah?â
You hummed. âWhat gave it away? The constant pestering?â you kissing the corner of his mouth, âThe always staying after hours?â and then his cheek.
Satoru turns quickly to chase as you recline, nipping at your mouth. âPoint taken,â he rumbles, pinching at the fabric of your shirt and lightly tugging it. âPattern dictates this should go, nextâ.
âYou know we need to lock up. If I let you start weâll never stop,â you laughed, wriggling out from his embrace. The studio will be shrouded in complete darkness soon, and now you both need to shower. Satoru reluctantly lets you go, trailing after you as you collect your camera and pass it between your hands.
The screen flickers on, back to that incredible grand jetĂ©. Satoru hooks his chin over your shoulder. âYou really do photograph beautifully,â you think aloud. His jaw shifts and you can tell heâs smiling. âWhat were you thinking about, when you jumped?â
Satoru sniffed, not even pretending to think of something profound. âMochi stuffed with whipped cream and zundaâ.
You sigh fondly, eyes falling closed. Beautiful, talented, annoying man indeed.
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âËâčïœĄ 20/20 | oikawa tooru
wc: 931
summary: oikawa finally gets around to doing lasik.Â
contains: mentions of lasik eye procedure, lots of cheesiness, too sweet!! there are ants!!, vague mentions of ldr in case thatâs triggering for anyone! could be read as gn!
a/n: super belated birthday post for our july 20 birthday boy! i hc that oikawaâs eyesight is bad and gets worse as he gets older -> why he needs to get lasik done!! i love him!! heâs a big baby!! also inspired by one of the prompts from @/nightprompts's list of prompts here.
comments, tags, and reblogs are greatly appreciated âĄ
Oikawa finally gets his Lasik procedure done during one of his off seasons.Â
Thank god, because you honestly think itâs been a long time coming. His eyesight from high school has only gotten progressively worse since going proâcontacts drying his eyes out the longer and more intensely he plays.Â
Thereâs a sigh, then, âWooow,â Oikawa squints, scrunching his nose to form (those cute) little creases near the corners of his eyes. You look at him, concerned, worried that the light is too much for him post-op. âI really canât see, baby.âÂ
Youâre about to reach for the cap tucked in your bag before he stops you by the wrist, continuing, âYouâre blinding me with your pretty.â Thereâs that (damned) smirk on his face when he says it tooâlike heâs been preparing for this moment since he finally agreed to getting Lasik.Â
Honestly, you wouldnât be surprised if this was the exact reason he finally did decide on pushing through with the procedure.
You remove his fingers from your wrist and hold his hand gently, rolling your eyes as you lead him down the steps of the eye clinic. The corners of your lips curve up, a familiar warmth blooming in your chest. You should be immune to him by now, but your body seems to have a reflex that reacts every time Oikawa tries to make you blush.
He raises a hand to shade his eyes, blinking a few times before fully opening them slowly. And what a sight it is: you, looking up at him from the last step of the stairs, trying hard to hide the smile he knows heâs responsible for.Â
âBaby, stop smiling so brightly. I still have light sensitivity.âÂ
You laugh, the sweetest sound heâs ever heard. He hops down the last step and lands right beside you.Â
âHow long have you been waiting to use those?â you tug at his hand for him to lean down little, placing the cap youâd fished out from your bag on top of his messy brown hair.Â
âAs if you donât like it, meanie.â Oikawa pouts, and his lips jut out ever so slightly to expose light pink.Â
You smile even wider, shaking your head as you readjust his cap to settle amidst wavy hair. Your fingers trail down to play with the tips of his ears as they coax him lower for you to land a small peck at the tip of his nose.Â
âMâsorry. I like it, Tooru, but I think we should set another doctorâs appointment.â your eyes meet his as you hold back a giggle. He raises his eyebrow, questioning. âI think you might have caught a serious bugââ you pause for emphasis, ââthe love bug.âÂ
Thereâs a look of disbelief on his face, brown eyes wide and mouth agape. You burst out laughing.Â
âYouâre even worse than me! And you call me cheesy?!â
You loop your arm around Oikawaâs as you walk to the car, still laughing as he continues to mumble about how youâre seriously starting to take after him. The walk to the car isnât too far from the clinic entrance, but it takes you a bit longer considering youâre essentially guiding a 6â 1â pro-athlete densely packed with muscle straight out of his Lasik procedure.Â
When you first heard the real reason why Oikawa evaded the procedure for so long, you thought he was joking.
You thought heâd held it off because he was busy, or that he was afraid of the entire thing (if âlasik eye surgery procedure videoâ in his search history was anything to go by), but nope. Oikawaâs biggest concern was that he wouldnât be able to clearly see you. For a day, or maybe twoâat least until the aftereffects of light sensitivity disappear. Heâd shared it to you so shyly, as if he hasnât already bared to you the contents of his heart (full of volleyball, and friends, but most especially you).Â
And itâs cheesy (which isnât far off from his usual sweet-talking), but itâs true.Â
One of the things Oikawa hates the most is missing moments of youâthe in-betweens of breakfasts and skincare by the bathroom sink, those long tangents you go on about a dog youâd seen on the street in the middle of recounting your day. Since getting more free time in his career, Oikawaâs always chosen to spend those few extra hours on you.Â
Itâs hard enough as is, spending half the year communicating through phone screens. To compromise that because heâd be âsensitive to lightâ or something was enough of a dealbreaker already.Â
So here you were, tending to your big baby of a boyfriend who lives half the world away. You really wanted your trip to be a surpriseâafter all, lining up your holiday with his off season has only happened one other time despite your many years together.Â
But if this was the only way to convince your pro-loverboy that he didnât have to worry about not being able to see you, because youâd be around him anyway, then so be it. Anything for him.Â
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Once Oikawa settles in the car, heâs knocked out, sleeping by the passenger seat as you drive yourselves back to the apartment.
The next few days find you guiding Oikawa around like a baby learning how to walk. Heâs constantly stumbling, picking up things heâs not supposed to, and âaccidentallyâ bumping into you any chance he gets. You know heâs exaggerating, but he wouldnât be your Tooru if he wasnât, and you love that about him. Fully. Wholly.Â
You wouldnât have him any other way.Â
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