Under Shun Gojo's expulsion, Tokisaki Kurumi's eyes gradually returned to normal.
She stared at him, cheeks puffed out.
The two of them just stood there, big eyes facing small eyes.
"What are you looking at me like that for?"
Shun spoke helplessly.
Kurumi pulled a long face. "That was my first kiss just now, you know, so why do I not feel anything at all?"
"..."
For a moment, Shun genuinely did not know what to say. "Is that really the point here?"
"How is that not the point?"
Kurumi's eyes widened as she stared at him in disbelief. "So in your eyes, a first kiss is something very cheap?"
"It is not cheap, but compared to your life, it loses by a mile."
Shun rubbed at his temples, feeling like he could not understand how modern high school girls' brains worked anymore.
"You were this close to dying just now."
Once possessed by a cursed spirit, the road ahead was basically a dead end.
Even if you survived, your body would suffer serious damage because of the curse.
That was also why Shun had said that the cursed-spirit Kurumi from earlier was actually pretty gentle.
Her technique really did not seem to have caused much harm to this high schooler Kurumi in front of him.
However, when it came to that cursed spiritKurumi, Shun's head was now full of questions.
Never mind what her technique actually was.
More importantly, she really seemed to know him.
And he never had the habit of making friends with cursed spirits.
Normally, whenever he met a cursed spirit, there was only one outcome for the other side: death.
If he happened to run into a truly powerful special grade, there was always Gojo Satoru to come deal with it.
So he really did not believe he would personally know some cursed spirit.
Could that be some kind of technique of hers?
Shun pondered silently.
Having researched a large number of curses, he knew some techniques had extremely harsh, even downright bizarre activation conditions.
Could it be that this cursed spirit's technique needed him to acknowledge something on his end before it could trigger?
He did not rule out that possibility.
"Mr. Gojo, you are so cruel," a girl's aggrieved voice suddenly sounded next to his ear.
"What now?"
He looked at the girl whose face was practically pressed to his, and asked flatly.
"Are you thinking about that bad spirit who used my body to kiss you again?"
Kurumi pouted and tugged at his clothes.
"Mm, yes."
Shun nodded honestly. "Why? Is that a problem?"
Kurumi's smile went a little crooked, a little broken. "I am going to kill you."
"Heh."
Shun let out a cold chuckle and reached out to roughly rub her head.
"You?"
Kurumi looked at his completely unconcerned attitude and felt increasingly annoyed.
What kind of man was this?
She had already given him her first kiss, yet he still dared to make her this angry.
"You're so awful, I already gave you my first kiss."
Perhaps feeling that the hard approach was not working, the girl switched to soft tactics.
Kurumi was clearly a very good actress. The moment her tone softened, her eyes grew misty with unshed tears.
"..."
Shun felt a headache coming on.
He knew perfectly well this was fake, but once a girl got serious about acting like this, it really was impossible to deal with.
"Alright, alright," Shun said, "be good, I will take you to get something tasty."
"Eh? Really?"
Kurumi stared at him in surprise.
She honestly had not expected him to coax her like this.
To be precise, she had never expected Shun to comfort her at all.
In her head she had already run through several possible endings where Shun turned the tables and teased her instead, or completely ignored her and just walked away.
Yet she never imagined he would straight up invite her out to eat.
"Are you asking me out on a date?"
Shun nodded. "Yes. So, are you coming?"
"Ah ya ya, how embarrassing."
The girl suddenly grew a little shy.
Shun rolled his eyes. "Someone truly embarrassed would not look like you right now."
"Really?" Kurumi instantly bounced back, smiling as she said, "Well, do not overthink the details."
"Let us go."
With that, she grabbed Shun and started dragging him outside.
As they walked, Shun asked, "Those friends who ditched you and ran, you are sure they will not come back to look for you?"
"Is it really okay to just leave now?"
At that, Kurumi chuckled, raised her phone, and showed it to him.
"I told them I met a super handsome guy. They are all really jealous."
"Uh..."
Looking at the chat on her phone, Shun was once again left speechless.
So this was what modern high school girls were like.
He suddenly realized that the girls at Jujutsu High had already drifted far away from modern girls in every possible sense.
Yes, I am talking about you, Zenin Maki.
Hmm... although the word "handsome" was a bit cliché, it was still accurate enough.
Shun allowed himself a tiny moment of narcissism.