MY LOVE

Before the trials commenced, Esme was imprisoned in the goddess realm's lowest level. Esme doesn't feel anything, regardless of his circumstances; he doesn't feel powerless, he doesn't feel the need to abandon his affection for everyone, and he doesn't feel hatred for the gods.

While humming and giving off a cloud of pink dust, the jail smells like roses. Guardian angels began to appear at his bars and began humming with him.

They started chatting and asked why he needed to be banished to the god's realm. Esme only grins and tells them he did an inappropriate sin.

"I've fallen in love," Esme said as she came and began making a sweater with a rose motif.

"Whom have you fallen in love with, Goddess Esme?"The guardian angels inquired.

"To a fallen angel," Esme said softly as she began kneading another pair of scarves, this time with a sunflower design.

"Isn't it your role as a goddess to love anyone and everything, goddess Esme?" A white-haired youngster stated next to another jail bar. Who has a sky-like view-color in his eye?

"What lovely eyes, Your name?"

"Saturo," said the youngster.

"Why is he here?" Esme inquired, concerned

"He will stand trial tomorrow; he is the chosen one. However, the supreme gods will determine whether he will live in the human race or in the gods' world."

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"R-ryomen..Sukuna.." Yuji said softly. He sounded as though he meant everything he said. Yuji stated it with an unintentional smile.

"Sukuna-sama..?" Uraume whispered enough for the two persons in the room to gaze in the opposite direction.

Yuji noticed his companion on Uraume's side, hiding from the person in front of them.

"Uraume, I'm glad you're back," stated the peach-haired man with a large body structure.

"I apologize for leaving so abruptly without informing you, sukuna-sama."

"It's alright, Uraume."

Itadori's friends approached him and apologized for invading the shrine. Sukuna, the man, motioned for them to stop and invited them to tea with him. Yuji, on the other hand, laughed at them, causing sukuna, who was looking at his companion, to turn toward Yuji.

"Oh, I'm sorry for giggling, Ryomen-san," Yuji apologized.

The peach hair guy and Uraume glanced at Yuji in astonishment, and the man named Sukuna chuckled quietly, causing Yuji to blush, embarrassed for what he had done previously.

"Yujii..!" In hushed tones, Sasaki addressed Yuji.

Yuji turns to face them and invites them to come closer to him to sip some tea.

"You're so adorable, Yuji," the man remarked as he glanced at Yuji, resting his head on his knuckles.

"Sukuna-sama.!" Uraume addressed his lord. Distracting his master in order to get it to look at them since Sukuna was being too blatant. However, the man didn't even look at his servant and instead fastened his attention on itadori Yuji.

Itadori flushes and attempts to move away from Sukuna.

"T-thanks, for the compliments."

Yuji's heartbeat quickens; he has no idea what is driving him to respond in this manner by simply staring at the man in front of him. He is not ashamed because the man is looking at him. Instead, he wants the man to pay more attention to him and focus solely on him.

'What insane ideas I'm having right now. Is this love at first sight?' Yuji pondered.

Yuji senpai notices how the guy looks at Yuji because it appears like Yuji is being exposed or something because his ears are red, so they tried to lighten the environment.

"Ah, Uraume-san, I heard the name of this shrine worshiping the fallen angel was-"

"Iguchi, what was it?"" Sasaki inquired.

"If I recall correctly, the disgraced one's name is Ryomen Sukuna...?""

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"I wish you luck, saturo," Esme said, smiling back at the little.

"I want to go back into human realms right away," the child replies, tilting his head.

"Then I hope to meet you someday. Saturo," Esme whispered quietly, motioning for the guard angels to pass the scarf embroidered with a rose motif he designed for the child.

"What exactly do you mean, Goddess? Are you going to enter the human realm?" The child inquired, perplexed. Esme responded with a nod.

"What?! Do you intend to? Why? Goddess Esme? Why?" the guards inquired, and Esme only smiled at them.

"Because I am a disgraced one who will fall."

" I don't mind if the folks who will worship leave my shrine shortly. Nothing can erase the fact that the word Love will always stay in people's hearts. Even if I am no longer alive, every living creature will know how to love. I don't need to exist for living beings to experience love because it's a feeling that even gods and goddesses can experience. You are not an exception. I will always love every one of you all here," Esme stated as he approached the bars and the guards began shaking their heads, unable to understand what was occurring.

"No way.."

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"No, you are wrong. This is not the shrine of a fallen angel, but of a fallen God known as Goddess of Love, Esme," Uraume said, leading the three young people to gaze in their direction.

Yuji gulped his tea and started speaking. "I believe I read about that goddess," Yuji said, drawing his senpai's attention to him.

"Wait, Yuji, you knew?" Sasaki inquired, lifting her brows as she retrieved a snack from the table while remaining poised, not wanting to draw notice to the nerve-racking peach hair man.

"No, no, no, I never knew about his shrine," Yuji shrugged.

"Is it a HE and not a HER?" Why Goddess rather than God?" Iguchi inquired, and Yuji strained to recall why.

"Gods can choose their pronouns, and other gods are hermaphrodites, as they can be attracted to all genders, Goddess of love was undeniably the most gorgeous kind goddess you will ever meet," Sukuna said as he sipped his tea, and uraume handed him a newspaper to read.

Where did you obtain that newspaper?' Iguchi thought.

"So they can have two genitalia, I see," muttered Sasaki.

"You speak as if you know every little thing," Yuji said.

Yuji is irritated for some reason because the way the man speaks about the goddess seems so lovely or gentle as if he adores the person. Hearing that makes him feel strangely annoyed. Yuji is perplexed as to why.

"keh, I worship him so much. I know a lot about him keh, keh," sukuna grinned as he locked eyes with Yuji, who returned his gaze.

"So, what happened to the goddess of love? What was the reason for his punishment?" Yuji questioned the man across from him.

"He was punished because Gods are jealous of him," sukuna said, staring at Yuji with half-lidded eyes.

"Jealous of what?"

"Jealous because all living beings love him so much that even the most hideous creatures of all, God of calamity, is fond of him," the man added as he motioned uraume to come closer to him and refill his cup.

"God of calamity?" Yuji adds, placing his palm on his chin, as if deep in thought.

The man smiles because he considers Yuji's actions adorable.

"Yes, God of calamity. Ryomen Sukuna." Uraume entered the discourse.

"Ehem- then who is Ryomen Sukuna?" Sasaki inquired, shifting the topic.

"Wait, Ryomen-san, isn't that your name?" Yuji adds, expecting the man to respond.

"Yes, in your presence, my master's name is Ryomen Sukuna. He was named after The Almighty God of Calamity," Uraume responded, prompting Sasaki's brows to arch in wonder.

"What a crazy name after the god of calamity, sir. Are your parents sane?" Sasaki has a sharp tongue. Too sharp, the peach-haired man looked at her and sneered. Giving Sasaki and Iguchi shivers down their spines.

"Sasaki!" Yuji warned Sasaki not to ask such a question, signaling with his eye movement.

"What?" Sasaki answered innocently, disregarding the goosebumps she had just felt.

"They are normal until you believe they are not. Brats," Sukuna says, his eyes bored.

"I didn't mean it like that, sir hehe," Sasaki said laughing awkwardly

"I think my friends trying to say Ryomen-san, is if he is the god of calamity why were u named after him?" Yuji is the one asking now, rephrasing his friend's words.

"Who knows?" sukuna grinned at Yuji. Then he stands up and says he will go to his chamber to rest for the time being, ordering Uraume to take care of everything.

Yuji believes they offended the man who joined them for a brief while, so he apologizes to Uraume on behalf of his comrades for asking such a question and barging into their shrine. Uraume assured him that everything was OK and that he didn't need to worry. However, Yuji is such an overthinker that he doesn't want anyone to be insulted.

"Don't worry, Yuji-sama. Sukuna-sama won't think I'll of you," Uraume replied as they tilted their heads.

"You can visit the shrine at any time, yuji-sama," urame promised Yuji and the young man smiled softly and held urame's hands, saying he would return soon. He was now saying his final farewell.

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"No way.." mumbled the guards in unison.

A thunderous blast resonated inside the deepest portion of the god prison realm, and the guards remained vigilant as a massive four-armed, four-eyed creature loomed in front of them. They can't overcome someone like that who is merely Swaying and flinging them away.

Esme attempted to soothe the guards, but it was futile because they were anxious and waiting for orders. According to one of the guards, the warden and several security personnel were knocked unconscious. Enough to realize that whatever is approaching them and generating a rampage within is a powerful creature.

"Saturo, are you all right?" Esme inquired of kid in other prisons who were simply watching the officers move back and forth.

"Yes, Esme, don't worry about me." Esme exhaled, relieved that saturo is not disturbed by what is going on right now.

He knows, Esme understands that attempting to escape from the bars is a punishment, but he can't tolerate seeing someone get wounded. And he shattered his shackle and bent the bars like it was nothing out of the ordinary.

"Wow, Esme, you can do that?" Saturo said, and Esme looked at him innocently.

"What- why not?" He inquired, his head tilted.

"You appear to be a puppy and naive. and yet you have such strength? You have the option of fleeing, but you have not done so. You're too nice for your own good, Esme," Saturo observed, lifting an eyebrow and looking at Esme profoundly with his sky-blue eyes. Esme only laughed at him.

Esme raced to the rescue and inquired about the situation described above; they stated that they needed to flee. It is quite rare to have a chaotic situation in the god's realm.

The first thing Esme wants to do is safeguard the child and aid others right away, which is why he comes to saturo bars.

"I'm not a damsel in distress, saturo-kun," Esme laughs as he bends the saturo jail bars. This caused the child to gaze at him with awe.

Saturo embraced Esme back after he hugged the kid in his arm. "You smell so wonderful, Esme, like a sunflower; do you generally alter your scent?" The children inquired innocently, and Esme kissed their cheeks.

"Bless you, you are such an adorable kid, saturo." Esme giggles as he rubs the kid's soft hair.

"oh no, why are you rubbing my hair like that, how dare you, Esme. Suguru is the only one who can do that to me." the kid said grumpily, and Esme giggle once again, pinching the kid's cheeks.

"Oh my, what a lucky person Suguru is, to be allowed to touch your soft and fluffy hair," Esme remarked, as he carried the kid in his arm.

"Of course!" I adore Suguru, and he adores me in return!" The youngster remarked proudly.

"What an adorable child, I'm looking forward to seeing this Suguru kid you're talking about," Esme remarked as he stroked the child's cheeks.

"My love, Esme."

Esme's body froze as he heard a gruff voice at his back. He recognizes him and understands who is calling him. But he is terrified to glance behind him. He may want to embrace him and give up on everything, but tomorrow is his trial, and he wants to prove that everyone deserves love and that he deserved to fall in love.

"Esme, my love.."

The second time. Esme was called forth for the second time, this time with such sincerity and compassion in his voice. Esme and he both want it. He enjoys hearing his name uttered lovingly.

When Esme turned around, a tear streamed down his face as he noticed a man standing in front of him. He hasn't seen this man in a long time, and he wants to embrace him and scream how much he misses and loves him. Esme relies on him completely. He is everything to Esme.

"My kuna," Esme said softly.

"Esme, my everything, I have come for you."