Chapter Eight

That night, Y/n ended up driving Toji inside, for no other reason than his ultimatum.

"It's quite a long to walk there. Either you get out of the car and I'll drive myself in, or you can do so."Her merely reasonable choice was to drive him in. Of course, Toji hadn't fabricated to her. The front entrance was indeed quite a long distance away from the front door. The path was tortuous.

"Okay, this is the place you asked for" Y/n was almost about to faint from dizziness. At almost the exact same time that they arrived, the main entrance of the mansion opened, and a young familiar man about thirty years old walked out. He had a light woolen shirt on, which, coupled with his pleasing appearance, gave him a refined air. He walked briskly, and arrived at the door of the car almost as soon as Y/n stopped it, she had met him twice before, he was the person who had given her the glass of alcohol that had led to her overdrinking and the one who begged her to drive Toji over here. He was a friend of toji's, whose name seemed to be Gojo freaking Saturo.

Oh, Y/n was angry. "How did he—"

"Oh Gojo you're here, you finally came, I thought you were already pass out" Toji rolled down the window, and Gojo tilted downwards to look inside the car. His face beamed as he gave Y/n his famous smirk, and greeted her first. "Hi, doctor! you arrived late than me despite me having urgent matter to take care of here in the manor, Toji. Why did you only get here now? the old hag Noaya couldn't wait so he left, How are we going to deal with a missing player?"

"Y/n, Do you know how to play Domino?" Toji turned around, his eyes set on the girl whose sweat dropped at hearing her name.

"— Umm, No."

"Good, get off the car"

"....but I said I don't know how to pla—y"When Toji got out of the car, he had also taken the keys with him. If she didn't want to walk all the way back to the hotel, she would have to go inside and play a few games with them since he forced her.

Gojo was worthy of being called Toji's best friend, given how well he understood his attitude. As for Toji walked away, he stayed behind to explain the situation to her."We're missing a player, but conveniently enough, you're right here. So please, come join us."

"How can I refuse? when you already snatched the car keys from me"

"Probably not." Gojo's tone was tinged with sarcastic humor as he explained, "Generally speaking, anything that Fushiguro wants he get, like Ariana Grande song, he want it he got it, otherwise, everyone will suffer, Plus aren't you his partner? Don't you know at least this much?"

"..."In the end, got out of the car, because she would rather play games with unfamiliar men than walk home alone.

"Don't worry. Oh, don't be afraid of losing money. If you win, it's yours; if you lose, Fushiguro's the one who'll pay. Think of it as going through a program with him." Gojo assured.

"A program? What do you mean by a programme is he a machine?"

"Yeah, like a computer program. Once you hit the 'go' button, you can't stop it. Isn't he just like one?"

Y/n laughed at this comparison, it really was so accurate with Toji personality. By this time, they had reached the doorsteps. As Gojo opened the doors, Y/n entered, she finally realized that this wasn't a private manor, but rather a rebuilt clubhouse where the ground-floor living room had been transformed into a large lounge. Beautiful women walked elegantly forward to greet them.

''Director Gojo...''

"Now, now ladies, what did I say about behaving well when we have a guests"Gojo waved them off lazily before they could say anything else. The women retreated quickly, Y/n followed after him into a room upstairs. When they walked inside, they heard the sound of running water coming from the restroom to the side. Toji was washing his hands. Inside the room sat another man, seemingly overcome with boredom as he scrolled through TV channels, his gray hair fell down his shoulders. Upon seeing the two of them enter, he threw the remote to the side, and his gaze landed on Y/n at first sight, his eyes shone brightly "Ey bro, where did you find such a beautiful girl, and when did they start having such innocent girls here?"

Y/n had dressed up for the wedding, but it still seemed rather simple and unadorned to these people. She was dressed in a white simple dress along with her black coat to keep her from the cold, in kinda gives her an elegant and refined look. Her face didn't have makeup on, the complete opposite from the rest of the women in the club, it wasn't strange that he would make such a comment.

Y/n remained silent.

"You made a big mistake Mahito" Gojo laughed but his tone seemed serious, "Don't speak such nonsense. This is Fushiguro partner."

"Wha—!"This time, Mahito choked on his breath."Fushiguro's partner!?" His tone was exaggerated for her liking. "You're our boss partner, I've heard you got drunk from one single shot, is that true?!"

Y/n nodded her head, it already seems like she already gained a new reputation. "Yeah, but please refrain from calling me his partner Mr Fushiguro's just joking. I'm not his partner."

"No fucking way!" The people who hung out around Toji were probably unlikely to listen to others; or at least, the person in front of her seemed that way. He stood up, circled around Y/n with a look full of interest, and then shouted into the bathroom. "Boss, did you guys just come from Yuji's wedding?"And Toji hummed taking a glass of water. "Then you guys are moving rather quickly" the man said with a devious smile as he turned to her.

"And for you, you look like you've remained a virgin all these years, so are you finally unable to control your urges now since you settled down? How did a fifteen-minute from hotel to here turn into a forty-five minute one? You guys couldn't possibly have done it on the road, right? Success in love leads to a loss in potential you know. Be careful not to lose your pants while gambling today, you might have a baby"

Y/n raised an eyebrow, decided to make him eat his words, specifically, to make him lose his pants while gambling. Toji ignored the man and directly say down in front of the large table. He then rearranged the stools that had been somewhat out of place, chose one, and sat down.

The new man couldn't help but sighed at Toji antics."Why do you insist on arranging them so nicely if we're just going to sit on them anyway?" But he too went over and sat down on a stool. Y/n noticed that, despite his sloppiness, he didn't dare to touch Toji directly. Instead, he took a tile and lightly thumped it on the table in front of him.

"Aren't you going to introduce your partner?"

"Her name is Y/n" He rang the bell on the table and lifted his eyes up to look at Her. "Do you need someone to carry you to a seat?"

And Mahito jeered, "She probably wants you to carry her."

Gojo also sat down. "Fushiguro, the doctor says that she doesn't have any money on her."

With a leer, the other male interrupted "Then why don't you use your body as pay? As a rational man, Fushiguro would definitely be in high spirits then."

This man in front of her really couldn't seem to keep his mouth shut, and Y/n had already formed a distinctly bad impression of him. At this point, an attendant came into the room, bringing a whole tray of poker chips with him that he neatly placed in front of the three people. Without looking, Toji took half of his stack and pushed it to the empty seat next to him.

"Come here." His tone wasn't particularly commanding, but it brooked no refusal. Patients suffering from emotional detachment generally didn't have much patience, she thought for a moment before obediently sitting down without further thinking.

The man rubbed his fingers together, clearly eager to get started. "Two on two. Gojo, do you think we can win?"

The white haired male shrugged, his smile seemed to flatter, "Take it easy on her Mahito. Our doctor's unfamiliar with this game "

"Heh, really?" Mahito glanced at her giving her a wink. Y/n smiled but didn't reply, her awkward tile-handling spoke volumes by itself. Just as Mahito was about to say something to Toji, her phone rang. It turned out to be a call from Toge.

"You drove off... So sudden?"His voice was concerned.

"Yes..." After saying just this one word, Y/n was interrupted by Maki's voice in the background rang from the other end. "Why are you being so gentle with her?" She shouted toward the phone, "Hey, Y/n you fucking bitch why are you taking so long? Are you sending him to outer space? Or maybe out of his pants hehe"

Y/n didn't want them to overthink anything, so she said directly to Toge, "Something urgent came up, so I won't be able to make it back. Please let Nobara know that I left the car with Yuji's friend."

Maki immediately started jumping up and down. "Damn, you're really leaving me halfway? What happened to staying up the entire night? Y/n, you're really unloyal best friend! Bitch, if you aren't coming back, your crush is mine!"

Her hand covered her phone as picked up since the phone was resting against her neck, and forcefully terminated the call. A finger brushed against Y/n's ear, a cold sensation, cool but ticklish. She resisted the temptation to rub it with her hand, and accidentally knocked over some of her tiles instead, and ended up hastily trying to reorganize them. Mahito chuckled seeing the situation. "Are you alright? Why don't you just admit defeat and surrender your body?"

Y/n ignored him, meticulously arranging her tiles and starting to focus on the game. However, her tiles were too crooked, her playstyle too untrained, and her hand movement unbearable to look at. Even Gojo started worrying for her."Do you need someone to teach you?"

"No."And then she threw out a pair of tiles, one of the pairs that she had picked up from the table previously. Gojo and the others were speechless.

"Fushiguro you've really managed to find a woman who'll lose your entire fortune" said Mahito in amazement."She just threw the piles"

But before he could finish, Y/n asked, "Eight eight pairs form a set, right?"

"Pff, girl you are wron—" Mahito started but was interrupted by a smack in the tight by Gojo who smiled.

"Yes," Gojo answered, preparing to explain the rules and the combos to her in a detailed manner. "You can just—"

Y/n displayed her tiles one set at one time neatly organised "Then I've already won."

"..."