Finally,

that 's

over.

You audibly exhale, feeling as though a weight has just been lifted off your shoulders. At first, you tried to give Naoya the benefit of the doubt. You really, truly did. You wanted to believe that someone decent and reliable had shown up, someone worth keeping around and having as an ally, but oh, how quickly that dream was laid to rest.

Naoya 's reaction was immediate. The moment Gojo threw him into the ground and manhandled him with a remarkable amount of ease, he skulked away 'but not before casting you another sharp, embittered look.

It 's hard to tell who he 's more mad at: Gojo, for humiliating him, or

you

, for not taking his side.

'there 's no way he actually expected you to take his side, right?

'You sure weren 't in any hurry to get back, ' Nobara snorts.