The next morning, Itadori had only just woken up when he checked his phone and found over fifty missed calls-all from Choso.
He hurriedly took his phone off silent. Before sneaking into the Curtain last night, he had silenced it to avoid being discovered, then forgotten to turn the sound back on afterward. As a result, he hadn't heard any of the calls.
He quickly called Choso back.
"Otouto-!!!"
The call connected in a second, and Choso's trembling voice came through the speaker.
Choso, who had been calling nonstop since six that morning, was on the verge of tears. He had thought something had happened to his Yuji and had nearly charged into Jujutsu High to find him!
"Yuji, when are you free today? Your big brother will come see you!"
Itadori: ...Uh, why wasn't this whole playing-little-brother thing over yet? And why were the three of them each more enthusiastic than the last?
"Okay, let me think..."
It was Thursday, and they still had classes, so that only left the evening.
"Would seven tonight work? I have classes during the day."
He happened to want to ask in person why they all kept wanting to be his older brothers.
"Absolutely!! It's settled, then!"
Choso agreed at lightning speed, afraid that Itadori would change his mind if he waited even a second.
After ending the call, he sighed in relief and clutched his phone, silently making up his mind.
Tonight, I'm definitely going to have a proper talk with Yuji!
-And hear him call me "big brother"!!
After finishing his call with Choso, Itadori opened the group chat and discovered that he had already been bombarded with hundreds of messages.
He hurriedly sent a message explaining that his phone had been on silent, so he hadn't seen their messages,