The New Year passed amid everyone's revelry. Apart from Satoru Gojo unlocking his shuttlecock-come-to-life look ahead of time, nothing seemed to have changed. The only change might have been that Sherlock's home had grown quiet once again.
Suguru Geto returned to the Time Vessel Association, Satoru Gojo grew increasingly busy, and even Shoko, who had rested for so long, returned to Jujutsu High's infirmary.
The noise and happiness of that night seemed like a dream. Sometimes, after waking up, Sherlock would even feel dazed, as though he had had a beautiful dream he didn't want to wake from.
What Sherlock didn't know was that the Jujutsu High trio had all carefully kept the gifts he had given them.
Besides wearing the blindfold Sherlock had given him, Satoru Gojo carefully covered the custom figurine with a glass case and placed it in the most conspicuous spot in his Jujutsu High dorm room.
That was where Satoru Gojo spent the most time, and it could even be considered the place he truly thought of as home.
Shoko likewise placed the two dolls on the bookshelf in her dorm room. The difference was that she sewed one hand from each doll together herself, making it look as though her two classmates were holding hands.
Whenever she dragged her exhausted body back to her dorm, no matter how tired she was, Shoko would smile a little upon seeing the two dolls.
Suguru Geto placed the figurine Sherlock had given him on his desk. Because of his position, he couldn't very well openly display things related to Satoru Gojo, but Sherlock's figurine neatly avoided anything anyone could find fault with.
Whenever he saw the white Persian cat stretching on his desk and the little panda hugging a liquor bottle, drunk as could be, Suguru Geto's