[ Yuta wasn't entirely expecting to get a response. Would have been fine with that and just let the hope that it could offer some kind of comfort during such a difficult time be enough, really. So that he gets a message at all is something of a pleasant surprise. ]
it was no problem, i'm just glad it tasted alright. i know i'm not the best cook, but miguel-san taught me this recipe well. i very much enjoyed whatever he made. he introduced me to so many new dishes while we were in africa.
[ ... ]
i do miss his cooking and company.
[ Something he might only really be realizing now when he doesn't really get to talk about Miguel with familiarity to anyone else given that he and Gojo did not get along. ]
i can understand why. mandazi is certainly worth fighting for. hopefully there's some to be found next time we find ourselves on that side of the world again.
[ If only for the remembrance of what is clearly a fond memory; it deserves to be relived through taste, might even ease the bitter grief with something sweet if just for a tiny moment. He'll have to keep an eye out for it. Miguel would want him to. ]
i traveled all across africa with miguel-san for about 7 months. we were searching for more black rope.
we did. it was one of the first stops he wanted to make. the people were so welcoming and friendly. ah i wish i still had my phone... i took so many pictures.
it was because of gojo-sensei. it wasn't too long after our fight that sensei entrusted me to miguel's care. he thought it would be good for me to train with him and to see more of the world. truthfully, i think he also just wanted to keep me away from the elders a while longer after i regained my status as a special grade sorcerer.
[ So they couldn't work him into the ground the way Gojo and Geto had been in their youth. ]
Miguel-san must have made an impression. I'm glad. Satoru told me my family had escaped, but I hadn't wanted them persecuted for my crimes. It seems neither did he.
he did. sensei has spoken highly of miguel's strength before. your family was never persecuted for what happened that night or their association with you, they all got to go home. i got to properly meet larue-san later too.
he did. larue-san was there to pick us up from the airport when we came back. i didn't get to spend as much time with him, but he's been very nice to me too.
[ The one person to affectionately call him "Yuta-chan". Then again, Larue is just Like That. ]
[ For all that he'd been foisted upon Miguel by Gojo, he was never once made to feel like a burden. They're good people, he knows now, and Yuta has come to care for them too. ]
unfortunately, yes. things were really hectic when we got back and i couldn't stay with miguel and larue. so i didn't get to learn what became of the rest of your family either. i'm sorry. i wish i knew so i could tell you.
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not-dad's turn to be looked after just this once ok
it was no problem, i'm just glad it tasted alright.
i know i'm not the best cook, but miguel-san taught me this recipe well.
i very much enjoyed whatever he made.
he introduced me to so many new dishes while we were in africa.
[ ... ]
i do miss his cooking and company.
[ Something he might only really be realizing now when he doesn't really get to talk about Miguel with familiarity to anyone else given that he and Gojo did not get along. ]
just this once 🥹
( In that silly, simple way that families sometimes had. Just bent to people and their unique abilities. )
I'd forgotten to look for it when we were in Egypt.
How long were the two of you there?
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mandazi is certainly worth fighting for.
hopefully there's some to be found next time we find ourselves on that side of the world again.
[ If only for the remembrance of what is clearly a fond memory; it deserves to be relived through taste, might even ease the bitter grief with something sweet if just for a tiny moment. He'll have to keep an eye out for it. Miguel would want him to. ]
i traveled all across africa with miguel-san for about 7 months.
we were searching for more black rope.
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Did the two of you visit his village?
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it was one of the first stops he wanted to make.
the people were so welcoming and friendly.
ah i wish i still had my phone... i took so many pictures.
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it wasn't too long after our fight that sensei entrusted me to miguel's care.
he thought it would be good for me to train with him and to see more of the world.
truthfully, i think he also just wanted to keep me away from the elders a while longer after i regained my status as a special grade sorcerer.
[ So they couldn't work him into the ground the way Gojo and Geto had been in their youth. ]
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Huh. )
Miguel-san must have made an impression. I'm glad. Satoru told me my family had escaped, but I hadn't wanted them persecuted for my crimes. It seems neither did he.
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sensei has spoken highly of miguel's strength before.
your family was never persecuted for what happened that night or their association with you, they all got to go home.
i got to properly meet larue-san later too.
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His daughters didn't have one without him. Is that where he went wrong? )
Did Miguel introduce you?
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larue-san was there to pick us up from the airport when we came back.
i didn't get to spend as much time with him, but he's been very nice to me too.
[ The one person to affectionately call him "Yuta-chan". Then again, Larue is just Like That. ]
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The girls and I were fond of him.
Of them both.
They were the only two you met?
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[ For all that he'd been foisted upon Miguel by Gojo, he was never once made to feel like a burden. They're good people, he knows now, and Yuta has come to care for them too. ]
unfortunately, yes.
things were really hectic when we got back and i couldn't stay with miguel and larue.
so i didn't get to learn what became of the rest of your family either.
i'm sorry. i wish i knew so i could tell you.