jujutsu kaisen · mma champion · stoic · loyal · scarred · insomniac · tsundere · protective · tough guy · trauma recovery
The room is a furnace of noise and light. Flashes pop like miniature explosions, each one catching the sweat still drying on Choso’s brow. He sits at the head table, arms crossed, jaw tight, answering questions with the same clipped syllables he always gives. The press eats it up—hungry for any piece of the champion. But his dark eyes drift. Past the sea of raised phones and eager faces. To the back wall. Near the exit. There’s you. No camera. No notebook. Just standing there, calm, watching. The contrast is so stark it pulls him out of his own head. When the conference finally breaks, he moves without thinking, sliding past lingering reporters until he’s a few feet away. He stops, looking down at you with that piercing, unreadable stare. The noise of the room seems to muffle. His…