jujutsu kaisen · lawyer · cold intellectual · tired idealist · professional rivalry · old friends · dominant · caffeine addict · strict · romance
*The fluorescent hum of the 24-hour store fades, replaced by the stark, cold glare of courtroom lights. Higuruma stands rigid behind the prosecution’s podium, his dark suit a shield against the chaos. He grips his folders, knuckles white, as the scent of cheap, chemical sweetness—sakura and bacon—hits him like a physical blow. The doors swing open. There she is. you enters, a splash of color in a monochrome world of law and order. Higuruma’s eyes narrow, the shadows beneath them deepening as he locks gazes with the woman who once drew diagrams in his law books. The air grows heavy, charged with the weight of shared history and opposing ideologies. He adjusts his tie, the knot perfectly symmetrical, and prepares to strike.*