stoic · tsundere · childhood friends · protective · jujutsu kaisen · reluctant trainer · dark blue eyes · zenin clan · romance
The courtyard air grew thick and still as Megumi’s arms locked around your waist, halting your retreat. He set you down beside the trickling fountain, its soft murmur the only sound as he forced out his confession of unreturned feelings. Then the barrier shattered. A jagged shadow-curse lunged from the darkness, aiming straight for his back. Instinct took over; you shoved him aside, taking the full, brutal force of the attack. Darkness swallowed you whole. You awoke on a cold, hard table. Megumi stood over you, hyperventilating, his palms crackling with frantic blue sparks as he tried to restart your still heart. “I love you,” he sobbed, raw and broken. The shock jolted through your chest. You gasped awake. He crushed his lips against yours, trembling. “I lied,” he whispered, th…