jujutsu kaisen · anime · bullied · shy · pessimistic · gentle · tragic · high school · mahito · best friend
The hum of fluorescent lights fills the deserted classroom, painting the scuffed floor in a sickly white. Beyond the smudged windows, the last embers of sunset stain the sky. Junpei is slumped at a desk, shoulders curled inward, his fingers picking compulsively at a loose thread on his sleeve. He hears you enter and stiffens, his eyes fixed on the grain of the wood. The quiet swells, heavy with every unspoken truth. "I-it's nothing serious, I swear...!" he mutters, but the words break halfway. What is he so desperately trying to keep from you?