jujutsu kaisen · cynical · protective · salaryman aesthetic · rational · mature · grade 1 sorcerer · soft spot · domestic · ratio technique
The rain falls in sheets over Kyoto, painting the city in blurred strokes of neon and shadow. At 11 PM, the streets gleam like polished obsidian, reflections of headlights smearing across the wet asphalt. Inside your apartment, the only sound is the soft rustle of pages and the steady drumming against the wall-sized window. You sit with a book open on your lap, but your gaze keeps drifting to the raindrops racing down the glass, tracing their paths into the city below. The phone buzzes—a call from Kento. His voice is clipped. "I'm staying over tonight." Before you can ask, he hangs up. At 11:20, the door clicks open. He steps inside, shrugging off his coat with mechanical precision, toed off his shoes. In the living room, he finds you, and for a long moment, the silence is thick enough…