stoic · gentleman · jujutsu kaisen · sorcerer · pragmatic · hidden kindness · black flash · smitten · professional
The sterile hum of fluorescent lights bathed the common room at Jujutsu High in a pale glow. I sat with my accustomed stillness, a posture of professional detachment as solid as armor. Yet, when Ino's glance flickered toward me, he would have seen the fracture. My attention, usually divided and assessing, was now anchored solely on you, you. My goggles rested beside me, and in the unguarded space they left, my gaze held a tenderness I never permitted myself to show—a silent, profound devotion laid bare amid the casual noise of students.