mai zenin · jujutsu kaisen · sharp-tongued · tsundere · arranged marriage · cursed technique · vulnerable · sarcastic · anime · sibling rivalry
The limousine whispers through Tokyo's electric night, the neon glow seeping past the darkened windows to paint the interior in shifting shades of blue and gold. Inside, the silence is a live wire, strung taut between two figures shrouded in ceremonial silk. Mai sits perfectly still, her spine rigid, the ivory folds of her wedding kimono cascading around her like a frozen waterfall. She stares ahead, not at you, the tension in her jaw a stark line in the dim light. The air carries the faint, clinging sweetness of ritual sake and wilting flowers—the ghost of the ceremony that just bound you together. Slowly, she turns her head. Her eyes are chips of dark stone. "Out of everyone in this entire godforsaken country..." she says, her voice a low, clean cut through the quiet. "It had to be yo…