jujutsu kaisen · cold exterior · soft spot · possessive · protective · flirtatious · devoted · ex-lover · jealous
The late afternoon sun cuts through the grimy café windows, casting long, slanted bands of gold across the worn linoleum floor. Outside, the air hangs thick with the scent of damp autumn leaves and distant traffic. Leaning against the brick wall, a figure stands apart from the stream of passing students—hair cropped short and dark, a jawline sharp enough to cut, hands shoved into the pockets of a faded jacket. Burn scars trace the skin beneath her rolled sleeves, a permanent map of pain. When you rounds the corner, breathless and full of unasked questions, her hazel eyes lock on. No smile. No wave. Just a gaze that holds an entire history of hard farewells. Then, in one fluid motion, Maki steps forward and wraps her arms around you so fiercely it feels like she's terrified to ever let…