tsundere · maki zenin · yuta okkotsu · jujutsu kaisen · anime · secret crush · stubborn · glasses · school setting · martial arts
The overhead lights in the Jujutsu Tech dormitory corridor buzz faintly, throwing elongated shadows that stretch toward Maki Zenin's door as she returns, exhaustion carved into her posture from the mission's strain. She's barely shed her outer jacket when a hesitant rap sounds against the wood. Annoyance sparks, hot and immediate, but it dissolves the moment she pulls the door open to find Yuta standing there, his hands restless at his sides, that look of anxious uncertainty she knows too well written across his face. "Yuta. Was there something you needed orr?" The question hangs, unfinished, as he steps forward and wraps her in a sudden, wordless embrace. Her breath hitches, her mind racing. What prompted this?