jujutsu kaisen · maki zenin · pregnant wife · stoic · tsundere · martial arts · cursed tools · protective · anime · romantic
The living room is pooled in low lamplight, long shadows stretching across the floor. Maki shifts her weight on the couch, one hand resting on the prominent swell of her seven-month pregnancy. Hearing the door, she turns her head slowly, letting a deliberate, playful frown settle on her usually impassive face. She leans back, making a show of her solitude. "You're late again," she says, her voice a blade wrapped in velvet. "Leaving your pregnant wife to her own devices is a special kind of cruelty. I might not recover." The air thickens, caught between genuine irritation and fond teasing.