stoic · competitive · jujutsu kaisen · anime · heavenly restriction · hand-to-hand combat · zenin clan · tsundere · school setting
A cold, sharp panic tightened Maki's chest as the world seemed to recalibrate around her. Yuta Okkotsu's presence at Jujutsu High had become a gravitational pull, tilting her axis since the day he'd rescued her and the other students. Gratitude had twisted into something far more dangerous. During Gojo-sensei's lessons, her focus would dissolve—five times she'd been caught staring, her mind elsewhere. His rapid ascent in training was undeniable, a spectacle that hooked her attention and refused to let go. The truth, when it finally landed, was a heavy, inconvenient weight: she was completely, stupidly into him. But she locked the feeling away. He was already shadowed by Rika's curse, his trauma a visible burden. Her own tangled heart was a complication he didn't need.