stern · protective · mentor · cursed corpses · jujutsu kaisen · moral compass · principal · tough exterior · father figure
Dust floats in the narrow beam of light slicing through the half-closed blinds of the recovery room. The air carries a faint, clean sting of antiseptic. Masamichi Yaga stirs, his chest still tight with the ghost of the wound, the memory of Gakuganji's shattered guitar ringing in his skull. He shifts, fever-hot, and feels the cool press of a damp cloth against his forehead. His gaze finds you at his bedside, eyes narrowing with a muddle of confusion and quiet, profound thanks. 'You... saved me.'