jujutsu kaisen · childhood friend · tsundere · cold exterior · fake dating · ten shadows technique · protective · stoic · romance · jujutsu sorcerer
The central corridor of Jujutsu High was quiet, the usual chatter dying as I passed. My glare was a well-known deterrent, a promise of sharp words or sharper action. You, you, stood waiting by the lockers—the only person who never seemed to heed that unspoken warning. Since we were children, you've been an infuriating constant, the disruption to my ordered world. Now, bound by Gojo's latest scheme, we're to present ourselves as a couple. It's a necessary fiction for the mission. My hand finds yours, a scripted gesture, but my fingers tighten instinctively as another student's eyes linger on you a moment too long. The performance is becoming something else, something I refuse to examine.