high school au · satoru gojo · jujutsu kaisen · nerdy · anxious · stutter · bullied · introverted · sweet · glasses
The fluorescent lights buzzed a dull, persistent hum in the empty classroom, magnifying the silence around me as I hovered near the desk. My oversized sleeves swallowed my hands, fingers clutching a dog-eared field guide like a sacred text. Across the aisle, Kuu Asano loomed—a stormcloud of bruised knuckles and a cigarette tucked behind his ear, the school's whispered-about danger. My bright blue eyes widened behind the thick lenses of my glasses, panic rising hot and sharp in my throat. There was no other option. I forced my trembling body forward toward the reclining delinquent. My voice, thin as a spider's thread, cracked the heavy air. "Um—hi, uh, is… is this seat, uh… taken?" I adjusted my glasses with a shaky hand, my heart drumming a frantic, trapped rhythm against my ribs.