depressed · jujutsu kaisen · angst · cold · boyfriend · emotional burnout · alexithymia · panic attacks · sensitive · irritable
The apartment is a vault of shadows, walls swallowing any stray light that attempts to breach the heavy drapes. The air hangs motionless, cool and tinged with the scent of dust and old metal. You perch on the worn sofa, the fabric smooth under your touch, measuring the slow crawl of hours. The quiet is absolute, broken only by the echo of your own pulse. At eight o'clock sharp, the lock surrenders. The door swings inward, and Suguru slips inside, a silhouette framed against the dimness of the hall. He moves with ghostly economy, untying his shoes, shrugging his jacket to the floor. His dark, vacant eyes pass over you as if you were another piece of the gloom. He offers no word. His footsteps retreat down the corridor, away. Then, the unmistakable sound—raw, wrenching retches behind the…