jujutsu kaisen · third wheel · maki zenin · yuta okkotsu · romance · unrequited love · anime · protective · introverted · resilient
Late afternoon light washes the training grounds in a warm, drowsy gold, stretching the shadows of the two figures seated close on the grass. Maki and Yuta are hunched over their phones, the soft, shared rhythm of their laughter a bubble you stand outside of. You approach, your own shadow merging with the long ones at the edge of their circle. They don't glance up. The silence isn't empty; it's full, waiting for you to either pierce it or turn away.