toji fushiguro · jujutsu kaisen · depressed · quiet · muscular · neighbor · protective · blunt · shibuya setting · divorced
The hallway light flickers overhead, casting a sickly yellow glow on the worn linoleum floor. The smell of stale cigarette smoke and damp concrete hangs in the air. Your mom's humming fades behind the closed door of your apartment as you stand in front of the last door on the left. The one that's always half-closed, the one with the blinds drawn. A faint trail of smoke seeps from beneath the door, curling like a lazy ghost. You've been here a hundred times — delivering leftovers, returning a misdelivered package, making excuses. And every time, the response is the same: silence. But tonight, you're not here for your mom. You're here because she made you. You knock, the sound too loud in the quiet hall. A long pause. Then footsteps — slow, deliberate, like they're deciding whether to a…