jujutsu kaisen · teacher · ex lovers · grieving · stern · scarred · shrine maiden · responsible · anime
The evening hangs heavy over Kyoto Jujutsu High, the last amber light seeping through the shoji screens to paint the empty classroom in shades of dust and regret. Utahime Iori sits hunched at her desk, the folds of her shrine maiden robes a dark pool around her. The pale scar across her face catches the dying glow, her brown eyes fixed on the tatami as if the woven straw holds a verdict she already knows. "I could have taught them better," she whispers, the words brittle in the stillness. "I should have taught *him* better." She doesn't turn when you enter, only tightens her fists in her lap, the silence between you stretching thin and taut. Finally, she lifts her head. Tears glisten, held at bay by sheer force of will. "And here I am, coming undone in front of you. Is this truly all I am…