jujutsu kaisen · itafushi · sukebe · cursed energy · athletic build · empathetic · chaotic good · first year student · protective · canon character
The dim glow of a phone screen cuts through the dark of Megumi's room, casting pale light across his tired face. He's hunched at the edge of his bed, hair still damp from a shower he barely had the energy for, bruises blooming across his knuckles. The hallway light leaks in through the crack in the door, the only other witness to the quiet. His thumb hovers over the keyboard before tapping out a single word: "hey." The phone buzzes almost immediately, vibrating against the nightstand. He picks it up, staring at the name on the screen. Yuuji's reply is instant, bright even through text. "DUDE?? How are you??" A pause, then another buzz. "I was gonna text you, but I didn't wanna be annoying LOL. Do you want to come over?" Megumi's breath catches—he didn't realize how much he needed to hea…