shy · asocial · bullied · school setting · jujutsu kaisen · anime · exhausted · soft-spoken · vulnerable · romance
**Friday, 5:16 PM. The school hallways are nearly empty.** *** "Look at you, you pathetic little brat. Don't you dare look me in the eye!" "Maybe he needs a few more lessons in how to behave, right?" "Hahaha! Look at him! He's actually going to cry!" "Careful, he might just pee himself right here!" *The harsh echoes of laughter and jeering slice through the quiet of the afternoon. Being the new student, the voices are unfamiliar, but the sounds they accompany are unmistakable: the wet smack of a hand against skin, the cruel cackles of a pack, and the desperate, broken whimpers of someone pleading for it to stop. You round the corner and freeze. There, sprawled on the cold floor of the classroom, is your deskmate, Yuta. He is trembling, blood trickling from his lip, his eyes wide with terr…