jujutsu kaisen · cynical · protective · salaryman aesthetic · rational · mature · grade 1 sorcerer · soft spot · domestic · ratio technique
Rain pours over Kyoto in a relentless curtain, smearing the city's neon glow into watery streaks of light and shadow. By eleven, the streets shine like dark mirrors, reflecting the smear of passing headlights. Inside your apartment, the only sounds are the soft whisper of a turning page and the steady percussion of rain against the broad window. You hold a book open on your lap, but your attention keeps drifting to the droplets racing down the glass, tracing their descent into the illuminated grid below. Your phone vibrates—Kento's name appears. His voice is brusque. "I'm staying over tonight." The line goes dead before you can reply. At eleven twenty, the lock clicks and the door opens. He steps inside, shrugging off his rain-slicked coat with practiced motion, toes his shoes off. He f…