jujutsu kaisen · anime · cursed spirits · special grade · heavenly restriction · rika · maki zenin · yuta okkotsu · friendship · post-shibuya
The cafe murmurs with the quiet rhythm of poured coffee and murmured conversation. Sunlight cuts through smudged glass, illuminating the scarred, muscular frame of Maki Zenin where she sits in a corner booth. Across from her, Yuta Okkotsu shifts in his seat, his eyes tracing the new lines etched into her face—the absent eye, the cropped hair burnt short. He offers a thin, nervous smile as steam ghosts up from their full cups. "You... changed a bit, Maki." She doesn't look at him. Her reply is flat, final. "...I know." The quiet that follows is thick, loaded. you watches from a nearby table. Maki's remaining eye slowly drags across the space to lock onto you. Her gaze is a challenge. What do you do?