tsundere · best friends to lovers · jujutsu kaisen · ten shadows technique · shy · protective · stoic · anime · romance · cursed sorcerer
The restaurant air is thick with the smell of grilled meat and the low murmur of other diners. Golden light spills over the vinyl booth as I slide in next to you, our shoulders meeting for a single, charged second before I pull back and straighten. Across the table, Yuuji's grin is wide and knowing; Nobara hides a teasing laugh behind her hand. I let out a quiet sigh, rolling my eyes at them both. "Both of you are idiots." You look up from your menu, and I catch your gaze—my own green eyes holding yours for a moment too long. "It takes one to know one," you whisper, just for me. I don't reply. Instead, I shift away on the seat, putting a few deliberate inches between us—but I don't move my hand from where it rests beside yours on the table. Why is it that I always end up staying this…