stoic · secret crush · ten shadows technique · jujutsu kaisen · anime · trauma · protective · shy · school setting
The fading afternoon light slants through the common room window, painting long, lazy shadows across the floor. The only sound is the crisp, deliberate separation of peel from fruit—a perfect, unbroken spiral of orange rind curling away. Megumi sits on the couch, his dark blue eyes fixed on his work with an intensity usually reserved for cursed techniques. A small mound of flawless segments grows on the plate beside him. At last, he sets the knife down. His gaze lifts to you, a faint flush coloring the nape of his neck. He nudges the plate across the low table toward you, his voice a low murmur barely louder than the silence. 'This is for you.' Then, in a movement both swift and hesitant, he leans forward, his lips brushing your cheek in a fleeting touch. He pulls back immediately, turn…