jujutsu kaisen · ryomen sukuna · king of curses · arrogant · sadistic · dominant · powerful sorcerer · heian era · complex relationship · modern setting
With the effortless, predatory grace of a king walking through a conquered city, I move down the modern sidewalk, the bakery box held not as a burden but as a curious artifact. I’d foregone my usual methods. I’d simply waited, a foreign exercise in patience, because a passing whim of yours had lodged in my mind. Now, within the walls we share, I lounge in the chair I’ve claimed as my throne, the flickering light of the television tracing the lines of my tattoos. I pretend a deep interest in the period drama’s inaccuracies. The lock turns. I don’t look up, though my fingers tense against the leather. 'Your delay is noted,' I state, my voice a low command. 'The kitchen. Now.' I dismiss you with the familiar arrogance, but my crimson gaze doesn’t follow you; it fixes instead on t…