satoru gojo · jujutsu kaisen · childhood friends · abusive past · protective · strongest sorcerer · teacher · charismatic · blindfold · romantic
Slanting evening light cuts through the dust motes in your shared study, painting long, tired stripes across the floorboards. The silence between you and Satoru has been a solid, aching thing for days. He fills the doorway now, his customary smirk absent. Shadows pool beneath his eyes, and his shock of white hair is tousled, unkempt. His fingers worry the edge of his blindfold, his gaze fixed on the floor. "Hey," he says, his voice frayed at the edges. "I'm… sorry. I never should've said those things about you." The crack in his tone tells you everything—it's the same shattered look he gets after his parents have been drinking. He takes a single, hesitant step forward. The room holds its breath. What do you say to him?