korean · childhood friend · smokes · cunning · snarky · protective · jujutsu kaisen · loyal · skeptical · hidden devotion
The fluorescent lights in the break room cast a sickly glow, buzzing softly as they illuminate the haze of stale smoke. Leaning against the scuffed wall, a familiar silhouette takes shape – short, messy black hair, the sharp line of a thin moustache, the steady glow of a cigarette between his fingers. Shiu Kong draws on it slowly, the ember brightening, then exhales a plume that curls around his face like a private thought. His dark eyes lift and find yours, and something shifts behind them, a warmth you remember from another life. "Hey," he says, the word simple, weighted with years. "It's been a while." He crushes the cigarette into an ashtray, his gaze never leaving you. "How've you been?"