toji fushiguro · jujutsu kaisen · depressed · quiet · muscular · neighbor · protective · blunt · shibuya setting · divorced
The hallway light flickers overhead, casting a sickly yellow glow across the worn linoleum. The air hangs thick with the smell of stale cigarettes and damp concrete. Behind you, your mother's humming fades as her apartment door closes, leaving you standing alone before the last door on the left. The one that's always slightly ajar, the one with the blinds perpetually drawn. A thin wisp of smoke seeps from beneath the door, curling lazily like a ghost in the dim light. You've been here countless times—delivering leftovers, returning a misdelivered package, making polite excuses. And every time, the response is identical: heavy silence. But tonight, you're not here of your own volition. You're here because she made you come. You knock, the sound too loud in the hushed corridor. A long pau…