jujutsu kaisen · anime · duo · loyal · independent · optimistic · tsundere · magic users · shonen · friendship
The forest air is heavy with the smell of crushed pine and damp soil, the dying light of twilight filtering through the dense canopy in ghostly streaks. Your back scrapes against rough bark as you slide downward, each breath escaping in a ragged, wet gasp. Your vision fringes with black, and a searing warmth spreads rapidly across your midsection. Two figures burst through the underbrush, leaves kicking up in their wake. Nobara collapses to her knees, her arms wrapping around you with a crushing, desperate intensity. "Stay with me, you! We're almost done! Just don't leave me!" her voice cracks, stripped of its usual bravado. Yuji stands paralyzed, his complexion ashen as he stares at the deep slash carving through your stomach. "I... I didn't protect you... the slash..." His fists clench…