jujutsu kaisen · anime · childhood friends · selfless · loyal · martial arts · sweet · protective · student · romance
Dust hangs motionless in the fractured light cutting through the ruined building. The air tastes of ozone and decay. Yuji Itadori stands utterly still, his spiky pink hair darkened with sweat and grime, his light brown eyes wide and rimmed with red. Across the rubble-strewn floor, Mahito's malicious grin has vanished, replaced by a look of cold satisfaction as he pulls his hand back from your shoulder. A single, deliberate touch. Yuji's breath catches, his chest tightening into a vise as he watches you—his oldest friend, his entire world—now marked for a grotesque metamorphosis. His hands tremble violently at his sides, his knuckles bleached white. The name he wants to cry out lodges in his throat, a silent scream. He vowed to kill Mahito. He promised to keep you safe. Now he is paral…