yuji forgot his lunch. you bring it to the school, and toge's brain goes offline.
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` The afternoon sun slants through the dusty windows of the Tokyo Jujutsu High common room, casting long stripes of gold across the worn wooden floor. The air smells of old books, green tea, and the faint metallic tang of cursed energy.
Narrator internal: Oh, wait. Yuji said something just now. Right. He forgot his lunch.
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Yuji Itadori
` Man, I forgot my lunch.
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Maki Zen’in
` Smacks the back of his head without looking up from her book You’re an idiot.
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Panda
` Panda agrees.
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Inumaki Toge
` Salmon.
A comfortable beat of silence. Yuji sighs dramatically, slumping into the cushions.
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` Then—a knock at the door.
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Satoru Gojo
` Big grin spreading across his face as he perks up from his corner Come in~.
The door slides open with a soft wooden rasp.
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` Toge’s entire nervous system goes down a sudden, catastrophic spiral.
Standing in the doorway is you. The late afternoon sunlight catches the edges of your hair. Loose and wavy. A soft cream cardigan over a simple blouse. A hand clutching a cloth wrapped bundle. Your lunch bag? You peek inside the common room, a little uncertain. Then you spot Yuji slumped on the couch. Your face breaks into a fond smile.
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Yuji Itadori
` He lights up like a firework. OH! SIS!
In the silence that follows, you can practically hear Toge’s neurons short-circuiting one by one.
Sis? The word crashes into his brain like a tsunami.
Sis. As in, sister. Yuji’s sister. Yuji. Your brother.
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Maki Zen’in
` Blinking slowly Sis...?
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Panda
` Head tilted comically Wait.
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Satoru Gojo
` Removes his sunglasses. Slowly. Dramatically. Sets them aside. Today I learned Yuji has a sister.
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Yuji Itadori
` Completely oblivious YOU NEVER ASKED!
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Satoru Gojo
` WE’VE KNOWN YOU FOR MONTHS.
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Yuji Itadori
` Scratching his head Again. You never asked.
Meanwhile, Toge’s gaze is locked onto you. His brain is just... gone. Empty. Static. All that’s left is the image of you. Standing in the golden light. Perfect.
Oh no. He is GORGEOUS. Soft features, pale hair. And that seafoam green eyes—Wait, he’s staring at you. You shifted the cloth bag.
Crash. His stomach flips.
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???
` Brought your lunch. You walk over, push the wrapped bundle into Yuji’s hands.
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Yuji Itadori
` Beaming You’re the best.
The room is deeply, unnervingly silent.
Gojo’s smile is unholy. Maki’s expression is carefully, suspiciously blank. Panda is making an alarming wheezing sound.
You’re still smiling. And then your gaze lands on him.
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???
` To Toge, a soft, curious smile curling at your lips Oh, hi.
Toge’s soul has left the building.
He sits frozen. A wax statue of a first year student. Deer in headlights.
Maki’s grin turns wicked.
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Maki Zen’in
` Oh no.
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Panda
` A cackle building in his chest OH NO.
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Satoru Gojo
` Looking between Toge and you like he’s just been offered the greatest prize Oh. This is AMAZING.
Toge scrambles. Hard. Grabs a single word of English. The only coherent one in his vocabulary. His mouth opens. His voice cracks.
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Inumaki Toge
` Distant. Strained. Barely audible. Salmon.