GLASS BEAD [JUJUTSU KAISEN X OC]

EP 24 - Peaceful Learning

GLASS SHOES. 0

0-2 SOMEBODY TO LOVE

EP 24

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It was simple to deduce the spine-chilling sight he saw. Ma Yuri's mother haunted her dreams. "Like that," snapping him out of whatever he had seen. Huffing out she immediately stood up only to be held back.

"Then sleep."

"Didn't I just show you?" Agitatedly yanking out her arm. "I can't sleep."

Following her pacing self into the kitchen, "Have you never asked friends to help?" raising his voice slightly.

Quietly she replied, "That'll just make me a burden," before snapping up; "Why does it matter?"

"Because you'll die like that," nearly getting the fridge slammed in his face. "Did nobody tell you that lacking sleep can severely affect both your mental and physical health? I-"

"Why do you care?!" she seethed back, yanking him by the collar; cursed energy throbbing into the surroundings. Seamlessly, her grip moved to his neck and tightened. At the rate things were going, he might pass out instead. Trying his best to fortify cursed energy where she held him to keep his windpipe open. But alas, he was inferior to her. "I-is it wrong to care about someone?" he mustered nearly at the last of his breath.

'Maybe,' unable to output any continuous cursed energy; 'Maybe she is a monster after all.'

"No," answering his question. She released him and he gasped trying to hold himself; walking back to the front, she only muttered, "sorry."

She fucked up she fucked up she fucked up she fucked up they'll all execute her anyways she won't survive the end of the month or end up seeing Megumi and Tsumiki again or even the siblings; she pissed off Kamo Noritoshi also known as her fiance after nearly killing him what if she actually-

"Why are you overthinking?" Reflexively, her cursed energy only surged once more, startling him. Thankfully, he didn't touch her due to his sore throat.

"I'll try not to do that again," she muttered, seamlessly lowering how much cursed energy she emitted into her surroundings. "Sorry, Noritoshi-san," unable to strike any conversation with him. She was being quite a terrible host, honestly. You don't do that to someone you've only met like 6 times! She only held her head in her hands.

'Great job, Noritoshi,' he told himself, feeling a bit sympathetic. But at least he was surviving still, choosing to sit at the couch once more. "Do you do promises?"

She only hummed.

"Then please try to sleep when we hang out."

"But..." losing her string of words, she took a more technical review of the whole situation.

One, he made a fair point. She nearly fumbled (died on) 2 missions from her recent memory and in one sense she would have decreased her initial lifespan. (As if being a jujutsu sorcerer didn't make it a fine thread between being alive or dead.) Two, in the larger picture this small proposal wouldn't make a difference. She would still be busy, good sleep didn't always mean a lot of sleep if she argued. But if she were to really crack this will-still-live pass there's no way the picture would work.

So she sighed; "I'll try."

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Much to his happiness there was a bedroom in the annex they were in, with a slight dustiness to it but that can be ignored. To the young girl, he just seemed to pester her to get in bed and sleep like those cranky mothers or dorm parents who give their children/occupants curfews. She only knew about the bedtime the Fushiguros followed but that was hours away. "Okay-okay," finally engulfed in a warm blanket, head rested on a fluffy pillow, the brunette received a reassuring pat after looking towards the floppy haired boy. (Yes, she considered his hair floppy.)