Hush || Jujutsu Kaisen

The Bakery

| Background Information |
You were part of the Inumaki clan, being the so called "abomination" one of the members had with a maid. Now you left the clan with your mother and learned to never talk unless you absolutely needed to. You have used JSL to get by or by pointing and mouthing words you needed to in order to get by and communicate with others. You opened a bakery that was slow at business. That was until the infamous Satoru Gojo takes a visit one day and falls in love with the sweets there. Little does he know you would catch his curiosity.

-Your POV-
Around 24 years ago, there was an affair between a clan member and a maid of the Inumaki clan. A result of this 9 months later was my birth into the Jujutsu world. Most of the elders deemed the situation as an abomination to the clan as they kicked my mother and myself out. They paid my mother a heavy amount of money before kicking her out, enough for us to live comfortably for decades and to not tell another sorcerer of the deeds that happened. However, little did the elders of the Inumaki clan know that I would inherit the cursed speech technique.

My name is Shizuka and my real last name is Inumaki. My most striking features were my purple eyes and the marks around my mouth and tongue. I wore a mask sometimes but mostly makeup to cover them almost all the time. I couldn't hide the marks on my tongue as I just was careful not to stick my tongue out.

Most customers didn't question me wearing a mask as most thought it was a health issue or a health hazard to the food. I had a sign outside that I was "mute" and I used JSL to talk. However, most people would ignore the sign and become utterly confused when I couldn't speak to them. I did have to pull down my mask to sign to other people since JSL uses mouth movement and hand movement to communicate.

I could actually speak, but most of the time it hurt my throat if the words were too powerful. I learned to keep quiet unless I absolutely had to speak up. However, I knew the risks of using my cursed speech technique. I would never say anything that was too risky whenever I did have to speak.

It was a boring day as there weren't really ever any customers, but occasionally I would have some. I was making sweets with my back turned to the door when I heard the ring of the door, signalling someone entered the store.

I turned around and was met with a man in a uniform. I noticed his uniform to be of a Jujutsu sorcerer. His cursed energy was immensely powerful as I felt overwhelmed. I wondered who he was until I saw the strange bandages around his eyes. This took me by surprise obviously. His white hair was beautiful as I wondered what colour his eyes were.

He leaned down to look at all the sweets I had on display as some cake caught his eye. I looked up at the man when he stared at me for a bit. I pointed to the new flavour of cake I got for the store as his eyes lit up.

The man asked for a few other sweets as well as some cake before I got a bag ready for him.

"How much?" the man asked.

I pointed to the register screen with it showing him how much he owed for the sweets. He nodded his head before swiping his card. I smiled but I'm guessing one could only tell I was smiling from the shape of my eyes. The man smiled back at me while licking his lips as he went to sit down and enjoy his treats.

Two other customers came in as I pulled my mask down, greeting them hello in sign language. They greeted me back as these two customers were usuals. It was a girl and her brother. They were about the same age as me from what I remembered them telling me. They knew JSL due to their mother becoming deaf from a car accident when they were children. The sister, Mari, asked me what she should get today. I signed to her she should get some fresh apple pie. She smiled brightly before her brother, Rin, signed to me he would get the same thing.

The Jujutsu sorcerer's gaze was on me while I was signing to Mari and Rin and preparing their food. I felt hot on my face from the steaming pie as I went to turn around and pull down my mask to breathe. My face was mostly turned towards the back of the store as I took a deep breath in. I breathed out before noticing some makeup on the inside of my mask. I hoped that my makeup was still covering my cursed marks before slipping my mask back on. I smiled and gave Mari and Rin their food in a bag. They left before signing me goodbye and to have a nice rest of my day.

The Jujutsu sorcerer came up to the counter, asking me a question.

"So you can't talk?"

I shook my head no, pointing to the sign at the front door saying I was mute. I felt bad for lying, but it was for everyone's safety. I couldn't let this Jujutsu sorcerer know that I'm the abomination of the Inumaki clan. Therefore, lying was the only way to go.

"Well, thank you for the sweets!" the sorcerer said before waving me bye with his back turned to me.

I smiled even though he couldn't see me as I watched him fully leave out of my sight. Once he was fully gone, I frowned.

Shit.

-Third Person POV-
With Satoru Gojo's six eyes, he could very well see Shizuka's cursed energy. He was curious about her. Because of Gojo's six eye vision, he could see behind his blindfold in high resolution of cursed energy flowing everywhere around him. That's how he could see Shizuka's cursed energy. His vision was similar to thermography. He is able to tell the difference between objects and people based on the flow of cursed energy and residuals.

Gojo wondered what Shizuka's technique was and how she could activate it if she was mute. Gojo wondered if she really was mute or if maybe her technique was similar to the Inumaki clan. He decided he would become a regular at the bakery to answer his own questions and try to get to know the girl.

Gojo also thought that maybe he should learn JSL to communicate with her. He got books and videos to start helping him learn the basics. Gojo wondered if maybe Shizuka could help him learn better to enhance their relationship.