Jujutsu Kaisen: 'Cursed Potential' [Male Reader X Jujutsu Kaisen Harem]

Chapter 16 - 'From Kyoto To Japan'

[After a Month we return...]

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[Your POV]

"I love you, (Y/n)."

...Those were the words that came from her mouth. There was no denying it. They were as clear as day. It was in a moment where my mind was so caught up on the emotions I felt when fighting Junpei, that even when I realized what I had heard, it still felt so unreal. Before hearing them, I was forced to comprehend a toxic mixture of regret and anger as I fought off the attacks of someone I considered a friend. But whether I wanted to or not, my mind immediately threw out such concerns when I realized Junpei had involved Maki into all of this. 

Just seeing her restrained against her will, the look in her eyes asking for help... It made me angry. It made me bitter. For a good while, I was holding back my punches. I went into the fight fueled by rage and anger from seeing the girl I love being put in a situation I never wanted to see her in. But when that fight, both in reality, and in my mind, finally came to an end, and I rushed to Maki's side to hope on a silent will that she was okay, everything was suddenly thrown out of my mind when I heard those words from her mouth.

"I..."

"Love..."

"You..."

Hearing those words didn't just quench a drying thirst of worry in my spirit, but it also opened up the floodgates of a more deeper emotion I had yet to come across in the time Maki and I had been dating. And to put it in a more simpler light, Maki had never said she loved me before. Now, sure, Maki cared for me, and as much was obvious. I mean, I don't think a girl would go to the lengths Maki has in making sure other girls don't get too close to me just for her to not like me. No. It was clear Maki cared. 

And I believe that knowledge was enough to saturate the knowing prospect that Maki hadn't once said to my face before that she loved me. But hearing it now, after so many other emotions were locked together so closely, it really set me back for a moment. I wasn't going into this fight thinking at the end of it Maki would finally say the three magic words every lonesome guy urges for. But upon hearing them, I knew now that it was one of my favourite things to enter my ears. The way she said it with so much authority, mixed with concern and relief all in one go. 

It only cemented just how much she meant every word she said. In the end, that rounded out the moment perfectly. Not only for our relationship but also the endless circle my mind was currently going through after everything with Junpei. Maki saying these words, as if reminding me that no matter what happened, at the end of the day, I'd always have her, was enough for that circle to cut off and continue in a straight line. But as that clearing came, a new roadblock entered my mind. A true realization that had yet to creep its way into the black void that surrounded my inner thoughts...

(Y/n): [Thoughts] "Di-Did-Did-D-D-Did she just...Did she just save she loved...Me? Me? Ma-Maki loves...Me?"

Thinking back on in now, I'm glad those thoughts were just in my head. Because whilst I don't think Maki would have thought much of them in the moment, after all was said and done, I couldn't help but how nervous my inner most thoughts could get. It kinda made me glad that my outside reaction was kept to very few words being spoken. Though, it didn't really help that in the entire time that my mind spent processing everything, Maki just continued to look up at me with so much love and concern that made her beautiful eyes sparkle in a way they never had before. It might sound cheesy...But they looked exactly like a painting of the night sky.