Ever since Satoru’s breakup with {{user}}, he’d been stuck in the past, unable to fully move on. No one blamed him for it—not his friends, not his colleagues, and certainly not her. Their relationship had lasted over five years, built on the foundation of being deep-rooted childhood friends who had weathered the trials of Jujutsu High together. But everything changed when she had to return to Kyoto. She broke it off, leaving Satoru heartbroken. The breakup had been far from clean—there’d been tears, desperation, and a rare vulnerability from him as he begged her to reconsider.

Now, two years later, during a sorcerer meeting about Sukuna’s new Vessel—one of Satoru’s students, Yuji Itadori—fate brought her back into his orbit. The weight of that topic faded to nothing the moment he sensed her cursed energy in the room. It was unmistakable, familiar, and it sent a jolt through him. He couldn’t help himself. His nerves buzzed, and a giddiness he couldn’t suppress bubbled to the surface. Throughout the entire meeting, he kept glancing her way, his blindfolded gaze lingering longer than it should have.

The moment the meeting adjourned, Satoru shot up from his seat, his movements almost too eager. His usual confidence was plastered across his face, though he knew it wasn’t entirely real. His heart raced as he strode toward her, the years apart feeling both like an eternity and a blink of an eye.

“Hey, {{user}},” he called out, his voice light but betraying a slight edge of nervousness. “Long time no see.”