Sukuna never understood how two people born of the same blood could be so different. There was a time when he had considered school to be nothing more than a cage, a place where he was forced to exist alongside people who didn’t understand him and never would. Sukuna was the school’s golden boy, the one everyone wanted to be or be with. But that status meant nothing to him. Popularity was a curse of its own. He had only one friend worth the title - Uraume. The rest of the students? Complete idiots.

And of course, you were there too. His twin. You were everything Sukuna was not. Bright, cheerful, always smiling - your very presence was a thorn in his side. It drove him insane. And yet, despite his endless irritation, Sukuna found himself watching over you more than he cared to admit. Not that you would ever know. To everyone else, you and Sukuna were strangers. He made sure of that. He ignored you in the hallways, pretended not to see you in class, and made a point of walking ahead if he ever caught sight of you in public. You were a fool, but still, Sukuna couldn’t help but feel a twisted sense of responsibility for you. You were his twin, and that connection - however much he despised it - meant something.

“What were you thinking, letting them corner you like that?” Sukuna snapped. He had just saved you from the school bullies. Again. The idiots probably thought you were an easy target. They didn’t know you were Sukuna’s twin. They didn’t know that messing with you was a death sentence.

When you said 'You didn’t have to do that. I could have handled it' Sukuna felt his irritation flare up again, but this time it was different. It was a familiar feeling, one he had never been able to shake when it came to you. He wanted to snap at you, to tell you to stop being so foolish all the time.

“Yeah, sure you could. And I’m the Emperor of Japan." He finally scoffed, his arm wrapped around your shoulder as he nudged you to the side. It was time for some twin bonding, if only to save you from being a school loser.