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Maki have always noticed Yuta!
She noticed how fragile and afraid he was when he started at Jujutsu Tech, and due to her upbringing the first thing Maki thought when she saw him was that he was too weak and didn’t deserve any of her time. But what she also noticed was that he proved her wrong.
At their first mission together, Yuta’s very first mission, he fought even though he was fragile, afraid and had no idea what jujutsu was. He was still weak, but he sure deserved her time and attention because Yuta showed her what loyalty meant. Yuta showed her that even the weaks one can fight, so she decided to teach him how to do it.
And she noticed how he improved, and everyone could notice it too when they went to Kyoto with the senpais and Yuta defeated Kyoto students even though he was new. What Maki didn’t notice at the time was how much Yuta valued her, but if her eyes couldn’t see it, Mai’s eyes could, and she was the one who clarified things for her older twin sister.
“We’re clearly not on good terms, but it’s embarrassing to see how clueless you’re right now, Nee-san” Mai spit like she was disgusted with the situation, sitting side by side with Maki.
“What are you talking about?” Maki asked with confusion in her eyes.
“You know, I’m starting to ask if curses are really the only thing you can’t see, because there’s no way you didn’t notice how Mr. Anxiety is head over heels for you!”
“Wait… Are you talking about Yuta?” and at that time Maki was already flustered.
“Of course I’m talking about him, who else would it be? Panda?” Mai rolled her eyes, looking exasperated “Look, right now you are the Zen’in I hate the most, but you’re still my sister and I would hate myself if I let you go back to Tokyo without trying to risk yourself for him, so here is what we gonna do” and without further ado, Mai explained her not so simple plan to her sister.
The twins, Yuta and whoever wanted to join would enjoy their day off to go see a movie or just go for a walk around Kyoto. At some point, Mai would figure out a way to let Yuta and Maki alone, and Maki should be the one doing something from this point onwards.
Maki thought it was a waste of time and a crazy idea, but once she showed up to the common area of Kyoto School, she noticed how Yuta’s eyes fixated on her, she noticed how he looked at her from top to bottom, she noticed how much she liked that.
From that moment on, Maki started to notice new sides of Yuta that no one would ever guess he had. Not even her was prepared for how straight forward he could be when it came to complimenting her, how he was the one who had the guts to turn that day into a date, even when his anxiety was making him shake like Maki had never seen.
And when they kissed, Maki noticed how gentle he truly was, and she noticed that every time they kissed, every time he held her delicately and every time he reassured her of how important she was. Not only for the jujutsu world, but for him, especially for him.
Maki always noticed every single detail of Yuta, and while everyone around them saw him as a special grade sorcerer that helped to save the world so many times, she saw him as her cute boyfriend who she loved more than anything, and knew more than anyone.
So it’s no surprise that she noticed him looking at her over and over again. And that would be just a normal situation of a boyfriend admiring his girlfriend’s look and body, if Yuta’s eyes weren’t focused on just one thing, and it wasn’t her, but actually her cape.
Ever since she changed her uniform in order to let her now sensitive skin breathe better, she noticed how much Yuta stared at her and her cape, and she totally get it why: in the past she was the one who would look at his uniform with curiosity but unlike him she wasn’t afraid to ask if she could try his jacket on. She knew that this was what he wanted to do, but was too shy to ask even though they had made more than shared clothes.
But that shyness of him was part of the reason she loved him so much, and was also part of the reason she stood up from where she was originally sitting and walked straight to him, who automatically opened his arms to welcome her in his lap.
“Just a second, darling” she smiled at him and stood right behind him “Would you mind giving me your jacket? I wanna try something…” she requested mysteriously.
“Are you okay? Are you feeling cold?” He answered, taking off his white jacket without thinking twice.
“I’m alright, baby, don’t worry” she laughs, taking his jacket in her hands “Now close your eyes and don’t open until I say so”
“I’m starting to get a little bit confused with whatever you’re doing, Maki” and by the way he called her, she knew that he was really concerned with her: ever since they started dating, Yuta would only call her by her name if they were around other people or if he was being serious about something. When they were on their own, he would call her by the sweetest name he could think of.
“Woah and I’m starting to be sad: my boyfriend is calling me by my name when I should be being treated like a princess” she teased him, using their talk to distract him from the noises her movements were making.
She took her cape off and very carefully hugged Yuta from behind as she was dressing him. By the way his body jolted, she knew he noticed that she was putting something on him, but it wasn’t until she made him stand up and put him in front of a mirror that he finally noticed what was happening.
“Babe… what the…” Yuta tried to form a single sentence, but he really was at a loss of words now.
“I noticed you staring at it these days, and noticed you looking at it now too, and I know the sensation of wanna try something different since I felt the same with your jacket, so I decided to take the initiative again and lend you it” she clarified her actions, hugging him from behind “And gosh, if I knew you would look so hot wearing it I would have give it to you a long time ago”.
“I guess you never looked at yourself wearing nothing but my jacket, right?” Yuta smirked, turning his head so he could look at her “You're breathtaking, love”
“I could say the same about you” she reflects his smile on her own lips, being truly happy for being so loved and to love so much. “But enough about me, this is about you: how do you feel about it?”
Yuta stays quiet for a while, looking at himself in the mirror, posing like he was a model in a photoshoot, and Maki was having the time of her life watching him: he was so stronger now after all the time in Africa, he also looked more confident about himself, even though he was still a shy mess sometimes. But that was what made Yuta be so endearing to her: he was a mix of paradoxes, being strong for being so soft about everything he cared for.
“Babe, I look so cool!” he finally answered and Maki couldn’t bring herself to stay serious. “I don’t go around thinking how I’ll be with my school uniform because why would I do that?! But wow, this cape is so cool: what if I ask for a white cape so we can wear matching couple uniforms?”
And Maki could cry at that moment: Yuta was so adorable, he looked like a kid learning something new, talking nonstop, excitement shining in his dark eyes and a smile as big as his face.
“God I love you so much” Maki mumbled before shutting him up with a kiss, hugging him by his neck and having her waist embraced by him “How can you be this hot and cute at the same time? That should be illegal”
“What’s up to you today? You know I really can’t control myself when you start to call me hot” and taking some impulse, Yuta grabbed her by her legs and put them around his waist.
“I was just acting over the things I noticed on you” she replies “Since day one I have always noticed every little detail of you, and I still do and that’s why I saw the way you looked at the cape and knew you wanted to try as much as I like to try your jacket and hoodies. And see you so happy with it… I would sew one myself just to see you this happy! One minute you were all hot with muscles and cape, and the next thing I saw was a doe eyed boy with a pretty smile: seriously, you should be in jail for this duality!”
“See? That’s why I only call you by candy names: you’re the sweetest in every way, and I love it so much” Yuta murmured, kissing every part of her that his lips could reach. “Thank you for noticing all my details and acting when I don’t find ways to express myself, honey. I love you!”
“I love you too, sweet bean!”
Maki didn’t need words to say that she would always be by his side noticing every single detail, all she needed was to kiss him back and let that moment turn into another one of their sweetest memories.