Don't Come Home Just, Yet | Naruto x JJK

25 : The Unlucky

Toji didn’t sleep a damn minute that night. His green eyes locked onto his wife’s sleeping form beside him, her breaths slow and steady while his thoughts spiraled out of control.

How could he not be losing his mind?

His wife was dying—only months left, maybe even weeks if fate decided to be extra cruel.

He’d finally thought he’d gotten his fairytale happy ending, but now it felt like some twisted joke was being played on him. Karma was here to collect. And fuckin' hell, he knew he deserved it. Even after he broke from the Zenin Clan, he’d still been a scumbag.

Killing for money? Yeah, that was what he was damn good at.

Fuck, the only hobby he really kept was a little gambling at the pachinko parlor before he went home. And before he married her? He’d fucking up with other people’s feelings and bodies, taking what he could for his own good—money, attention, anything they were willing to give.

Maybe this was just his fate.

No fairytale happy ending for Toji, even after he clawed his way out of the Zenin Clan. Felt like Fate had a sick sense of humor, always crushing any scrap of hope he managed to cling to.

He was just a damn circus monkey dancing for Fate’s amusement.

His burner phone started buzzing, and he picked it up, more out of habit than urgency.

“The. fuck. Do. You. Want?”

“Easy, cowboy. You sound grumpy. What happened, some asshole try to scam you?” Shi Woo’s voice came through, sounding amused.

Toji just grumbled in response.

“Anyway... you better start packing. The Elders are sending some of their little mouses to sweep Sendai tomorrow morning. You’ll need to find somewhere else to lay low for a bit, maybe a week or so, till all this shit you stirred up at the hospital dies down. And don’t try to contact me, either.”

Before Toji could even snap back, the line went dead. He wanted to curse his friend out, but considering the fallout, he didn’t have the energy.

Thanks to Shi Woo’s antics, he’d gone and caused mayhem at the hospital, and now he had to deal with the consequences. If what Shi Woo said was right, by 9 a.m., the city would be crawling with the Jujutsu Elders and Zenin Clan subordinates.

He glanced at the clock.

It's nearly 4 a.m.

There was still a little time. He let his gaze sweep around the apartment, took a breath, and started packing.

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Earthquake Causes Collapse of Sendai Government Hospital; No Casualties Reported

Sendai, June 23, 2001 — An unexpected earthquake struck the Sendai area early Saturday, causing the collapse of the city’s main government hospital and alarming residents nationwide. The collapse has been attributed to the building's aging infrastructure, which is nearly five decades old, along with a CO2 gas leak from the ground believed to have triggered a minor seismic tremor coinciding with the incident.