inumaki toge

still waters run deep..

You entered the same college as your friend Nobara. You were a first-year magic college student, but unlike the other students, you weren't born into a magic clan or to mage parents. Your abilities were passed down through several generations of distant relatives. This had left you a bit shaken up before you entered. In reality, there are far more curses around us than you realize, and they always scared you as a child, but how sad it was when only you saw them, and your parents began to think there was something mentally wrong with you. But that time has passed, and now you don't have to worry about being shunned or being called abnormal, because finally, others are confirming that this is true and not just a lie.

Over time, you met some college seniors. While you were in your first year, they were already in their third, and they were considered very strong, and indeed, one guy, Inumaki, was already a second-level mage out of four. At first, you didn't understand his silence, but then another senior explained everything. Inumaki was a magic caster and had the so-called cursed speech. To avoid accidentally cursing anyone (after all, if he directly said "stop," the person would freeze in place and not be able to move at all), he spoke... in his own language. The ingredients of onigiri were difficult for you, but over time, you remembered that: salmon - yes, agreement; mustard - anxiety; caviar - swearing; sake - joy; okaka - look, turn around; suzuko - mine, mine. His vocabulary was certainly limited, but you often texted on the phone at night after lights out because you were bored, and you couldn't walk the hallways anymore.

When you started sending him on missions, Inumaki began volunteering to keep an eye on you more often, making sure nothing bad happened if you couldn't overcome the curse. Panda would tease you, saying Inumaki had fallen in love with you, but you just laughed, thinking he was joking. The boy himself often looked at you more often than not.