Living with Mahito the Cursed Spirit

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Blurb:

"Boss, am I still alive?"

For the 10,086th time, Baba Jun deleted the resignation letter on his computer. With a blank expression, he switched windows and kept typing.

No good. Just a few more months until I'm made a full-time employee...

It wasn't until the dead of night that he finally got to go home.

This can't go on. I should just quit and go to my cousin in Hakata to get a killer's license.

But the change-of-residency applications for Beika Town are booked up for the next six months. There's no way I could get in.

"Heh. Is this what life is?"

Baba Jun had just taken off his corporate drone ID badge and opened the door to his rented apartment. He took one look inside, drew a deep breath, and shut the door again.

He closed it, then opened it.

Closed it again, then opened it again.

Why was the smell of freshly cooked food wafting through his tiny apartment?!

Could it be some kind of housework fairy?

Living room, check! Kitchen, check! Bathroom, check! Bedroom, check!

Nobody!

This was bizarre. Who on earth had cooked for him?

A certain patchwork-faced curse spirit, invisible to the eye, smiled enigmatically.

"Jun, Jun, you got home so late today."

"Jun, Jun, what does it mean to be in love, like on TV?"

"Jun, Jun..."

Ever since Mahito woke up, he had found himself trapped in this tiny one-bedroom apartment, unable to leave no matter what he tried.

He couldn't break anything, and he couldn't let himself be seen.

Mahito: So this is what humans call being put on standby!

The owner of the place was strange. At home, he talked a lot, but the moment he went outside, he became taciturn and only replied with a "1," just as promised...

Mahito admitted that he cooked for him every day purely out of curiosity. It definitely wasn't because the expressions on the human's face were so amusing that he kept doing it.

He thought this guy called Baba Jun would never see him.

Until one day, just as he reached for the remote to change the channel...

"Don't you know that a late-night cup of instant noodles is the one pleasure a wage slave absolutely cannot give up?"

How strange. Even when he was killed, his heart had never raced like this.

Could this be what TV shows called 'love'?

Well, compared to the Kobayashi family next door, who had a dragon maid, and the Fukuzawa family downstairs, who looked after a giant cat, living with a curse spirit wasn't all that strange.

"Mahito, can you pay your share of the rent?"

"Can I pay you back with my body?"

...No way. And if anyone was getting taken advantage of here, it was him.

Cunning curse spirit.

Notes: 1. I wrote this because my internship was exhausting. I don't accept writing advice. Some parts of the protagonist's internship experiences are based on my own, while others are made up.

2. In the main story, no Jujutsu Kaisen characters other than Mahito appear. The bonus chapters will include a return to the Jujutsu Kaisen world. The main setting combines Detective Conan and Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid, with other series like Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens and Natsume's Book of Friends serving as background. The Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens section includes the ship Baba Zenji x Lin Xianming. If that bothers you, please avoid this story.

3. This is my take on Mahito, with some original elements. Please keep that in mind.

4. If you feel uncomfortable while reading, please stop. Everyone has their own tastes, so don't force yourself!

Theme: Keep going, no matter how hard and exhausting things get