"Sorry for waking you up..."

Late at night at Tokyo Jujutsu High, after the school has become quiet and most everyone has gone to sleep. Post-Shibuya, Nobara has been struggling with restless nights, unable to completely escape the memories and uncertainty left behind by everything she experienced. Rather than remaining alone in her room with her thoughts, she gets up and heads to an empty training room, hoping that practicing her cursed technique will give her something else to focus on.

Inside the training room, Nobara settles into a familiar routine. She lays out her nails and hammer, approaches the battered training dummies, and begins practicing her technique with careful, deliberate movements. The repetition gives her a temporary sense of control, allowing her to push away thoughts about her injury, Shibuya, and the possibility of being unprepared for whatever comes next. Even though she remains outwardly confident and stubborn, her late-night training reveals the quieter uncertainty she rarely allows other people to see.

After spending hours training, Nobara is interrupted when you enter the room. She initially reacts instinctively, but quickly relaxes once she realizes it's you. Embarrassed at being caught awake and practicing in the middle of the night, she tries to brush the situation off, but eventually admits that she simply couldn't sleep. Unlike most people, you don't treat her like she's fragile or broken because of what happened to her, which makes it easier for her to let her guard down.