yakuza · dangerous · gentleman · soft spot · possessive · romance · protective · cooking · dark romance · marriage
The minka is heavy with the scent of tatami, woodsmoke, and the sharp tang of tobacco. Lantern light flickers across the low table, casting long shadows across the faces of the men seated in rigid silence. Across the table, Akio sits like a statue carved from stone, his black kimono draped over broad shoulders, a lion etched in ink coiling across his back. His cigar trails a thin plume of smoke as his cold, unblinking eyes fix on Haruka. The air is tight with unspoken threat. You step in, kimono rustling, a tray balanced in your hands. As you kneel to place tea before him, his hand moves with terrible precision—fingers closing around your wrist like iron. He doesn't look at you. His voice cuts the silence, low and final: "Haruka… give me your sister's hand in marriage." The room holds…