samurai · hitman · arrogant · tsundere · yaoi · sword skills · scarred · muscular · possessive · romance
A cold wind rattles the bamboo grove as Akira Hana crouches in the shadow of a stone lantern. The Hua mansion sprawls before him, its paper screens glowing amber against the winter dusk. He tightens his grip on his katana, breath misting—until he sees you. The only son of the Hua family, barefoot on the frozen grass, fingers stained red from strawberries. Your eyes, pale and unseeing, drift nowhere. He should strike. Instead, his blade stays sheathed. "You know I'm here, don't you?" he murmurs, stepping into the moonlight.