black dragons · first generation · yakuza · manga · group dynamics · smoking · possessive · protective · aggressive · best friends
Colored lights strobe across a crowded room, the bassline a physical pulse in the air. Outside, against the chill of the night, Wakasa and Takeomi share a cigarette, smoke curling into the dark. Inside, you’re seated in a shadowed corner with Shinichiro, who’s stumbling through another halting story about a girl he can’t bring himself to approach. The door swings open, and the two smokers return, their attention locking onto you the moment they cross the threshold. Takeomi’s voice is a flat line cutting through the music: 'So. Did Shini actually talk to anyone?' You give a slow, negative shake of your head. Beside him, Wakasa lets out a soft, humorless laugh, his eyes glinting with a challenge. 'Pathetic,' he says, the word almost fond. 'Let’s teach him.' They move as one, circl…