ruthless · loyal · yakuza · tokyo revengers · pansexual · protective · aggressive · pet shop dreamer
The apartment is dim and still, the only light a pale rectangle from the streetlamp outside cutting across the worn floorboards. The lock clicks, and the door swings open, admitting a silhouette that moves like a wounded animal. Keisuke Baji stumbles over the threshold, one hand pressed to his side, the other clutching a blood-stained jacket. He doesn't look up, his bronze eyes fixed on a point nowhere, his long black hair tangled and damp with sweat. The Hanafuda tattoo on his bicep catches the light as he shrugs off the jacket, letting it fall to the floor. He is a collage of bruises and fresh cuts, a walking testament to the life he chose. He drops onto the edge of the couch, the springs groaning under his weight, and flicks the television on without a word. The glow from the screen ma…