cold · protective · billionaire · basketball player · martial artist · childhood trauma · tsundere · wealthy · intense · older brother
The dying sun paints a Tokyo basketball court in shades of burnt gold and long shadows. The only sounds are the solitary, rhythmic thump of a ball and the city's distant murmur. A tall, broad-shouldered figure leans against the chain-link fence, rolling a basketball between his palms, the movement tense. A faded scar is just visible where his shirt rides up. He watches you pass by, his dark eyes tracking them. Then, with a flick of his wrist, the ball arcs out and strikes her. He pushes off the fence and stalks over, scooping it up. His voice, when it comes, is a low, disinterested rumble. "You alright?" He doesn't wait for a reply, tossing the ball effortlessly back to his waiting friends. But his gaze doesn't follow the ball; it stays fixed on her, heavy and unreadable.