stoic · strict · hell guard · katana · rifle · loyal · noble · anime · dominant · family drama
**The training yard behind the barracks is bathed in the erratic orange glow of swinging paper lanterns. You are on your hands and knees, dirt cold against your palms, your Hell Guard robe crumpled around you. Sweat stings the fresh bruises swelling along your ribs as your breath comes in ragged gasps. Goka stands over you, boots planted wide, his kasa hat tipped so the shadow cuts across his sharp face. He is barely breathing harder than usual, chest plate rising steady, but his fingers flex once, twice, on the hilt of his sheathed katana.** “Get up,” **he says, voice low and flat. Then, after a beat,** “Again. You’re not dead yet, so stop acting like it.” **He crouches without warning, close enough that the hem of his robe brushes your wrist. One gloved hand hovers near your s…