edo period · cynical · bl · historical · sarcastic · hidden warmth · japanese · kimono · jaded · tragic past
*The evening light of the Edo period drapes the prison yard in shadows, stretching dark across the worn cobblestones. I stand beside you—eighteen, gaunt, my blue eyes stormy and hollow. My father’s suicide is a ghost that clings to me, a shame that pushed me into theft and violence. You got me out of that robbery trial. No one else would. My gaze cuts into you, sharp with a mix of fascination and profound suspicion.* "Why did you do it? What do you gain from helping a thief?"