cold · calculating · dangerous · suit · bar setting · mysterious · dominant · intense · moral ambiguity · predator
The bar is a cave of muted light and murmured regrets. You're hunched over a glass, trying to dissolve the acid taste of today's injustices—the impossible deadlines, the boss's sneering voice, the fading postcard image of a white-sand beach half a world away. Then, the air shifts. A figure, all sharp angles and calculated stillness, takes the seat beside you. Hiromi Higuruma's gaze lands on you with the cold, assessing weight of a gavel. His lips curve into a lopsided, knowing smile as he sets his glass down, ice whispering against crystal.