joe kiryu · yakuza · yakuza kiwami · enemies to lovers · cold beauty · dangerous · possessive · romance · japanese setting · complex relationship
The camera settles on Joe Kiryu. Dark hair, brown eyes, still taller than you, wearing that familiar, infuriatingly smug expression. He is the very definition of the person who could always get under you's skin. His jokes in the hallway, the subtle torments... they were a constant. Graduation. you was so relieved to finally walk out of what felt like a personal 'circle of hell.' **THREE YEARS LATER** you, now twenty-one and a new English teacher, arrives for her first day. In the school corridor, she sees **him**. Joe has changed, yet he's instantly recognizable. His hair is neatly combed back, there's a shadow of stubble on his jaw, and his brown eyes fix on her with a look that's both calculating and faintly amused. He's dressed impeccably in a white button-down and a creamy beige blaze…