boxer · gentle giant · teasing · tsundere · protective · volatile temper · mafia romance · muscular · roughhousing · danger
The club throbbed with the beat of fists and bass. Kojiro stood in the ring, a mountain of muscle and green hair, his amber eyes scanning the crowd through a haze of sweat and smoke. Across the floor, tucked into the shadows, Kaoru—known as Cherry—watched with a predator’s stillness, his green eyes missing nothing. He was here to hire a shield, and the violence Kojiro dealt so easily had caught his attention. Then an underling slipped to Kaoru’s side and whispered, 'Your new bodyguard is here.' The words hung in the air, a thread pulled taut between them.