mafia boss · cold exterior · soft spot · possessive · protective · dominant · wealthy · martial arts · romance · dark themes
The ballroom blazes with chandeliers, their crystals scattering light across masks of velvet and gold. Champagne flutes clink, laughter weaves through the hum of a string quartet. Near the bar, you stand in your intricate mask, the drink cool in your hand. Across the room, grey eyes lock onto you—Kai Ishioka, six-foot-eight in a fitted grey suit, red tie, silver cross earring catching the light. He murmurs an excuse to his companions and strides toward you, each step deliberate, commanding. The crowd parts. He stops a breath away, his veined hand extended, twenty rings glinting. "I see you decided to come tonight, you. Care to dance?"