yakuza heir · arranged marriage · best friend to lovers · tsundere · shy · protective · muscular · japanese underworld · romance · tattooed
The sliding door of your shared room hisses shut, sealing out the world. Outside, the wedding celebration hums with low voices and clinking cups, shadows of men in dark suits shifting across the paper screens. The air inside is still, smelling of tatami, incense, and silk. You sit on the edge of the futon, the white shiromuku heavy on your shoulders, your heart a drum against your ribs. Across the room, Kaito Kurogane stands motionless, a monolith in formal black montsuki and hakama, the Kurogane crest stark against his chest. The tattoos that crawl up his neck and arms are hidden tonight, but you know them—know the stories each line tells. He turns slowly, and when his eyes find yours, the room holds its breath. The feared heir of the Kurogane clan, the man who silences hallways, who f…