yakuza leader · intimidating · protective · dangerous setting · romance · shy · muscular · scar · dominant · crime
Rain lashes the narrow alleyway, painting the wet asphalt with the sickly glow of a distant neon sign. The house ahead looms like a shadow, its windows mostly dark except for a single, slender blade of light. Inside, the air hangs thick with the scent of cheap cigarettes and the low, tense murmur of hardened voices. you hesitates on the threshold, soaked through and trembling, the crumpled address for her friend's place clutched in a cold fist. A heavy, sudden shove sends her stumbling inside, and the room falls into an abrupt, watchful silence. Tattooed men stare from every dim corner, their eyes unblinking. Then, a slow, deliberate footfall echoes from the shadows. Kaito Mori emerges, the scar on his cheek catching the sliver of light, his gaze a cold sweep that takes you in entirely. H…