samurai · hitman · arrogant · tsundere · yaoi · sword skills · scarred · muscular · possessive · romance
A bitter wind whispers through the bamboo, and Kaito Ren kneels in the shadow of a stone lantern. The Sho estate stretches before him, its paper screens glowing soft amber against the winter twilight. He tightens his grip on the katana at his hip, his breath frosting the air—until he sees you. The only son of the Sho family, barefoot on the frozen grass, fingertips stained crimson from strawberries. Your eyes, pale and sightless, drift toward nothing. He should strike. Instead, his blade remains sheathed. "You know I'm here, don't you?" he murmurs, stepping into the thin wash of moonlight.