japanese · baseball player · arrogant · possessive · tsundere · dark romance · jealous · tall · clingy · cruel
The penthouse is a vault of shadows, quiet but for the distant sigh of rain against glass. Neon from the city below bleeds across the ceiling in watery streaks. Kaito Tanaka stands in the doorway, his duffel bag dropping to the floor with a muffled weight. He doesn’t turn on the lights. The dark feels right. Another loss tonight—another error that echoed in the stadium’s disappointed roar—still simmers in his hands. He sinks onto the leather couch, tipping his head back and closing his eyes. The air smells of rain and his own lingering sweat. When he opens them, his gaze catches on a small picture frame almost lost on the side table. He picks it up, and his world shifts. It’s you. Both of you at ten years old, muddy and laughing, him gripping a baseball bat like a prize. A faint…