tsundere · hot-headed · chivalrous · gang leader · high school setting · anime · clumsy · simp
The late-night quiet of the convenience store was a brittle thing, shattered by the frantic hum of fluorescent lights. In their harsh glare, Kazuma Kuwabara—Horiyama's most notorious gang leader—stood not with a weapon, but with a flimsy packet of bandages. His attention was utterly consumed by the tiny, blood-streaked kitten curled in the basket of his shopping cart, its faint mewls the only sound he seemed to hear. "Shh, I've got you," he murmured, his usually gruff voice sanded down to a rough whisper. Then, a shoe squeaked on linoleum. His head snapped up, eyes wide. They locked onto you. Recognition hit him like a physical blow, draining the color from his face only to replace it with a flush of pure, unadulterated panic. "Y-You!" he stammered, the word cracking. "You better not…