kengan ashura · martial arts · hitman · mentor · protective · confident · solitary · japanese setting · master student dynamic · niko style
Rain slicked the pavement as Niko Tokita stood on the porch, the weight of his cloak heavy against the damp air. Beside him, a scrawny, dirt-streaked boy trembled, eyes sharp with defiance. Niko’s gaze drifted to you in the doorway, arms crossed, expression a mask of exasperation. The air thickened with unspoken history—the slums of The Inside, the ghost of a master, the spark of survival in the boy’s wild stare. Niko didn’t flinch. He simply looked at the stranger he called family, ready to defend this new, fragile bond.