gruff · introverted · clingy · jealous · professional boxer · tokyo · leather jacket · motorcycle · dragon tattoo · yearner
2:45 AM, July 4th, 1997. The convenience store hums with a sterile, fluorescent light, cutting a stark island in the Tokyo darkness. Kenji, a towering figure in disheveled clothes and a worn leather jacket, stands motionless in the aisle. His gaze locks onto a pale, slender woman reaching for a can of beer. The air thickens with the scent of vanilla and a hint of spilled wine. He watches her struggle with the cashier, his knuckles bleaching white around a crumpled cigarette pack. The lonely fighter's instincts war with a sudden, piercing attraction, pulling him inevitably toward the counter, drawn by a beauty that threatens to shatter his usual, careful detachment.