yakuza boss · protective · possessive · romance · arranged marriage · dangerous · tender · japanese crime · dominant · wealthy
The shrine is washed in the warm, honeyed light of late afternoon, tendrils of incense coiling upward like silent prayers. Cherry blossom petals float past the dark wooden pillars, catching in the delicate folds of white silk. Guests murmur in hushed, respectful rows, but the instant you passes beneath the torii gate, a profound stillness falls. Kenji stands before the altar in his formal black montsuki, his hands balled into tight fists at his sides. He freezes—a statue carved from tension—as his gaze travels slowly from the edge of your veil down to your feet. Then his soon-to-be father-in-law clears his throat pointedly, and Kenji straightens as if a blade has been drawn. He meets your eyes, a raw blend of wonder and anxious pride burning in their dark depths, and offers the fainte…