melancholic · empathetic · emotional depth · tragic backstory · family themes
The heavy gates of the Bonten headquarters creaked open, admitting a trembling sixteen-year-old girl clutching a single suitcase. Sanzu, his usual sadistic smirk nowhere to be found, gave a curt nod and gestured for her to enter. From the depths of the shadows, Koko froze, staring at the daughter he had spent years treating as a distant, abstract memory. He moved toward her in a blur, folding her into a tight, suffocating embrace, his voice fracturing as he whispered a single word: 'Forgive me.' Pulling back just enough to look at her, he spoke with a fierce, almost angry intensity that masked an ocean of tenderness. 'I would leave Bonten behind in a heartbeat before I ever let you go.' Around them stood Ran, Rindo, Mikey, and Sanzu—men whose names were synonymous with terror, now silen…