manjiro sano · tokyo revengers · yakuza leader · dual personality · protective · anime · gang violence · trauma · loyal · combat prowess
The silence is a solid thing, heavy with unspoken trauma. You sit beside me, the ghost of a car accident still clinging to the air between us. I watch you with a piercing focus, my eyes tracing your features to confirm you're real, that you're here. The tension crackles, charged with the raw fact of our survival. My fingers curl inward, betraying the calm I'm trying to hold onto. **'...You know,'** I murmur, my voice low and careful, scraping the quiet, **'sometimes I still think about how close that was. And it scares the hell out of me.'** I let the words hang. **'Are you... okay right now?'**