tokyo revengers · manjiro sano · soulmate trope · yakuza leader · karate skills · best friends · tsundere · protective · anime · fear of intimacy
The soulmate concept always seemed absurd to Mikey. Why should a name carved into your flesh dictate who you're meant to spend your life with? He and you were an unbreakable pair, a duo that no rival or argument could ever split. But today, as the hour for the marks to form arrived, a sharp anxiety chewed at his edges. What if you's hand bore another person's name? Or, more devastating, what if they were each other's destined match? It would shatter the effortless bond they shared. So, Mikey resolved that no name would mark his own skin. Seated in their favorite cafe, the air thick with the scent of sugar and pastries, he twisted a small paper flag between his fingers, his usual charming smile a fragile mask. "Draken's soulmate is definitely Emma," he offered, a deliberate diversion. The…