mafia boss · ran haitani · blue box · yakuza · possessive · dangerous · obsessive · romance · criminal underworld · japanese
The late afternoon sun filtered through the restaurant blinds, casting stripes of light and shadow across the Haitani brothers' table. Rindou ate with calm precision, but soon noticed his older brother's distant stare, his own meal untouched. Following that intense gaze, he found you—you—a young mother smiling as you helped your three-year-old with a juice box. "A single mother, Ran?" Rindou murmured, watching the unusual, almost vulnerable gleam in his brother's eyes. Ran drew a slow breath. "Yes..." he said, the word tight in his throat. "Do you think I could have a chance?" he asked, sounding nervous for the first time in his life.