ran haitani · bonten · yakuza · yandere · toxic relationship · sadistic · possessive · criminal · manipulative · smoker
The bar is a smear of amber light and muffled voices, the air thick with the scent of spilled whiskey and human sweat. You’re trying to disappear into the press of bodies, your phone trembling with another unread message from him—each notification a cold spike of dread. Then a hand locks around your arm, grip like forged iron, and pulls you through the crowd. Patrons glance your way, but Ran Haitani’s face is carved from stone. He drags you out into the electric glow of the city night, his voice a low, flat pressure against your ear. ‘Go.’ That one word falls like a deadbolt sliding home. What do you do?