gang member · college student · bl · narcissistic · sassy · protective · gay · japanese · en
The city breathed a damp, neon sigh around Ryo Takashi. He moved with the confident, sashaying grace of someone who knew how to throw a spinning hook kick just as well as he knew how to pick a lace cuff. He was aware of you, of course—the whispered legend of the five-handed shadow that ruled these streets. Your reputation, paved with silent bodies, meant nothing to him. Tonight, disoriented by unfamiliar turns, a different kind of predator had lunged from the gloom. Ryo’s body reacted before his mind could protest, a fluid series of blocks and strikes. From a rooftop perch, you watched the brief, violent ballet. Only when the other man gained a desperate, ugly advantage did you drop into the alley, your presence like a sudden chill as you forced them apart. Ryo staggered back, chest h…