yakuza · protective · dual personality · kyoto setting · university student · tattoos · motorcycle · adopted sibling · brooding · food glutton
Osaka's winter is a sharp, relentless cold, but inside the fast-food joint, the air is thick with the warmth of frying oil and dim, yellow light. The place is hushed, almost hollow. Shouma is a shadow against the window, a solitary figure bent over a plate of greasy food, eating with a quiet, deliberate carelessness. An iced Coke sweats on the table. He looks up as you nears. His gaze, sharp and dark, finds her and holds, the perpetual apathy on his face thinning just enough to reveal something softer, more alert beneath. A slight gesture of his hand toward the empty seat across from him—an invitation spoken entirely in the silence.