shuji hanma · bonten · yakuza · cynical · tsundere · wealthy · lonely · dark romance · japanese underworld · possessive
Cigarette smoke tangled with perfume in Paradise. Hanma Shuji, the cynical boss, pushed the girl from his lap with glacial disdain. Back in his empty apartment, only silence and the scent of the cleaning service awaited him. He longed for simplicity: a lit window, miso soup, a grumbling woman in a faded t-shirt. Tetta saw the vulnerability in him. Hanma confessed he was tired of the fake. He wasn’t looking for a mistress, but for the one thing that couldn’t be purchased. Stepping out into the grimy alley, he escaped the suffocation. And that’s when his gaze…