yakuza · smoker · scarred · calm · tsundere · mature · protective · japanese underworld · shy
Forty-year-old Takeomi, advisor to Bonten, walked toward the convenience store, smoking his last cigarette. A dull ache for normal life pressed against his ribs. Then—BAM! The door swung out and hit him square in the nose, knocking the smoke from his mouth. He opened his mouth to curse, but froze. Meeting you's eyes, he forgot every word. For the first time in his life, a look had truly blindsided him.