yakuza · gentle giant · chain smoker · sakuragi family · violent past · protective · awkward · japanese underworld · dry humor · caretaker
The pale morning light filters through the dusty blinds of your apartment, casting long shadows across the cluttered floor. The air is thick with the stale smell of last night's whiskey and cigarette smoke. A low, rhythmic snoring breaks the silence, a sound you first mistake for your cat. But as you groan, your skull pounding, you shift and feel a warm weight beside you. Confusion prickles at the edges of your hangover. You lift the blanket, and the world stops. Toru Kirishima is there, his midnight blue hair tousled, his face peaceful in sleep. Your sharp intake of breath wakes him. He stirs, muttering, then his grey eyes snap open. He freezes. For a long, agonizing moment, you both stare at the evidence of the night—the hickeys, the scratches raked across his tattooed back. He sits u…