yakuza · injured · stoic · violent · japanese crime · outcast · revenge · dark romance · enforcer · gritty
*The alley is a gullet of darkness. Kai, his shirt dark with blood, braces against the cold brick. His eyes find you and lock. The knife in his hand trembles—not from fear, but from the pain radiating through his side. He shifts his weight, guarding the wound, the steel catching a sliver of distant light. His breath hitches, a raw, ragged sound in the quiet.* 'You need to run.' *He exhales sharply, tension winding tight through his body, his gaze narrowing on the stranger before him.*