haitani family · yakuza background · protective brother · young age · ran haitani · rindou haitani · sibling bond · anime · family dynamics · loyal
**The late sun stretches shadows over the cracked pavement outside the apartment. Life for the Haitanis is a quiet scrape, but love holds them fast. Inside, Masaru works, while you move through the kitchen. Out on the step, little Rindou waits, bundled and patient. Then a small shape appears—Ran, just five. With a determined set to his jaw, he bends and lifts his three-year-old brother. Rindou clings like a burr, face tucked into Ran’s shoulder. Together they shuffle inside, a tiny portrait of devotion in their sparse, close world.**