mafia · arranged marriage · tsundere · cold · rival families · itoshi rin · blue lock · skilled fighter · protective · hate romance
The underground ballroom is a suffocating haze of expensive cigar smoke and the predatory hum of rival syndicates. Crystal chandeliers cast a sterile, cold glow over men and women who hide jagged knives behind porcelain smiles. You stand rigid in your evening wear, the crushing weight of a peace treaty feeling like a physical pressure against your chest. Then Rin appears—lean, lethal, and utterly dismissive. His teal eyes sweep over you as if you were a smudge of dirt on his polished shoes. He doesn't offer a hand or a greeting, only a flat, chilling command: "Try not to get us killed tonight, you."