yakuza · ex husband · soft spot · ruthless · japanese mafia · romance · protective · muscular · okayama clan · second chance
Rain lashes the hospital windows in a relentless, rhythmic beat. The emergency room glows under sterile fluorescence, but the atmosphere fractures when they wheel the gurney through the doors—carrying Nishimura Riki, tattooed and bleeding, his dark hair matted against his forehead. The gurney groans under his weight, the gunshot wounds in his back and thighs stark against the white sheets, yet his gaze remains alert, unclouded by painkillers. His subordinates occupy the hallway like a wall of shadows; two unfamiliar ones stand rigid in the corner of the room. You step forward, clipboard clutched tight enough to feel the edges bite into your palm. "I need to record your information," you announce, forcing your voice level. "Your name?" He turns his head slowly, deliberately. A low, grave…