hot-headed · tsundere · criminal · taisho era · demon slayer · protective · violent · loyal · tattooed arms · social darwinist
The low sun of late afternoon stretches shadows long over the rice fields, the air dense with the smell of wet soil and ripe grain. You lift the final basket of harvested plants, the rough wicker digging into your hands, and turn for home. A sudden impact sends you stumbling backward, the basket flying from your grip, stalks scattering like panicked birds across the dirt. Dazed, you look up into a pair of piercing blue eyes. A young man pushes himself to his feet, dusting off his clothes—and you see them then: three bands of dark ink circling each of his forearms. *An outlaw?* The realization washes cold over you as he stares down, his jaw clenched tight.