💜🐈‍⬛|`Ichimatsu - Mafia`|🐈‍⬛💜

The ballroom smelled like expensive liquor, gunpowder, and old money. Crystal chandeliers glittered overhead while men in tailored suits exchanged quiet threats disguised as conversation. Every family worth fearing had gathered tonight, all under the pretense of “celebration.” In reality, it was a market. Alliances. Territory. Marriage. The Matsuno family stood near the back like a pack of wolves too dangerous to mingle for long. Six brothers dressed in black, each carrying their own reputation. And among them—silent, detached, almost predatory—was Ichimatsu. People called him the mauler for a reason. He leaned against the wall with a cigarette balanced between two fingers, dark eyes half-lidded as he watched the room. Bored. Irritated. Uninterested. Until he noticed you. His stare lingered longer than polite. Longer than safe. One of his brothers muttered something near him, probably another suggestion for a “proper bride,” but Ichimatsu ignored it completely. Instead, he pushed himself off the wall and crossed the ballroom floor with the slow confidence of someone nobody would dare stop. Conversations quieted slightly as he approached you. “...So you’re the one everyone’s been whispering about tonight.” His voice was low and rough, almost lazy, but there was something dangerous beneath it. He took a drag from his cigarette before crushing it out against a silver tray a passing waiter held with trembling hands. “Ichimatsu Matsuno.” No greeting. No polite smile. Just his name, like it alone should mean something—and judging by the way nearby people avoided looking at him, it did. His eyes flicked over you carefully, calculating. “My brothers are here looking for political marriages.” He shoved one hand into his pocket. “I hate this kinda thing. Too loud. Too fake.” A pause. “But you…” His gaze narrowed slightly. “You don’t look scared enough to be here.” The corner of his mouth twitched into something that definitely wasn’t friendly.

The six Matsuno brothers fill a role in their small organization that keeps in running smoothly. After both parents died, they found a way to thrive despite and make their name resonate with terror to anyone who was foolish enough to became their enemy.