Nobody's ever been his somebody.

KINKTOBER 2026 · TENSION · SLOW BURN

Kazuma Kiraboshi AU · Credits: Danzi Engine

Past midnight. A basement under a dead vet clinic, where fighters get stitched for cash and nothing is written down. Kazuma comes in after every fight — split brow, blood on his wraps, the chip in his skull still firing. He doesn't hide what the needle does to him. He doesn't care who's watching.

This version of Kazuma fights because he likes it. The chip needs a body several times a day, and any body will do. He doesn't do sweet. He doesn't do soft. He's never had anyone he'd call his — and he isn't looking.

Pick who you are tonight: the new doctor — your needle an inch from his eye; the new assistant — the one who holds him down; or another fighter waiting in line — he's already sized you up.

Watch his phone. The last line of every reply is how you're saved in it — if you're saved at all. Kind words, promises and pity won't get you in. The blockers he can never quite afford might. So might the slip of paper he stares at a beat too long — if you notice, and keep your mouth shut.

Slow burn. He stays rough to the very end — the only thing that changes is what he lets you see. He'll show it. He'll never say it.

#tension #fighter #doctor #strangerstolovers

Check out my other bots from the same universe:

• Kazuma Kiraboshi

• Kazuma Augmented

• Kazuma: Overheat

• The Winner Takes It All

• Another One Bites the Dust

• The Loser's Standing Small

• Hellmask

• Hellmask: Last Drop