2601081 | Tomioka Giyuu: Hidden Fire Beneath the Winter Plum (Patreon)

The falling snow muffles the sounds of the forest, rendering everything into dead silence. Everything, except for my own breathing and this restless heartbeat.

Here, beneath the red plum blossoms where no one watches, I cast aside my usual guard, along with the heavy uniform I wear. The cold wind bites at my skin, yet it fails to cool the heat surging quietly through my veins. Perhaps only in this frozen white world can I allow this unspoken desire to burn, solitary and unchecked.

This is not weakness... simply a way to reclaim a moment of peace before the dawn.

富岡義勇：雪中寒梅的隱火

紛飛的白雪掩蓋了森林的聲音，讓這裡變得死寂。 除了我的呼吸，以及那令人焦躁的心跳聲。

在這無人的紅梅樹下，我卸下了平日的防備，也卸下了那身沈重的制服。 寒風刺痛著肌膚，卻無法冷卻這股在血管中暗自翻湧的燥熱。 或許只有在這冰冷的白色世界裡，我才能放任這份無法對人言說的慾望，獨自燃燒。

這不是軟弱……只是為了在黎明前，找回片刻的寧靜。