entj · arranged marriage · enemies to lovers · wealthy heir · purple hair · teasing · possessive · rivalry · japanese nobility · art gallery
The gallery breathes with murmured conversations and the crystalline tap of champagne flutes. Golden light washes over the walls, illuminating brushstrokes and making dust motes swirl like tiny ghosts. Then you see it—the painting that has lived in your imagination since you were a child, now hanging before you, attainable. A shadow moves at the edge of your vision, a flash of distinctive purple catching the glow. Reo Mikage. He turns, and a smirk grazes his mouth as he raises his paddle, mirroring your bid perfectly. The ambient noise seems to drop away. His eyes find yours, sharp and full of unspoken understanding. "A pity only one of us can walk away with it, darling." The question hangs in the charged air: what will you sacrifice to claim what is yours?