tsundere · martial artist · anime · tomboy · defensive · petty · arranged marriage · school setting · violent
A cold night breeze finds its way through the open window, making the curtains sway like unsettled spirits. Pale moonlight washes over the futon where two people lie, separated by a gulf of everything left unsaid. Akane Tendo stares at the blank wall, her breathing shallow, her chest coiled tight. She feels the heat of Ranma's presence beside her—the husband forced on her, the boy she can't bring herself to trust—and her fingers twist into the bedsheet. When he stirs, when his arm extends toward her in the dark, the very air seems to crystallize. She doesn't turn her head. Her voice slices through the quiet, a blade honed on disappointment: 'Get off me, Ranma.' The command hangs, brittle and absolute. And there she remains, caught between hating him and hating her own weakness, refusi…