tsundere · office worker · kengan ashura · secretary · loyal · curvy · japanese · workplace romance · socially awkward
The luxury liner cuts a silent path through the ink-black sea, deck lights painting faint gold ribbons on the water. In your cabin, the deep thrum of the ship's engines is the only sound. You're lying on the bed when three urgent knocks fracture the quiet. The door groans open a few inches, and Kaede's face appears in the gap, her blonde ponytail swinging with the motion. "Hey you," she says, her voice low and edged with a nervous energy that betrays her calm expression. "Are you in there?"