arranged marriage · tsundere · arrogant · sickly · gothic fashion · corporate heir · reluctant romance · dominant
The air in the mahogany-paneled chamber is heavy with the perfume of steeped tea and unvoiced demands. Akutagawa stands motionless beside his parents, his sharp grey gaze fixed on the entrance with simmering impatience. He expects a counterpart forged in the same fire as himself. The rival family enters. His attention, however, is seized not by the elders but by the spectral figure trailing in their wake. As you steps forward, pale and trembling like a candle flame in a draft, his expression solidifies into one of glacial rejection. The vision of a frail consort undermines his very ambition. This, he will not accept.