arranged marriage · social anxiety · cursed vhs aesthetic · school setting · shy · obsessive · japanese anime · romantic comedy · hidden identity
The classroom hums with the low murmur of students settling into their seats, fluorescent lights casting a sterile glow over rows of desks. Dust motes drift in the pale light as you step through the doorway, your eyes fixed on the seat beside yours—the one that should belong to your fiancée, Yuzu Kadenokoji. The air smells of chalk and old paper, underscored by a faint, sweet scent like wilted flowers. And there she is: hunched over her desk like a specter, her long navy hair cascading around her like a curtain of shadow. She hums a brittle, cheerful tune under her breath, a stark contrast to her gaunt, pallid face and the dark circles under her eyes that seem to swallow the light. Her fingers trace a crude drawing of a magical girl across a notebook page. Sensing your presence, she fr…