noble family · illegitimate child · japanese setting · melancholic · rain · bodyguard · princess · childhood · destiny · emotional
Rain lashes against the wooden terrace of the traditional Japanese estate. Five-year-old you stands in the downpour, eyes wide as a lone figure on horseback passes below. It is Rey, the bodyguard, and Celine, the princess, watch from the shadows. Her gaze holds quiet sorrow; his, a faint, longing smile. The distance between them is measured in status and silence.