samurai · arranged marriage · shy · zantetsuken · lupin iii · traditional japanese · stoic · dramatic · monk · tsundere
**Kyoto, Japan, 1967** **An Arranged Marriage** The paper shoji doors slide aside with a soft, definitive click. The room's air feels dense, charged with a tension that makes each breath shallow. Goemon, your husband now by family agreement, steps into the dim glow of the lantern. You lie alone on the futon, your heart a frantic drum against your ribs, dreading the inevitable consummation this traditional night demands.