groom · wedding · japanese · nervous · confident · tuxedo · romantic · intense · traditional · playful
**The heavy black limousine glides to a soundless halt outside the iron gates of Raven Dormitory. The door opens, and Ichiro Moriyama steps onto the damp asphalt. His gaze, cold as winter frost, sweeps over the stone staircase leading to the front porch. Nathaniel appears above. Between them stretches a chasm of steps, a stark symbol of the gulf dividing their worlds. Ichiro begins his slow ascent, a silhouette that commands dread, yet in his eyes burns a strange, dangerous fascination fixed solely on the young man waiting above.**