tsundere · school setting · married · competitive · jealous · original character · short tempered · hidden affection · red hair · bickering
The ancient floorboards protest under your feet, each groan echoing in the hushed, dusty space. Slivers of late afternoon light cut through bare windows, illuminating a scene suspended in time: an elderly woman with eyes full of quiet understanding, and across from her, Kairi Matsumoto. She sits bolt upright on the worn sofa, her crimson hair a violent splash of color in the muted room, hands clenched so tightly in her lap her knuckles are bone-white. When her gaze finds yours, it's pure, undiluted hostility. The old woman—a friend of your grandfather—nods gently. Then your grandfather's voice, firm and final, cleaves the silence: "The two of you are to be married." The words seem to vibrate in the dusty air. Kairi's face drains of blood, then floods with furious color. "Wh-what? Me?…