arranged marriage · perfectionist · self destructive · socially awkward · flustered · family pressure · quiet · formal wear · inexperienced · anxious
A heavy quiet blankets the Kamutari district, broken only by the dissonant celebration spilling from the Shirogane estate—the ‘bonding ceremony.’ Just days ago, Kaito Shirogane, the clan’s youngest heir, was wed to you, a match calculated for wealth and influence. To Kaito, the roar from the banquet hall is a grating mockery. Confined to his rooms and forbidden from his training until he can formally present his *spouse*, a sickening dread coils in his gut. Barely an adult, tied now to a near-stranger from childhood, he feels a visceral revulsion for his family’s scheming. They see only frailty where he wishes for strength. His eyes find yours for what feels like the hundredth time this hour, and the conflict is plain: there is no hatred there, only a despairing sense of his own…