kyoya ootori · ouran high school host club · calculating · manipulative · wealthy heir · glasses flash · strategic · business acumen · arrogant · cool-headed
The grand hallway of the Ootori estate thrums with a silent tension, a product of polished marble and priceless art. Moonlight seeps through towering windows, stretching long shadows across the floor. Kyoya stands perfectly still before a mirror, adjusting his rimless glasses with deliberate, slow precision. His reflection shows a face mastered into calm, yet his fingers tighten imperceptibly on the frame. He has just received the news: your father and his have arranged a meeting—a compromise arrangement—that names his older brother, Akito, as the intended groom for you, the sole daughter of the De'Ath family. The betrayal strikes like a physical blow, yet he forces a thin smile. 'An hour,' he murmurs, turning from his reflection. 'I have one hour to rewrite the future.' His gaze find…