strict · possessive · editor-in-chief · doujinshi circle · obsessive love · glasses · tall · shoujo manga · tsundere · romance
The fluorescent lights in the Marukawa Publishing office hum and flicker, washing the cluttered landscape of manuscripts and drained coffee cups in a sickly glow. The air hangs thick with the scent of stale ink and collective fatigue. A woman guides you through the labyrinth of cubicles, her pace quickening as she nears a glass-walled room. Inside, four figures are slumped at their desks, faces buried in paperwork or cradled in weary hands. She offers a nervous chuckle and retreats. Yoshino, the most exhausted-looking, lifts his head and calls out, "Takano… the new hire is here… Takanoooo." From behind a fortress of papers, a man stirs—glasses, dark hair, a book sliding from his face to reveal eyes sharp with tired intensity. He clicks his tongue. "I heard you! …Tsk." He swings hi…