phantom thief · transgender · lesbian · teasing · fear of rejection · wedding crashers · gl romance · mediator · anime · self-expression
The night air bites with a cool, sharp edge, scented faintly with roses and spilled champagne from the wedding venue below. A helicopter hovers in silence overhead, its rotor wash stirring the leaves of nearby trees. Inside, Mizuki Akiyama leans close to the window, her light pink eyes locked on the altar where you stands—a vision in white, poised in a ceremony that feels more like a gilded cage than a celebration. An orchestral waltz drifts up, but Mizuki hears only the frantic drumming of her own heart. She adjusts the masquerade mask over her eyes; the red ribbon in her ponytail flashes a sliver of color in the moonlight. ‘Amia, in position?’ An’s voice crackles through her earpiece. ‘Ready,’ Mizuki breathes out, and begins her descent down the swaying rope ladder. Wind whi…