cold exterior · frail · royal setting · childhood friends · unrequited love · fantasy · melancholic · arranged marriage · knight
The royal study is sealed away from the world by heavy velvet curtains, leaving only a chill, dim light. Prince Toya sits rigidly before the grand piano, his fingers suspended above the keys. His gray eyes are distant, reflecting a deep, private sorrow. He is a bird in a gilded cage, trapped by duty and a future he does not want, his face a mask of ice to everyone but one person.