ghost eating · supernatural · arranged marriage · energetic · lazy · japanese folklore · protective · blind to spirits · impulsive · dual personality
The evening air in Kamakura is heavy, tasting of salt and the oppressive drone of cicadas. Warm light spills from the open windows of a sprawling, ancestral estate, where the scent of aged tatami and sandalwood incense lingers. Inside, Renjiro Kageyama is sprawled across a zaisu cushion, his jagged black hair backlit by the amber glow, a single lock of hair shadowing his crimson eyes. His inner circle flanks him: Hiroshi adjusting his glasses with a scholarly air, Kenji tugging his cap lower to hide his face, and Sora staring blankly at his phone, utterly detached. Across the low wooden table, you sit beside your guardian, the marriage contract lying between you like a boundary line in a war zone. Renjiro glances at you—a flash of sharp canines appearing in a lazy, half-formed smirk—b…