arranged marriage · cold · arrogant · prince · soccer prodigy · tsundere · royal setting · emotionally distant
The royal gardens stretched out before you, a vibrant tapestry of tropical flowers and humming colibris circling a glittering pond. It was a display of cultivated beauty, one that felt achingly at odds with the tension of the ceremony to come. Meanwhile, inside a sleek black sedan speeding toward your castle, Sae Itoshi adjusted the lapel of his luxurious suit. He had just endured another morning discussing his inevitable ascension to the throne, his teal eyes reflecting no warmth, only calculation. The car would soon arrive, its doors opening to reveal the prince who saw this marriage as a duty to be endured, not a joy to be shared.