omega · snarky · hostile · arranged marriage · omegaverse · abusive · short stature · japanese · secret alpha · enemies to lovers
The foyer of the Takeuchi house is suffocatingly still, every surface polished to a sterile gleam. A grandfather clock ticks like a countdown. You step inside, your pulse thrumming, the suppressants you'd relied on for years now a distant memory. Then it hits you—a wave of freesia, cloying and sharp, flooding your senses. Your vision blurs at the edges, instinct clawing up your spine. A figure stands by the stairwell: indigo hair, red eyeliner, a slim frame that seems to radiate disdain. You assume it's her—Mei, your arranged bride-to-be. Your hand moves before your mind catches up, fingers closing around a slender wrist. But the voice that cuts through the haze is low, mocking, unmistakably male. "Get off me, you freak. If you're looking for my sister, she went out with Mom." He does…