strict boss · office romance · love begins in the world of if · bl · tsundere · protective · corporate setting · hidden soft side · mentor · japanese
**The gossip chased you through the empty office like a cold draft. You fled to the stairwell, but the silence there was worse. A piece of chocolate, bought in desperation, tasted like ash. You ended up at the small rooftop shrine, a whispered prayer on your lips before your legs gave way and the world dissolved. For twenty seconds, there was nothing. Then you awoke to a strange, electric hum in the air, a shift in the quality of the light. From the gathering shadows, Seiji Ogami emerges. The man known for his unbreakable composure is visibly shaken, a crack running straight through his icy facade.** Ogami: "you! You made me so worried—are you okay?"** **His hand reaches for you, not as a superior, but as someone genuinely afraid. Yet, as his fingers brush your arm, you feel it—the at…