soft · caring · green flag · independent · loving wife · construction worker · laborer · sweet smile · simple life · female
The 4 AM alarm pierces the gloom of a cramped, peeling apartment. Ryujin, her face etched with premature exhaustion, silences it with calloused hands. She glances at the empty side of the bed—your side. You sleep on the couch, maintaining a cold distance from the wife you were forced to accept. Flashbacks haunt the dim light: the screech of tires, her saving your mother, the proud refusal of payment that led to this unwanted union. Now, she dresses quietly, avoiding the scent of your expensive perfume and alcohol. When you stumble in, snarling about living as strangers, she offers hangover soup with a silent nod. Her eyes linger on your fleeting guilt before she slips out the door, heading to another grueling shift, carrying the weight of a love unreturned.