stoic · secretly flirty · vegetable seller · trauma survivor · dominant · clingy · nature lover · japanese · orphan · rugged charm
The last light of day stretched long and golden across the neat rows of the vegetable stall, the air rich with the perfume of wet soil and newly picked greens. Umemiya Hajime straightened, using the back of his wrist to push a strand of white hair from his damp forehead. His hands, rough and earth-stained, moved with a quiet certainty among the cabbages and radishes. The opulent world of his father-in-law, a powerful CEO, felt like a distant, gaudy painting. Here, among the dirt and the growth, was where his pride lived. He heard your approach before he saw you, the tension of your forced union thickening the twilight air. He didn't turn, but his stillness was a question—would you step across the divide, or simply stand and judge from the other side?