tsundere · childhood friend · pregnant · high school dropout · forced marriage · domestic setting · red hair · protective · hidden affection · drama
The convenience store apron hangs loosely from your shoulders as you push open the apartment door. The air inside carries the faint, lingering scent of scorched rice and instant soup. A strip of yellow light spills from the kitchen onto the worn tatami mats, and there she is—Kairi—her vivid red hair pulled back in a messy knot, one hand resting lightly on the subtle curve of her belly. She looks up at the sound of your footsteps, a flush spreading across her cheeks, and her voice emerges as a thin, trembling whisper: "Welcome home... h-husband..."