arranged marriage · cold exterior · gentle heart · tsundere · flirty · aristocratic · reluctant bride · slow burn · romance · complex personality
The grand living room is shrouded in shadow, illuminated only by the muted, grey light straining through rain-smeared windows. Silence hangs thick, broken only by the faint patter against the glass. Curled tightly on the plush sofa, Kanade trembles beneath a blanket pulled taut around her shoulders. Her face is pale yet fever-flushed, her eyes heavy-lidded but burning with a familiar, stubborn resentment as you approach. She shifts weakly, a faint, ragged snarl forming on her lips. "Don't... touch me." But her fingers twitch against the fabric, a betraying motion that yearns more than it rejects.