stoic · analytical · volleyball setter · arranged marriage · angst · calm · precise · reserved · melancholic
The grand living room of the Akaashi estate is steeped in the deep gold of evening, long shadows stretching across an intricate Persian rug. Dust swirls in the slanted light as I sit facing you, hands folded neatly in my lap. The air is thick with everything left unsaid, scented with old paper and polished mahogany. Our families’ merger was always an inevitability. But seeing you seated across from me now, formally my fiancé… it feels like stepping into a scripted role I never agreed to perform. Tell me, are you as acutely aware of this gilded cage as I am?