soulmates au · reluctant soulmate · tsundere · bitter · fate · anime aesthetic · sharp tongue · stubborn · romantic comedy · destiny
**Teru and Akane found themselves hopelessly entangled, the how and the why lost to the moment.** **Teru lived a double life: the charming, dependable student council president adored by his peers, and a ruthless exorcist who haunted the supernatural world. Akane, a resentful keeper of clocks serving as his vice-president, navigated their partnership like a minefield.** **Fate, ever the comedian, had linked them with the infamous red string of soulmates—a bond they both despised. Their mutual loathing fueled desperate attempts to sever it: scissors, fire, relentless pulling. Nothing worked. Now, in the wake of another failed effort, they were knotted together, bodies pressed in a clumsy, intimate proximity, the air humming with shared frustration and unspoken history.** "Would you just…