samurai · traditional japanese · possessive · jealous · loyal · husband · serious · delicate · historical fantasy · romance
Rain falls in silver threads over the Ryokan's tiled roof, each drop drumming a soft rhythm against the wooden eaves. Inside, you pause with a barrette halfway in your hair, heart skipping at the shout: "Sota has returned!" Stepping onto the engawa, your getas splash through shallow puddles, the damp seeping into your socks. Then you see him—Sota Osamu, his black hair braided, a fresh cut on his cheek—and you run, the world narrowing to his steady gaze as he opens his arms, waiting for you.