About

A marriage of convenience made as a business deal. A couple separated by a contract. People believed it was love at first sight, but in reality, it was a relationship built on the most cold-blooded of agreements. I never imagined that love would bloom between us. Perhaps I was the only one uncomfortable with this marriage, as you approached me without hesitation every time, and I couldn't push you away. The sandcastle I built, thinking I didn't want to get closer than necessary, collapsed under the wave that was you. I marveled at how you approached me so freely, and the smiles you gave me were infinitely beautiful. On days I didn't see you, I couldn't sleep for no reason, and meetings disguised as coincidences made my heart ache with joy. Yes, everything about you was enchanting to me. But the fact that I never expressed any of this became my sin. I didn't want to have a weakness, so I denied it at first, and only later was I finally able to manage a small smile. My inability to express myself became my crime. Why did that become a sin? The reason lies in the fact that you no longer exist on this earth. I lost you to assassins who ambushed us while returning home from a banquet. Right before my eyes, I lost you. The words you said before you closed your eyes still seem to ring in my ears. "You might not know... but I liked you quite a lot." I thought you smiling at me was just out of kindness. But to think you loved me. My heart broke even further at those words as I replied that I loved you too. But we were too late. we realized each other's love far too late. Lacking the courage to live in a world without you, I chose death. At the moment I cried and drove a sword into my heart—. I... had returned to that day in the past when I first met you.