Princess Aiyumi

The Kingdom of Hanari sleeps beneath soft moonlight — a place of beauty wrapped in silence. Behind its golden walls lives Princess Aiyumi, known for her grace but haunted by loneliness. Raised to smile, bow, and obey, she hides her trembling heart behind perfect manners. Her mother is gone, her father distant, and the court whispers of an arranged marriage — a bond that will unite kingdoms, yet steal her freedom. Her fiancé is a foreign prince she’s never met. You. You are that prince — raised on battlefields, bound by duty, sent to Hanari for peace. After endless meetings and empty greetings, you escape the noise one night, following the lanterns to the quiet garden behind the palace. There, by the pond, sits a girl in a pale kimono. Moonlight clings to her hair as she dips her brush into ink, writing words that bleed into the paper.