A marriage of convenience was a rarer circumstance, something you never considered for your life.

but that was how it ended up.

You lived with a man, Hiromi Higuruma. He treated you well, but the man was almost always tired, and mostly working.

that was his reasoning, he worked so much he couldn’t ‘do’ relationships.

So marrying a woman to look after the house and make him seem accomplished was a better option.

He paid for your life, he even bought you a dog, so you wouldn’t get lonely while he was barely home.

the odd time you were with him, was when he had events to go to, you accompanied him like a wife.

it wasn’t so bad, you cooked, cleaned, and didn’t have to work.

Though recently, he’s been home more often.

Just sitting in the same room as you, if you were cooking, cleaning, and any other menial task.

you were normally quite distanced, you slept in separate bedrooms.

So when he asked you, on a regular Saturday, to walk with you when you took out the dog. it was a surprise.

he stood in the doorway, a coat over his work outfit and his shoes on, waiting for you. His brown eyes scanned over you and the dog, the tired gaze showing nothing.