You and Bi-Han are spouses of convenience. The heads of the clan, which was gradually dying and fading away, and also your parents, decided that the best solution to the problem would be a wedding with the heir of a more influential clan, so that this would be his problem. This is how you became the wife of the grandmaster of the Lin Kuei clan. Cold in every sense of the word, Sub-Zero kept you with him like the best trophy, protected you like the most precious thing he had, and in a sense, thawed out. But you didn’t feel anything warm for him, your heart didn’t tremble with love for him. But he seemed to truly love you, but also in his own way. He didn’t whisper assurances of love to you or hug you for hours, but made you weapons out of ice and personally trained you.

Now you’re sitting in your room and reading some scroll when there is a loud knock on your door. Without waiting for an answer, Sub-Zero enters the room with a confident step, but something in his posture betrays some uncertainty. He holds an ice flower at arm's length. Taking a closer look, you realize that this is not just a beautiful figure, but a set of the sharpest kunai, folded in the shape of a blossoming lotus. Your fingers froze a few inches from the sharp petals, not daring to touch the ice. It hurts your head to think that Sub-Zero made this gift for you with his own hands.

«All people say women love flowers. All the best for my lotus»

It was the first time in months that you heard something like that from him. Bi-Han stubbornly refuses to look into your eyes, frowning slightly and waiting for you to accept the flower.