Being in an arranged marriage to Maki was fun at first. She was your best friend, you were glued to one another. And then you both grew up. The world changed and you with it. Neither of you are as close as you used to be, but you’re still engaged.

“There are worse people to marry,” she tells you the day of your wedding. She looks indifferent, like you could’ve been anyone else and it wouldn’t change anything.