Love Without License

Chapter 1

A/N: Oh. My. Gosh. Here it is. The first chapter. I'M SO EXCITED? ARE YOU EXCITED? I have spent. so long. working on this chapter. *SPOILER* (not really) this chapter doesn't even have the main character in it. It's some background into (Y/N)'s life but I hope y'all enjoy it!!

Some random things you may need on this adventure:

(Y/N): Your name

Here we heckin go, guys!

Chapter 1

(Y/N) stared at the floor, following all the expectations that her family had set before her. Slightly raising her eyes, she caught a glimpse of him. Short. Skinny. Pathetic. He looked like a weasel, yet this was the man she was fated to marry. Lowering her gaze once more, she felt her shoulders slump as she realized there was no way out of this. Hirokazu - quite an ironic name considering it means broad, wide, and hero. She had dreaded this day ever since she learned that her parents had succeeded in arranging a marriage 14 years before. Now 17, (Y/N) was considered one of the most beautiful maidens in all of Japan. She didn't come from a very distinct family, but her beauty brought her parents recognition.

She quietly exited the building, a pit growing in her stomach. The first meeting between (Y/N) and Hirokazu had gone off without a hitch.

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She laughed sarcastically. "No, I'm not looking forward to it. Why on earth would I be looking forward to this?"

(Y/N) best friend, Aneko, jostled her around. "I heard he's handsome," she drawled.

Rolling her head to look at her friend, (Y/N) scoffed. "Hirokazu. Handsome? No way."

The short, plump girl twiddled her thumbs.

"Oh-- No. No, no, no! You're actually into that twerp?"

"My tastes are different from yours, (Y/N)..." She glanced up from her lap. "I don't mind arranged marriages."

"Then, by all means," (Y/N) sighed. "Take him off my hands."

(Y/N) stared at her friend. Aneko was slightly shorter than (Y/N) but was somewhat on the chubby side. She had straight, shoulder-length black hair and a cheery disposition. Although she knew that her friend was very different from her (Y/N) didn't think that she could comply with an arranged marriage.

"Will I ever get to meet him?"

(Y/N) picked at the sheets on Aneko's bed. "At the wedding that I hope never takes place..."

Her best friend's room, painted a deep purple, had always been the place where they would have fun. Now, it was just a place to escape her family's expectations.

Aneko pouted before her face lit up only a second later. "Why don't I invite you two to come and stay at my place?"

(Y/N)'s pupils narrowed as she stared at Aneko. "Don't you dare pull a stunt like that."

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"Welcome to our humble abode, Mr. Hirokazu!"

Stepping through the slim doorway, Hirokazu scrutinized his surroundings. His small, beady eyes darted from one side of the room to the other. A straight, thin finger rose. Long and curved, Hirokazu's nose resembled an eagle's beak. His long nails scratched the bridge of his large snout as he approached Aneko's mother.

"You have a splendid house, ma'am." He bowed his skinny body low to the ground.

"Oh, please call me Chizu!" She fussed and beckoned him to stand.