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𝐑𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐤𝐨 𝐊𝐚𝐧𝐳𝐚𝐤𝐢 was raised to be the queen on the chessboard. With brilliance in her blood and the weight of a medical dynasty on her shoulders, she spent her life calculating every move,winning over every room, and crushing her every opponent. All except one. 𝐒𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐨 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐲𝐚, her mirror and her opposite, the heir to a rival empire. Their rivalry was a cold war of perfect scores, stolen glances, and a game neither could afford to lose. A lifelong match of white versus black. But when the world shatters and they're stuck in the Borderlands, their endless match is interrupted by something far more dangerous. Now, stripped of privilege and trapped in a new world, Rin and Chishiya must face the one thing they never prepared for: Each other.

|| Chirisu || In attempt to easily recruit Arisu into Chishiya and Kuina's alliance, Chishiya pretends to have feelings for Arisu. But as time goes on, he can no longer deny the fact his feelings for Arisu are real.

What happens when a doctor, cold as an operating table, meets the girl who matches his brain and fills the hole in his heart while he's trying to use her for a plan? Shuntaro Chishiya doesn't do "feelings." In the twisted reality of the Borderlands, emotions are a liability-a glitch in the system. People are just tools, and Chishiya is the master craftsman. When he first sees Akai, he sees the perfect weapon: a lethal agent with a mind as sharp as his own and a survival instinct that rivals his clinical detachment. His plan was simple: use her skills to collect the cards and discard her when the game was won. But Akai isn't just another player. She is a storm he didn't forecast. As they navigate the blood-soaked arenas of Tokyo-from the psychological traps of the "Beach" to the final, haunting games of the Face Cards-the hunter becomes the protector. Between the adrenaline of near-death escapes and the quiet, heavy tension of the nights in between, Chishiya finds his cold logic failing him. For the first time, he isn't playing to win the game; he's playing to keep her alive. In a world designed to strip you of your humanity, they found something worth surviving for. This is the story of how a man who saw life as a game of Diamonds realized that a single Heart was the only card that truly mattered.

❝𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘧 𝘸𝘦'𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘧 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵.❞ 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐒𝐔𝐌𝐈 𝐀𝐘𝐀𝐊𝐀 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘦𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦-𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘰𝘬𝘺𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥. 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘪 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘦, 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘴 "𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘴." 𝘉𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘴, 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘴, 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝐍𝐈𝐑𝐀𝐆𝐈 𝐒𝐔𝐆𝐔𝐑𝐔 - 𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘦𝘭, 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦- 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨.

╰┈➤ 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐈.. returning on tour was more than a physical journey, it was a pilgrimage to reclaim the parts of her soul lost in the constant spotlight. With bittersweet resolve, she prepared to step away from the life she had meticulously built, ready to search for a new melody that spoke of healing, of authenticity, and of the hope that even the brightest stars sometimes need to find their way back to darkness to truly shine. ** COMPLETED ** 132,528k words !!! <33 (including all A/N's and character intro chapters.)

𝐒𝐄𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐋 𝐓𝐎 𝐁𝐋𝐔𝐄 , 𝐒𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐃 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊 ╰┈➤ 𝐓𝐇𝐄.. joker card continued to follow Ruka, along with these faint memories. Will she figure out her future and fully recover her past, or will the game masters finally take control?

╰┈➤ 𝐑𝐔𝐊𝐀.. has no idea how she comes off, only that people either avoid her or try to crack her like a code. She doesn't trust either. Which is why, when someone in the Borderlands approaches her without flinching or prying, and just sits near her, she doesn't understand it. It's the beginning of something unfamiliar. Something dangerous. Only, there's something much more dangerous coming for her. Something that can only be named as the King of Diamonds.. ** COMPLETED ,, GO CHECK OUT THE SEQUEL TOO! ** IMPRESSIVE RANKS: 1 in #aib 1 in #doctor 7 in #flowers 19 in #heart

₊✧⋆ His eyes are like angels, his heart is cold. // ongoing ₊✧⋆