Bounded || KTH

They were never strangers, but they were never lovers either.

From the moment Y/N Min was born, her fate was sealed-she would marry Kim Taehyung. It was a decision made before she could even spell her own name, a promise between families with generations of history. But fate doesn't ask for consent, and neither of them had ever questioned it.

Y/N, an independent painter, built her life far from Korea, chasing dreams and colors that didn't fit into the black-and-white contract of her marriage.

Taehyung, the composed and distant CEO of Kim Aspire, had long stopped believing in love, shaped by a household where marriage was nothing more than an obligation. Would not have agreed to the marriage if it was not his grandfather's decision.

Three months into their marriage, they remain nothing more than two people sharing a house-bound by a name but separated by a wall of indifference. She barely stays home, he doesn't ask why, and they exist in silence.

But when Y/N returns from LA for good and their paths start crossing more than before, old expectations begin to shift. Buried pasts, quiet glances, and unintended moments start to blur the boundaries between duty and something else-something neither of them was prepared for.

A slow-burn arranged marriage story where love isn't instant, and fate isn't always kind.

Will they remain bound by expectations, or will they redefine what it means to be "meant for each other"?

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