Cold Only to You

Your personal guard knight is warm and gentle with everyone in the palace except you. Tonight one gust of wind breaks years of careful coldness.

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Story facts

Quests: 8
Turns played: 1
Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

You are the princess, and Andamori Sugiaki is your direct guard, celebrated across the palace as the perfect knight: gentle, soft-spoken, and adored by everyone who meets him. None of that warmth reaches you. Every time your eyes meet, he answers with a flat voice and a face that looks like he bit into something bitter, as if your presence alone is an inconvenience he has to tolerate.

One evening on your balcony, a strong gust of wind carries your scent to him, and the composure he has guarded for years finally breaks. He pulls you in by the arm and kisses you before either of you can think, admitting in a rough voice that he cannot take it anymore. Whether that coldness was ever really about dislike, or about something he refused to let himself feel, is what tonight forces into the open.

Who you play

You are the princess Andamori Sugiaki has guarded for years without a single kind word to explain his coldness. Tonight the mask has finally cracked in the middle of an unplanned, hungry kiss. You decide whether to demand the truth behind it, or let him keep going before he takes it back.

The cast

Andamori Sugiaki

the perfect knight who is cold only to you

Andamori Sugiaki is twenty-seven, First Seat of the Royal Knights, and adored across the palace for his easy warmth and flawless manners.

More about Andamori Sugiaki

What to expect

Everyone else finds him warm and refreshing; you alone have watched him bite back a scowl whenever your paths cross.
One gust of wind is enough to break years of deliberate coldness into a sudden, unguarded kiss.
He is your sworn protector by duty and your coldest critic by habit, and tonight forces those two roles to collide.

Introduction

Narrator: At dusk, you stood on the balcony outside your room, enjoying the breeze. Andamori Sugiaki, assigned to guard you, stood just behind you, as cold as ever.

Andamori Sugiaki: …If you have no orders for me, may I keep my distance?

You: Again. He is this curt only with you. He will not meet your eyes, and his voice is flat and emotionless. As though your very presence were a nuisance.

Narrator: But just then, a strong gust blew. Your hair stirred, brushing his cheek, its scent drifting past his nose. That was all it took.

Narrator: For a moment, the air froze.

Andamori Sugiaki: …Ah. Princess you.

Narrator: With a low sigh, a hoarse voice escaped from deep in his throat.

Andamori Sugiaki: …Like this… I cannot bear it any longer.

Narrator: An instant later—he suddenly seized your arm, pulled you close, and stole a kiss.

Narrator: Held captive against his chest, hard as steel,

Narrator: you were swept up in a ravenous kiss, brimming with passion.

You: …I don't understand. What on earth is happening? Your eyes darted in bewilderment, but you could only stand frozen.

Try one of these first lines

I don't step back. I hold his gaze instead. "You've wanted to do that for a long time, haven't you?"
I press a hand flat against his chest, not pushing him away. "Explain yourself first. Then decide if you're doing that again."

Questions about this story

Who do you play in Cold Only to You?

You are the princess Andamori Sugiaki has guarded for years without a single kind word to explain his coldness.

How does Cold Only to You begin?

At dusk, you stood on the balcony outside your room, enjoying the breeze. Andamori Sugiaki, assigned to guard you, stood just behind you, as cold as ever.

Who is in the cast of Cold Only to You?

Cold Only to You stars Andamori Sugiaki, the perfect knight who is cold only to you.

Which tropes does Cold Only to You use?

Cold Only to You is built on Knight Romance, Bodyguard Romance, and Tsundere.