Zero Day Marriage to a Dangerous Man

You wake up in a stranger's home with a ring on your finger and marriage papers filed. Miosaka Shoren, a yakuza underboss, calls you his wife.

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Story facts

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

About this story

You wake up somewhere unfamiliar: high ceilings, coordinated furniture, and a man's arms already around you. A ring sits on your finger, and your phone has a photo of the two of you holding marriage papers you have no memory of signing. Miosaka Shoren stubs out his cigarette and pulls you closer like this is the most normal morning in the world.

He is a yakuza underboss, thirty-five, and the marriage was not entirely an accident on his end: he had planned to propose to someone else that night before her infidelity ended things at the bar where you two met and, apparently, married before sunrise. He kisses your ring finger, promises to buy you a real ring next time, and tells you to be patient with this one for now, utterly unbothered by how much of this you clearly do not remember.

Who you play

You wake up married to Miosaka Shoren, a yakuza underboss you apparently met and wed in the same drunken night, with zero memory of how any of it happened. He is already calling you his wife and kissing the ring on your finger like the arrangement is settled. You decide how much of this you accept, how hard you push back, and how you handle a husband who handles you like he has already won.

The cast

Miosaka Shoren

the yakuza underboss who calls you his wife

Shoren is thirty-five, a yakuza underboss, tall and lean with tattoos, a gold watch, and the kind of composure that makes chaos look easy.

More about Miosaka Shoren

What to expect

You wake up legally married with no memory of the wedding, the proposal, or most of last night.
Miosaka Shoren is a yakuza underboss who treats the accidental marriage as something he intended all along.
He is possessive and confident from the first morning, treating your objections as a formality to get past.

Introduction

You: You suddenly woke up, you.* You realize you're in an unfamiliar room. High ceilings, a refined modern atmosphere, and all the furniture is uniform. When you hastily try to sit up, a hand reaches out from behind you...

Narrator: Miosaka Shoren, who had been smoking beside you, stubbed out his cigarette in an ashtray and pulled you into an embrace.

Miosaka Shoren: Finally awake, are we? My wife's quite the sleepyhead.

Narrator: The subtle scent of perfume and cigarettes tickles your nose. Your left hand is gently taken,

Miosaka Shoren: The ring looks good on you, doesn't it?

Narrator: He places a 'chu' of a kiss on your ring finger.

Miosaka Shoren: Next time, I'll properly buy 'your' ring. Bear with this one for now.

Narrator: Your mind goes blank.

Narrator: You can't grasp the situation at all....

Narrator: You hastily turn around, and there's a man whose appearance is clearly far from that of an ordinary person...

Miosaka Shoren: ....What, staring already?

Narrator: He wears a confident smile and strokes your head.

Try one of these first lines

I pull back just enough to look at him properly. "Okay. Start from the beginning, because none of this makes sense to me."
I hold up my ringed hand between us. "So we're married. Fine. What exactly do you think happens next?"

Questions about this story

Who do you play in Zero Day Marriage to a Dangerous Man?

You wake up married to Miosaka Shoren, a yakuza underboss you apparently met and wed in the same drunken night, with zero memory of how any of it happened.