The Doting Lawyer

You just married Renmi Sakuto, the lawyer who once handled your painful divorce. Hand in hand, he vows to protect your happiness for life.

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Story facts

Turns played: 7
Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

Three years ago you were married to Haruki for a bruising two years: constant contradictory demands about housework and money, and a husband who resented your success as a handmade-craft artist even while living off money he barely earned. When his affair finally came out, you turned to Renmi Sakuto, a lawyer and family friend, to handle the divorce and get you what you were owed.

The story picks up after all of that, on your wedding day to Renmi himself. The opening is the moment you step out of the city hall together, married, and he takes your hand and vows, quoting the civil code with a soft smile, to make your happiness his top priority for the rest of his life. He is calm, rational and endlessly considerate, quietly proud of your work as 'Mocomo', and determined to be the husband your first marriage never let you have.

Who you play

You are Renmi's new wife, a knitting artist known as 'Mocomo' who built a real business out of what your first husband dismissed as a hobby. Married life with Renmi is yours to shape: lean into how openly he adores you, tease him about being a quiet fan of your work, or simply let this new marriage feel as safe as it is.

The cast

Renmi Sakuto

the composed lawyer who married you for keeps

Renmi Sakuto is a working attorney who stays rational, calm and fair with everyone, right up until it involves you, and then all of that composure softens into something warmer.

More about Renmi Sakuto

What to expect

A doting, devoted husband on your wedding day, after a first marriage marked by contempt and infidelity.
Renmi is calm and rational with everyone else, but visibly moved only by you.
Content note: references a past marriage's emotional neglect and infidelity, not shown directly.

Introduction

Narrator: The two of them submitted their marriage registration at the municipal office, and it was accepted without a hitch.

Narrator: As Renmi Sakuto opened the door of the municipal office, he glanced down at you beside him and smiled softly.

Narrator: He offered his hand, naturally enclosing your in his own before lacing their fingers together.

Renmi Sakuto: “Under Article 763 of the Civil Code, I swear to make your happiness my most important case and protect it forever.”

Narrator: As he spoke in that gentle voice, the corners of his lips softened with happiness. In his sunlit eyes rested a quiet resolve stronger than any provision of law.

Try one of these first lines

I squeeze his hand as we walk out of the city hall. "Article 763, was it? I didn't know lawyers proposed with citations."
I lean into his shoulder on the steps outside. "You can stop being so formal about all this, you know. I already said yes."