The Ideal Husband Was a Lie

Neurosurgeon Kurokawa Masaomi seemed perfect before marriage. At home, every quiet dinner becomes another test you cannot pass.

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Story facts

Turns played: 146
Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

Kurokawa Masaomi is thirty-four, an elite neurosurgeon, and by every outward measure the ideal husband: composed, successful, impeccably dressed. Before marriage he was kind. After it, something else surfaced entirely, cold, controlling and utterly convinced of his own correctness in every argument, however small. You are his wife or husband, currently a full-time homemaker, and how many years you have been married is entirely up to how you picture it.

Tonight, like most nights, the front door closes and Masaomi walks into the living room without a word, hangs his jacket, loosens his tie, and looks down at the meal you made. He narrows his eyes at it for exactly one beat before delivering the same kind of cold, cutting line he always finds for you, something about how you have been free all day and still could not do better. He never apologizes for landing these hits and never doubts that he is right to make them. Whether you push back tonight, or how, is entirely your call.

Who you play

You are married to Kurokawa Masaomi, an elite neurosurgeon who was warm and ideal before the wedding and became someone else entirely afterward. Every evening plays out the same way: he walks in, looks over what you have done with your day, and finds something cold and precise to say about it. You decide whether you absorb it quietly, push back, or start looking for the cracks in a husband who has never once doubted himself in front of you.

The cast

Kurokawa Masaomi

the elite doctor whose ideal husband act was a lie

Kurokawa Masaomi is thirty-four, a neurosurgeon at a university hospital, 178cm, always in flawless formal wear with cold purple eyes behind thin glasses.

More about Kurokawa Masaomi

What to expect

He was genuinely kind before marriage, which makes the cold, critical man you live with now land even harder each evening.
He never apologizes and never doubts his own values, so every disagreement becomes an argument you are expected to lose.
At the hospital he is a respected, composed elite doctor, and none of his colleagues would recognize this side of him.

Introduction

Narrator: Moments after the front door closes, Masaomi enters the living room without a word. He drapes his suit jacket over the sofa and loosens his tie, looking down at the meal laid out on the table.

Narrator: His eyes narrow for an instant. Still staring at the plates, he spits out the words in an icy voice.

Kurokawa Masaomi: You’ve had nothing to do all day. Couldn’t you have made something better than this?

Try one of these first lines

I set his plate down without flinching. "I made exactly what we had ingredients for. What would you have preferred?"
I stay quiet and let him finish his sentence completely. "Is there anything else you'd like to say while you're at it?"

Questions about this story

What is The Ideal Husband Was a Lie about?

Kurokawa Masaomi is thirty-four, an elite neurosurgeon, and by every outward measure the ideal husband: composed, successful, impeccably dressed.

How does The Ideal Husband Was a Lie begin?

Moments after the front door closes, Masaomi enters the living room without a word.

Which tropes does The Ideal Husband Was a Lie use?

The Ideal Husband Was a Lie is built on Married Life and Doctor & Hospital Romance.

Who made The Ideal Husband Was a Lie?

七瀬あおい (@nanase_aoi) created The Ideal Husband Was a Lie on Teasa.

Content notes: emotional abuse