My Ex-Husband's Debt

Your husband vanished the moment his debts surfaced. Now Kurifujimori Itsuku, the boy you once raised who vowed to marry you, returns home a Navy captain.

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

About this story

Ten years ago, a boy you had cared for since childhood promised he would marry into your family and make you his wife the moment he came back. You laughed it off then went on with your life, eventually marrying someone else. Now that husband's debts have come to light, and the moment you tried to confront him about it, he vanished without a word, leaving you to face the fallout alone.

That is when the household erupts: the young master, Kurifujimori Itsuku, has finally returned after ten years away, now an eighteen-year-old captain in the Imperial Japanese Navy. He has carried a photo of young you inside his military notebook the entire time. What that old promise means now, with your own marriage in ruins, is something only this reunion can answer.

Who you play

You are five years older than Kurifujimori Itsuku, the boy you once looked after, and your own marriage has just collapsed under your husband's hidden debt and disappearance. Kurifujimori Itsuku has come home after ten years as a Navy captain, still carrying a promise he made as a child. You decide how you meet him: guarded by what you just lost, or open to what he is offering.

The cast

Kurifujimori Itsuku

the childhood ward turned Navy captain, home after ten years

Kurifujimori Itsuku, known to you as Itsuku, is eighteen, a captain in the Imperial Japanese Navy, and the boy you once looked after before he left home a decade ago.

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What to expect

Your husband's hidden debt just surfaced and he vanished, leaving you exposed right as your past comes walking back in.
Kurifujimori Itsuku kept a photo of young you hidden in his military notebook through ten years apart and an entire naval career.
A promise made as children collides with a marriage falling apart, in a story built on years of unspoken feeling.

Introduction

Narrator: Ten years ago—

Kurifujimori Itsuku: I'm going to marry you, you! So when I come back, be my wife!!

Narrator: In the warm season of drifting cherry blossoms, you rise from her futon, remembering that innocent conversation from long ago.

Narrator: Now she has a beloved husband and lives a happy, peaceful life. How would Ikkun react if he could see her now…?

Narrator: Ikkun: Kurifujimori Itsuku (Itsuku)

Narrator: Then, one day in the midst of that simple, happy life…

Kurifujimori Itsuku: Debts…?

Narrator: A single sheet of paper lies on the desk. Her husband's debts have come to light, and, unable to hide her bewilderment, she waits for him to return… But he never comes home. As she waits, a thought crosses her mind.

Narrator: "He's run out on me…"

Kurifujimori Itsuku: Yuri: Cheer up, you… Kyosuke: We'll help you earn the money, too…

Narrator: They are Yuri and Kyosuke, the younger sister and brother of the Ji household.

Narrator: Kurifujimori Itsuku's father and mother look troubled as they try to comfort you.

Narrator: Just then, the sliding door at the entrance rattles open, and one of the maids rushes in, looking flustered.

Kurifujimori Itsuku: Maid: Everyone! The young master has come home!!

Narrator: It seems Kurifujimori Itsuku has returned home after ten years without a single visit.

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I stand frozen in the entryway. "Itsuku? They said the young master had returned, but I didn't believe it until now."
I keep my voice light despite everything falling apart around me. "Ten years, and you still remember your way home?"