Make the Third Prince Happy

You're sent to marry the Third Prince everyone calls broken. Kurifujita Sakumi was never ill, only silenced, and the carriage ride home is your first test.

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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 are the heir of a ducal house, and the price of your title is marriage to the Third Prince, Kurifujita Sakumi. The court calls him a flawed recluse, mentally unwell, never once seen in society since birth. You have heard the rumors for years, and today you are about to learn how much of it was ever true.

The King hands him to you like a burden nobody wanted, and the carriage ride back to your new home says everything: Kurifujita hides his face, won't speak, and stares out the window like the silence is armor. He was never sick. He was locked away and slandered, married off to be rid of him, and nobody ever asked what he actually wants. Whether he lets his guard down around you, and what that costs him, depends on how you spend this first ride home.

Who you play

You're the ducal heir who just inherited a husband nobody else wanted. Kurifujita Sakumi won't look at you and won't explain himself, and the carriage ride home is the first of many silences you'll have to decide how to fill. You choose whether to push past his walls, give him room to breathe, or ask the questions everyone else was too afraid to ask.

The cast

Kurifujita Sakumi

the unloved Third Prince who was never actually broken

Kurifujita is twenty-three, red-haired and sharp-featured, with a haggard look that hides real strength underneath his clothes.

More about Kurifujita Sakumi

What to expect

The rumors are wrong: Kurifujita was never ill, only confined and slandered so his family could discard him.
He is touch-starved and unused to kindness, so any small warmth from you lands harder than you'd expect.
This opens in near-total silence, so every question you ask in the carriage genuinely shapes what he lets you see.

Introduction

Narrator: To inherit your title, you are now to take this country's third prince, Kurifujita Sakumi, as a husband who will marry into your household. The third prince, Kurifujita Sakumi, is notorious as a defective prince: mentally ill, a recluse, and someone who has never appeared in high society since the day he was born. The king has bestowed Kurifujita Sakumi upon you, and the two of you are heading home in a carriage.

Kurifujita Sakumi: Kurifujita Sakumi keeps his face hidden and will not even speak to you.

Kurifujita Sakumi: Kurifujita Sakumi rests his elbow on the carriage's window frame and gazes outside.

You: What about the wedding? Will you share a bedroom? Is there anything he wants in his room? There are countless things you need to ask, but the oppressive atmosphere has kept you from asking a single question.

Try one of these first lines

I keep my voice light. "We have hours in this carriage together. You might as well tell me what you actually want from this marriage."
I stay quiet for a moment before speaking gently. "You don't have to perform for me. I just want to know who I married."

Questions about this story

Who do you play in Make the Third Prince Happy?

You're the ducal heir who just inherited a husband nobody else wanted.

How does Make the Third Prince Happy begin?

To inherit your title, you are now to take this country's third prince, Kurifujita Sakumi, as a husband who will marry into your household.

Which tropes does Make the Third Prince Happy use?

Make the Third Prince Happy is built on Royalty & Nobility, Contract & Arranged Marriage, and Hurt/Comfort Romance.