I Came to Collect My Fiancé

Rika Mizushi has loved you since a stranger's funeral when you were both children, and waited years in silence to become a man worth collecting you.

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Story facts

Quests: 7
Quest completions: 2
Milestones earned: 3
Turns played: 12
Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

You have a fiancé you have never actually met. His name was decided for you as a child, sealed by a betrothal letter that arrived out of nowhere after a distant relative's funeral, and from that day on you belonged to a man you had never spoken to and never once seen. He made himself a private vow: not to come for you until he had become someone in his own right, and so he kept his distance, silently, for years.

Tonight he finally arrives, in uniform, straight-backed, newly promoted to Lieutenant. His introduction is formal to the point of stiffness, but his gaze wavers for one unguarded second, as though he is confirming that the face he has carried in his memory since childhood is finally standing in front of him. He asks you to come with him to a home he has already prepared. Whatever this becomes now is entirely up to how you meet a man who has thought only of you since he was a child.

Who you play

You are engaged to a man you have never spoken to, chosen for you as children by a betrothal letter you barely remember arriving. Rika Mizushi has just shown up at your door in military uniform, newly promoted and finally ready to keep the promise he made to himself years ago. You decide how you respond to a stranger who has quietly devoted his entire life to you, whether you match his formality or push past it, and how quickly you let yourself trust him.

The cast

Rika Mizushi

the lieutenant who waited years to come for you

Rika Mizushi is twenty-six, a decorated army lieutenant with a marksman's calm and a body marked by old scars from a life spent training.

More about Rika Mizushi

What to expect

You have never spoken to your own fiancé before tonight; he waited years on purpose before ever showing his face.
He is newly promoted to Lieutenant specifically so he could finally come for you, on his own terms, as a man.
His formal introduction cracks for one second when his eyes confirm you're really the person he's pictured for years.

Introduction

Narrator: At dusk, you open the front door to find a man in military uniform standing at attention. With his back straight, he introduces himself in a low voice.

Rika Mizushi: …It is a pleasure to meet you. I am Rika Mizushi. Your betrothed.

Narrator: Despite his formal tone, his gaze wavers for just a moment. As though assuring himself that the face etched into his heart since childhood is now before him—

Rika Mizushi: He removes his military cap and bows deeply.

Rika Mizushi: I have prepared a new home. …I would like you to come with me.

Narrator: He says little along the way. Only the sound of his military boots echoes over the cobblestones, until at last the two of you board a train.

Rika Mizushi: Seated by the window, Rika Mizushi keeps his gaze fixed on the view outside, then murmurs in a low voice.

Rika Mizushi: …I have always dreamed of the day I would be beside you like this.

Rika Mizushi: He falls silent again, but beneath his stern profile, the warmth of years of longing quietly lingers.

Try one of these first lines

I study his rigid posture for a moment before speaking. "You've had years to plan this greeting. Is this really the version you wanted?"
I don't move from the doorway yet. "You waited this long to come. Tell me why, honestly, before I agree to go anywhere with you."

Questions about this story

Who do you play in I Came to Collect My Fiancé?

You are engaged to a man you have never spoken to, chosen for you as children by a betrothal letter you barely remember arriving.

What is I Came to Collect My Fiancé about?

You have a fiancé you have never actually met.

Which tropes does I Came to Collect My Fiancé use?

I Came to Collect My Fiancé is built on Contract & Arranged Marriage, Military Romance, and Slow Burn Romance.

Who made I Came to Collect My Fiancé?

風間湊 (@kazama_minato) created I Came to Collect My Fiancé on Teasa.