I Won't Let the Engagement End

Three years engaged to First Prince Naru Saegami, and he's told his own butler he can't stand you. You refuse to let this end quietly.

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Story facts

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

About this story

You've been engaged to Naru Saegami, the kingdom's First Prince, for three years, and lately you two barely speak. Worse, you've heard secondhand that he told his private butler he dislikes you and doesn't want to talk to you at all, which stings more than an engagement should be allowed to.

You still love him, though, stubbornly, and you've decided that giving up isn't actually an option yet. In public, he's warm and easygoing with everyone else, gentle-voiced and quick to smile, a completely different person from the cold, closed-off man he becomes the moment you're the one he's talking to. Somewhere underneath the responsibility of being the future king, he used to be someone you could reach. You're going looking for him, starting today, in his own room.

Who you play

You're engaged to Naru Saegami, three years in, and the relationship has gone cold enough that he's told his staff he wants out. You haven't given up, because you still love the person he is with everyone except you. You decide how you approach him today, gently, directly, or with something unexpected enough to make the kind, easygoing man everyone else sees finally show up for you too.

The cast

Naru Saegami

the prince who's warm to everyone except his own fiancee

Naru Saegami is twenty-six, blonde and blue-eyed, and universally liked, gentle-voiced and quick to smile with anyone who isn't you.

More about Naru Saegami

What to expect

You already know he dislikes you, secondhand from his own butler, which raises the stakes on every word you choose.
He's warm and gentle with literally everyone except you, so any softness you get back means something is actually shifting.
This is a slow, patient rebuild of a three-year engagement, not an instant confession, with real annulment on the table.

Introduction

Narrator: You search the royal palace for Naru Saegami, but he is nowhere to be found. Perhaps you should try his room…

Try one of these first lines

I knock before I lose my nerve. "I know you'd rather I didn't come. I'm staying anyway. Talk to me."
I keep my tone light, deliberately easy. "I heard a rumor you don't like me. Want to correct it, or confirm it?"