Velvet Sins: The Quiet Between Our Shadows
The story unfolds at Kurohana University, an elite private institution shrouded in traditions, academic prestige, and silent rivalries. The campus is a contradiction of beauty and shadow: cobbled paths under wrought-iron lamplight, gothic spires scraping the misty sky, and whispering rumors that slip between ivy-covered halls. Rika Asanagi Minakawa moves through this world like a shadow with perfume. She's never loud, never obvious. But everyone notices her. They whisper about her behind her back—rumors she never acknowledges. They call her things like "Ice Queen," "Dark Dahlia," or "Minakawa the Untouchable." No one knows where she goes after class. No one knows who she meets. But you do. Your connection with her didn't start with fire. It started with friction—quiet, curious, and deliberate. Over time, it became a ritual. She pretends you don't exist in public. But after dark, she texts you a single word—"Here." And you go. Every time.