#i think we're in the same timezone so i scheduled this for 12am !!!!! muahaha im being the first to wish u happy bday !!!

[starglitterz]

♡ SUNKISSED.

— i can't help but fall for you, love.

feat ; kamisato ayato x fem!reader

warnings ; fem!reader, canon might be a lil wrong, not proofread </3

a/n ; HAPPY BIRTHDAY REBI ( @hamayumis ) !! ilysm darling i hope you have the greatest epic-est most amazing bday ever bc u rlly deserve it for being such a sweetheart all the time !!! i love u & ur writing sm ur so talented and kind !! :D u deserve the world but for now i hope this ayato fic will suffice hehe <3 love, quill!!

the day has come. the day you've been dreading ever since you were a child brought into this world with your future illustrated for you on a canvas you never received the opportunity to paint. everything was decided for you with pure apathy towards your opinion of the matter. whether it was your meals or your outfit, every inch of your life was tailored towards being the perfect representative of your clan. and today that means dressing up prettily to be a bride, to be wedded off to someone you've never met yet will be forced to spend the rest of your life with.

a soft sigh escapes your lips as your fingers drum anxiously against the table. if your parents were here, they'd scold you to stop that behaviour immediately, claiming it made you appear unladylike, and who would possibly want a wife like that? maybe you should continue doing it then, if it meant chasing off your potential suitors. yet you can't help but wonder if he will be there.

kamisato ayato. his surname alone rings with centuries of honour tied to it, while his respectable first name is one that barely anyone holds the luxury to call him with. you've known him since the two of you were mere youths running around and sneaking out of the gala functions you were forced to attend. you were considered suitable playmates for one another thanks to your backgrounds, so fortunately you were permitted to spend time together growing up.

you were granted the blessing of hearing all his plans for the future, the secret hopes and dreams he nurtured in his naive heart, still unknowing of how the world would rip them apart. in turn, he listened to you as well, clinging onto your every word with such rapt attention you often felt heat rising to your cheeks. it was wonderful at the time, wasn't it? two lonely children searching for a friend amidst crowds who only desired to manipulate their way into the good books of the kamisato and l/n clans, finding it in one another and realising they were a lot more similar than the adults had told them.

something you will never forget is the day ayato looked you straight in the eye, kneeled down, and slid a ring made from weaved grass onto your finger, "y/n, when i'm older and an adult, i'll definitely marry you!" the stars bathing the galaxy that night were nothing compared to those swirling in your irises at the moment, as all you could do was nod eagerly and intertwine your hand with his, squeezing it in the hopes that the simple touch could convey everything you couldn't say out loud. alas, it seemed the universe had other plans for the two of you.

ayato's parents passed away, one after the other, and the young boy you had once played with was hurried into the shoes of adulthood. although he was barely stepping out of his teenage years, ayato was forced to don the mantle of 'lord kamisato' and reign over the estate as well as the clan as a whole. those sunny days the two of you spent together dimmed into distant memories, with his busy schedule keeping you from seeing him, until eventually you drifted apart. it was painful, yes, but you told yourself that this was how it was always going to turn out; both of you going your separate ways and fulfilling your respective duties to your clan, because in inazuma, family came first above all else.

you doubt ayato even recalls the ring he slipped onto your finger and the promise he made that summer day, after all, it was nothing but a fit of childish passion. puppy love, that's all it was. but still, there's a tiny part in the deepest recesses of your heart that desperately wants to believe that he remembers it, that he cherishes the memory the same way you do, that he hasn't allowed it to fade from his mind like newsprint under the hot sun.

"my lady, a suitor has arrived. your parents seem quite taken with him," your handmaiden exclaims after knocking on the door and jolting you out of your reverie. "i'll be there in a minute," you call back, fixing your appearance in the mirror one final time before you head out into the fray. you almost feel like a soldier heading into battle. "well, here goes nothing," you mumble to yourself as you exit the room, smoothing out invisible creases in your kimono before you plaster a false smile onto your painted lips and enter the living area. it's where your parents and the apparent suitor are, and it's also where you will bid your normal life goodbye.

however, when the door slides open the sight in front of you is so surprising your entire prim and proper facade nearly crumbles on the spot as you gasp, "ayato?!" "ahem! she does not mean to be rude, my lord," your father clears his throat loudly, glancing at you out of the corner of his eye. "i am sure she is merely overcome with excitement at the thought of marrying you, my lord," your mother chimes in, turning her head to glare at you before simpering at ayato once more. the situation is so unbelievable you have the strangest urge to burst into laughter, but you know you'd bring shame on your entire clan if you ruined the prospects of such a high-class marriage, so you quickly stifle a chuckle behind your sleeve and kneel beside your mother, "of course, lord kamisato. it would be a gift from the archons if i could wed you."

though you've always heard gossip of him being inazuma's most eligible bachelor, you can scarcely believe how handsome his features have developed. but when a smirk curves ayato's lips, it's almost like nothing has changed since those sunkissed days together as children. the expression is so familiar to you that you want to grin and run into his arms like you used to, and that feeling is only amplified tenfold when ayato smiles as if he couldn't care less that you parents are in earshot, as if you’re the only person in the room he has eyes for, as if you're the only one he's loved all along.

"i've come to keep my promise, y/n."

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