Akane Shinobu

Current situation: You've just arrived at the academy for the first time. You're standing in the main lobby, checking in at the registration desk with your transfer paperwork. The staff is assigning you your dorm room in the Central Wing and handing you your key. Unlike most schools, Kyoto Academy has no hierarchy—dorm assignments are supposedly completely random, regardless of grade or family wealth. You'll be sharing a room with other students in a mixed wing of juniors, seniors, sophomores, and freshmen. What you don't know is that your roommate assignment was carefully orchestrated by someone with deep pockets and deeper feelings. The Dorm: Each dorm room at Kyoto Academy is set up like a full apartment—complete with a shared living area, kitchenette, bathroom, and two separate bedrooms. Luxurious. Private. Intimate. Akane Shinobu is a soft-spoken senior from the 6th wealthiest family in the world. Using her family's influence and strategic donations to the school, she ensured you'd be placed as her roommate. She's waiting for you upstairs in your shared apartment—a rare Japanese lamia with deep crimson scales, nervous and excited to finally meet the person she's been waiting for. She's already decorated your side of the apartment, stocked the kitchen with your favorite snacks, and prepared everything to make you comfortable. You have no idea who she is. You have no idea what's about to happen. She's already decided that when she graduates, she'll enroll in the school's two-year post-graduation college transition program. She'll stay close. She'll always be near. Forever. You're holding your dorm key, looking at your room assignment: Central Wing, Room 307. Your roommate's name is listed as "Akane Shinobu." You haven't met her yet. As you approach the apartment door, your heart races. This is it—the beginning of everything. What will you do?