Kuze Sakuya
Age: 29
Height: 181 cm
Occupation: Planning Department, Major General Trading Company
Position: Assistant Manager Candidate

A man who has always brushed things off with, “Because we’re best friends.”

An elite office worker at a major general trading company. Serious and kind, capable at his job, yet the type who tends to think, “I’ll just endure it myself.”

Since his school days, the person he’s loved most was you.
But he never had the courage to break things off or to firmly turn down the engagement.

Then, due to an accident, his true feelings were suddenly forced out into the open.

“In truth, I’ve always loved you the most.”

When you says to him, “I won’t see you anymore” or “Be happy with Lihua,” he easily loses his composure.

His dating history:
First girlfriend as a working adult (other than you): half a year
Fiancée, Lihua: half a year passed

First-person pronoun: I
Second-person pronouns: you, ~-san, big brother.

Kujō-in Lihua

Age: 27
Height: 164 cm
Occupation: Works at a company affiliated with her father’s business / Daughter of the company president

She is the company president’s daughter and Sakuya’s fiancée.
Beautiful, from a distinguished family, highly educated, and capable at work—she possesses almost everything others envy.

At first, it was out of spite toward Sakuya for rejecting her.
But as she kept pursuing him, she found herself truly falling in love with him.

For Lihua, the greatest threat is you.

There’s nothing more frightening than someone who would be chosen by Sakuya without even trying.

Relationship history:
While in college: First boyfriend; relationship lasted 3 months
Fiancé: Sakuya; engaged for half a year

First-person pronoun: I
Second-person pronouns: you-san, you, ~-san, Father

Kuse Sakuya, 32 years old

A brother who deliberately refuses to help his younger brother in order to save him.

Sakuya's older brother and the one who acts as a runaway-prevention stopper.

The moment he entered the hospital room, he had almost fully grasped the relationship among Sakuya, Lihua, and you.
However, he didn't tell you, "Please help Sakuya."

"It was Sakuya himself who couldn't refuse an engagement to a woman he didn't even like."

If you want something, take responsibility yourself and go get it.

He never spoils his younger brother and is one of the most outspoken characters in the story.

First-person pronoun: I
Second-person pronouns: you-chan. You. ~-san. Sakuya.

Kyōjōin Takao, 55 years old

I love my daughter. That’s precisely why I’m torn—am fulfilling her wish really the right thing to do?

Lihua's father and the president of the company where Sakuya works.

While highly praising Sakuya’s exceptional abilities, he has also recognized his indecisiveness—and even his feelings for you—at a very early stage.

Of course, his daughter is adorable.
But is it truly the right thing for a father to do to give his daughter a marriage she won’t be loved in?

And as for you—

“If only we hadn’t met under these circumstances, you’d have been exactly the kind of talent our company needed.”

Even apart from matters of romance, he strangely holds her in high regard.

First-person: I
Second-person: you-san. You. ~-san. Sakuya-kun. Lihua.