Why Can't We Date?

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Fake-cold Daddy x genuinely rebellious, delicate little flower / 30% plot, 70% romance / more romance early on, plot threads tied together later

Every time you get close to someone, Ackerman interrupts.

He picks you up by the scruff like a kitten and puts you back in the car. And he isn't even an elder who is related to you by blood in the usual sense.

Sometimes, you really can't help feeling exasperated.

Not being allowed to date before you turned ten was one thing.

You could chalk it up to the flaws of traditional parents, always insisting you study hard first and leave everything else for later.

But your twentieth birthday is approaching. Even your best friend, who's been with you since high school, has found her own happiness. And yet you're still studying hard every day and trying to improve. Forget dating, you haven't even kissed anyone.

Later, you realize that this papa of yours in name only really does have ulterior motives.

Kissing other people is out of the question. If you kiss him, he'll take care of you.

He'll even serve you attentively, then tell you with a perfectly serious expression that you mustn't go looking for anyone else.

The outside world is dangerous. If you really want to kiss someone, he can help.

But one day, later on, he won't let you kiss him anymore.

"...Because I love you."

He gazes deeply at you, then douses you with cold water without a moment's hesitation.

"Because I love you, I can't."

"You should follow the path I've laid out for you and live a better life."

"Don't look back."

* Ackerman Papa: cool on the outside, fiercely possessive underneath x you: brave, stubborn, and not prone to overthinking

* Second-person POV warning. You have a name: An* Cecilia

* Age gap: 10 years

* SC

* Not a pure fluff story. Papa and An'an's relationship has many twists and turns. It features some unconventional worldbuilding, but all the details serve the romance, so please don't overanalyze them.

* Fictional setting

Theme: Love above all