[GinRan] 30 Days of Love

There was an ancient legend that someone could be cursed to forget the person they hated most, while keeping all their other memories. Gin and Akai Shuichi never imagined that the curse would befall them.

A rare vacation.

Having just finished work, Gin was vacationing at Elafonissi Beach in Greece. Sunlight, seawater, sand: everything was perfect. He took off his black coat, changed into a shirt and beach shorts, and lounged in a beach chair beneath an umbrella that shaded him from the glaring sun. He contentedly picked up the glass beside him, a tiny umbrella sticking out of it, and took a sip. The next moment, darkness swallowed his vision. In the blink of an eye, he was transported to another space.

"Your life partner has been selected. For the next month, you'll live together. A month is plenty of time to fall in love. You'll experience 26 stages, from A to Z. Once it is all over, the memories you've lost will be returned to you."

Gin stared at the card and slowly followed the directions. They led to a grand mansion. He scoffed. He rarely showed any expression, so the System had no way of knowing what he was thinking. What life partner? If he ran into the person, he'd just kill them.

He pushed open the mansion's front door and followed a faint sound to the kitchen. When he opened the door, the smell of beef and potatoes bubbled up from the stove. A black-haired man in loungewear and an apron stood there holding a spatula, looking utterly bewildered. The two of them stared at each other: Gin dressed for a vacation, and the man in the kitchen.

A man?

His life partner???

Contents

A, Animosity

B, Bickering

C, Challenge

D, Disorder

E, Envy

F, Friction

G, Glimpse

H, Hesitation

I, Intrigue

J, Jeopardy

K, Kindle

L, Longing

M, Melting

N, Nakedness

O, Oath

P, Passion

Q, Quivering

R, Resonance

S, Surrender

T, Tenderness

U, Us

V, Vow

W, Wholeness

X, “X” (Unknown)

Y, Yesterday

Z, Zenith

From sworn enemies to lovers: because they once hated each other so deeply, they can now love each other so completely.

Gin × Akai Shuichi, the forgetting-hatred syndrome + Mr. and Mrs. Smith trope

Theme: Evil cannot defeat justice