[Crossover] After a Whirlwind Marriage with Squalo

#Also known as: Hitman Housekeeping, Has the Varia Sword Emperor Blown His Cover Today?

Shy, fragile, socially anxious kitty x Bad-tempered, possessive, fiercely protective shark

Camellia got married.

Her husband was Squalo, a dependable young man she'd known since childhood.

When they met again after many years, her younger friend came storming in and, as always, chased off the obnoxious coworker she couldn't bring herself to turn down.

Handsome and dashing, he hadn't changed at all, apart from being a lot taller, having long silver hair, and sporting a strange prosthetic limb.

"Tch, why are you still like this? Someone this useless deserves a kick out the door, got it?"

Camellia spoke softly. "I-I was introduced to him..."

"Introduced? For a blind date?"

Camellia's face flushed. "N-no, to get mar..."

"Get what? You're getting married?"

Her dependable younger friend thought he'd interrupted her blind date. His voice dropped from its usual boisterous volume, turning uncharacteristically gentle, but his silvery-gray eyes fixed on her with an intensity that looked almost predatory. "Lia, do you really have to get married?"

Camellia opened her mouth, looking on the verge of tears. "I..."

But Squalo said, "What about me?"

Camellia: "..."

Camellia: "Huh?"

*

On the first night of their marriage, Camellia discovered her husband had taken his blanket and gone to sleep in the spare room by himself.

In the second month of their marriage, Camellia realized her husband seemed to be hiding something from her.

In the third month of their marriage, Camellia came to the conclusion that her husband might, perhaps, be cheating on her.

*

Squalo had an unrequited first love named Camellia.

Her name meant camellia.

A delicate, beautiful camellia, soft and pristine white.

It had to be nurtured with the finest soil and watered with the sweetest spring water.

After they met again following years apart, he had interrupted Camellia's blind date, so naturally, he had to take responsibility.

Squalo took her to the local government office.

From then on, Varia's second-generation Sword Emperor had an ordinary, shy, gentle wife.

The notoriously hot-tempered, carnivorous shark began to wonder how he could keep his identity as a hitman secret in Varia, where incompetent allies were everywhere.

He didn't want some brat to get in his way and scare his brand-new wife to death on the spot.

- No cheating, that's a red herring.

- The heroine has no combat ability. She really is a people-pleaser, socially anxious, timid, and unable to refuse others, to the point that she's developed a bit of a stress response. She gradually gets better later on.

- A fluffy romance with no brains. One-sided feelings from the man at first, then mutual. This is a self-indulgent passion project.

- OOC warning.

Theme: A carnivore takes the lead in pursuing true love