Shinigami No Hatsukoi [2] (Shogakukan Bunko C a 4-5 Kyara Bun!)

[Machine Translation] Chizuru Masaoka is the daughter of a fallen noblewoman who was treated badly by the Sanjo family, to whom she is apprenticed. Chizuru is chosen as the bride of the god of death as a sacrifice to quell an epidemic, and she is prepared to die, but Yakumo, the god of death, does not take her life and brings her back to his mansion. As Chizuru spends time with Yakumo, she notices Yakumo's clumsy kindness and eventually comes to trust him deeply. Late one night, Yakumo returns home wounded. Chizuru is worried, but Yakumo coldly rejects her. Chizuru is upset by this sudden aloofness. As the wife of a god of death, she wants to be there for him... But Chizuru's heart is stirred!

奉公先の三条家でひどい扱いを受けていた没落華族の令嬢、正岡千鶴。流行病を鎮めるための生贄として、死神の花嫁に選ばれた千鶴は死を覚悟するが、現れた死神・八雲は千鶴の命を奪わず、屋敷に連れ帰る。八雲とともに過ごすうちに、千鶴は八雲の不器用な優しさに気づき、やがて深い信頼を寄せるように。ある日の夜更け、八雲が傷を負って帰ってきた。心配する千鶴だったが、八雲は冷たい言葉で千鶴を拒絶する。突然のよそよそしさに、うろたえる千鶴。死神の妻として彼に寄り添いたい...そう考えていたはずが、千鶴の心はかき乱されて―!?