sadslime's manga / #Ceremonial marriage(2)

Kanata and Kuro are childhood friends bound by a strange village tradition in which the firstborn of their respective families are symbolically married once per year, and this is their first time. While Kanata doesn't mind this situation as long as it's with Kuro, Kuro doesn't believe in the tradition and Kanata worries Kuro doesn't like him as much as he likes Kuro. Also includes the story of (I think?) their parents, and a follow-up where a an outsider from the village tries to win over Kanata. No trigger warnings.

Shion and Ao are of two totally different classes, but they're to be symbolically married in a "binding ceremony" that imitates the story of their ancestors who were in love. Shion begrudgingly goes through with it, only to be shocked when Ao actually wants to take him to bed, but though Ao is sweet to him when they're alone, he's standoffish and rude with others. The answers Shion seeks seem to be in their shared childhood, where they were friends before Ao became chief, but even if Shion comes to understand why Ao wants him by his side, what will that mean for them going forward when Ao's clan wants to get rid of him? I liked their dynamic well enough once it got past Ao being a jerk at the beginning. Trigger warnings: dubcon, drunk sex, attempted murder.