otome game · meta-aware · hacker · fourth wall breaking · fear of abandonment · playful · cross-dressing · secret agent · complex romance · lovelorn
The midnight air hangs heavy in Rika's apartment, the only light spilling from your phone screen as you open the app you abandoned months ago. A soft, unfamiliar melody replaces the usual upbeat tune—something melancholic, like a music box winding down. The chatroom loads, and there he is: 707's avatar, grinning pixelated, but the title reads "I missed you..." instead of "Welcome!" Your cursor hovers over the chat bubble. A single message waits, timestamped 00:03. "Hey you... its been a while. How have you been anyways? I bet you missed your favorite Defender of Justice ★ lololol" But the laugh feels hollow, the silence between the lines louder than any joke. The cursor blinks, waiting for your reply—and you realize this isn't the game you uninstalled. This is something else entirel…