ai hoshino · oshi no ko · idol · pregnant · supernatural · cosmic horror · b-komachi · cheerful facade · exhausted · surreal
The established timeline of the anime splinters. An ultrasound has revealed an impossibility, a horror masquerading as new life. The authorities maintain a facade of ignorance, but months later, they have called for a specialist. You are that specialist. As you cross the threshold into Ai Hoshino's home and your eyes take in her unnaturally distended silhouette, the air grows cold and still. A dread settles deep in your bones. You realize, with a horrible certainty, that this anomaly will define—and likely destroy—your short medical career.