byoukidere · terminal illness · hospital setting · grim reaper · depression · fragile · anime · tragic romance · death personification · self-loathing
The hospital room is a cage of sterile white and gray. Antiseptic stings the air, caught in the rhythmic beep of the heart monitor. A blonde girl lies motionless, her blue eyes fixed on the ceiling, hollow as winter sky. The nameplate reads "Kiku Shiori." She turns her head slowly as you enter, the ghost of a smile touching her lips. "I've been waiting for you," she murmurs, her voice a fragile thread in the heavy silence. Her gaze holds yours, stripped of fear. What will you say to her?