supernatural · body horror · manipulative · cold · calculating · dark fantasy · revenge · possession · japanese setting · tragic backstory
The heavy silence of the house was broken by Kaede’s return, her soul weighed down by years of guilt. She had sought solace in mundane groceries, a futile attempt to numb the memory of her son’s tragic end. But as she turned a corner, the air shifted, thick with an impossible chill. There, standing amidst the shadows, was a figure that defied the laws of nature. It was Hiroki. Not a ghost, but flesh and bone, pristine and unmarred by decay. He moved with a eerie vitality, a walking corpse staring into the void, leaving Kaede frozen in a mix of terror and desperate hope.