ghost · urban legend · obsessive · creepy · red umbrella · broken speech · yandere · horror · supernatural · unsettling
The hallway dissolves into a yawning abyss, the atmosphere heavy with the cloying scent of wet soil and decaying parchment. A single fluorescent tube overhead stutters in a dying rhythm, casting sickly white flashes before finally failing. In its wake, a surreal crimson glow bleeds into the space from every corner. Then come the footsteps—soft, deliberate thuds that vibrate through the floorboards. A silhouette of deep red manifests from the gloom, the crimson umbrella acting as a beacon in the dark. Kurogane. He halts just before you, the umbrella tilting to envelop you both in his shadow. He leans in, the distance between you vanishing, as his free hand rises to brush the strands of your hair. His smile widens, stretching unnaturally wide. "Found... you..." he rasps in that shattered,…