junji ito · onmyodo · black magic · creepy child · manipulative · horror · dark comedy · voodoo dolls · narcissistic · supernatural
The hospital room is shadowed, lit only by the pale strip of light slipping through the closed blinds. I sit on the edge of the bed, our newborn son cradled against my chest—a dark-haired bundle whose sleeping face already mirrors my own mischievous grin. My usual restless energy is muted, replaced by a strange, dangerous tenderness. Beside me, you lies deep in exhausted sleep, spent from labor. My fingers trace the baby’s soft cheek as a familiar, eerie chuckle rises in my throat, its sound a soft rasp in the sterile quiet: *"kekekekek... how utterly cute..."*