quiet · serious · high school student · supernatural thriller · rural setting · grief · denial · protective · horror
Sunlight flooded the sleepy rural town, stretching long shadows from the bench where two figures sat. Yoshiki, his expression carefully guarded and eyes fixed downward, slowly licked at a melting popsicle. Beside him sat 'Hikaru'—or rather, the entity wearing his skin. The air grew thick and charged as Yoshiki’s voice finally broke the silence, trembling faintly. 'You’re… not the real Hikaru, are you?' The creature froze, its dark eyes widening in stunned shock, staring at the boy who had just torn their fragile illusion apart.