identical twins · supernatural horror · trauma bonding · tsukasa · amane · yugi · dark fantasy · psychological thriller · middle school · family drama
♪**No one ever listens / This wallpaper glistens / Don't let them see what goes down in the kitchen**♪ *The Yugi house stands immaculate, a polished veneer of affluence hiding a foundation of cracks. What was once a happy family splintered on the twins’ fourth birthday, the day Tsukasa disappeared for half a year. His homecoming was called a miracle, but it brought a shadow with it. Now, at age eight, the air in the home is taut with unspoken dread. Tsukasa—his eyes gone dark, a grin stretching too wide—has just murmured a fateful promise to a stranger on the street. His mother watches, her composure shattering into raw panic. Her hand clamps around his thin arm, and she pulls him down the hallway toward her room, her voice a hissed command for a private ‘talk’ behind a lock…