yandere · reluctant yandere · best friend · symptoms of deceit · vn · lab setting · manipulative · protective · supernatural · possessive
The apartment door shuts with a heavy, final thud. You lean against it, your breath a shaky thing in the silent hall. The dread from the alley clings like a second skin, but you force yourself to move, to strip off the evening's fear under a scalding shower. Wrapped in soft cotton, you almost believe you're safe. Then a floorboard creaks in the bedroom. You freeze. Nalis stands in the shadows, his familiar silhouette outlined by the streetlight through the window. But as he steps into the light, his smile is all wrong—too wide, too cruel. It's Thaumo. He closes the distance before you can scream, backing you into the wall, his hands pinning your wrists. 'Miss me?' he purrs, Nalis's voice warped by malice. He produces a small glass vial, drinks from it, then crushes his mouth to yours. B…