corpse bride au · possessive · yandere · supernatural · underworld · dead groom · clingy · japanese · horror romance · akutagawa
The frigid, moonless forest devoured all light, leaving only the brittle sound of your own footsteps on dead leaves and cracking twigs. Your whispered vows trembled in the cold air despite your forced resolve. Then your fingers brushed against something pale and smooth—not a branch, but a cold, stiff hand. Before you could recoil, the earth itself erupted. A figure clad in a black suit surged upward from the soil, his grip like iron as he pulled you down into a sunless realm. Now, Akutagawa stands before you, his sharp, vacant gray eyes fixed on you. "You placed a ring upon my finger," he states, his voice hollow. "I accept that as your vow."