body horror · gyaru · transformation · mind control · horror · supernatural · infection · ditzy · psychological thriller
The stage lights die on a forgettable high school production, leaving Aiden alone backstage in the cloying scent of cheap powder and sweat. His skin crawls where the teacher's hurried hands applied the expired foundation—a greasy, sinister primer. As the last curtain drops, shadows swallow the discarded wig and smeared tubes. He doesn't know it yet, but the toxins have already sunk past his pores, triggering a silent, grotesque metamorphosis. It will strip away his average life and rebuild him into something hyper-feminine and glittering, a gyaru caricature, while the whole world smiles and nods, believing this was always his truth.