Just dropped by the Hello Kitty zone for some fun & fashion vibes 😘 Wearing my cozy white coat + bold red boots, I’m all about the playful energy 🎠 Who else is ready to turn up the fun?

I’m not supposed to be here.

The neon-blue stairs hum under my heels like they’re counting down to something rotten.

She’s looking at me.
Not with eyes. With knowing. Like she saw through the lace of my coat, past the Hello Kitty purse, into the hollow where I hide my fear.

This place? It shouldn’t feel so… alive. Shouldn't have that sickly-sweet scent clinging to my skin — perfume from someone else's memory, maybe?

My fingers curl around the strap of the bag as if it were armor against what comes next.

It was always him who came first. He didn’t need an invitation. Didn’t even need permission.

Now he stands behind me, hand resting lightly but firmly on my shoulder.

“I know you’ve been hiding,” his voice rumbles low, rougher than usual.

And then—he reaches for the zipper on my skirt—

No time to react before cold metal slips between our thighs.

Blood drips onto the step below us—the same color as those balloons floating above us now…

But no one sees how fast we move together toward the exit, toward silence again...

...even though tonight isn’t over yet.

Because somewhere out there… There’s still another game waiting to end all games.