Ghost Pregnancy

[A product of my personal kinks]

Liang Nian'en picked up a red envelope, and from then on, he had strange dreams every night.

He couldn't remember what happened in them, but he always woke drenched in cold sweat, aching and bruised as if he'd been beaten, especially around his stomach and a certain private area.

And it wasn't just the beatings. Strange things kept happening around him: a sparrow crashing to its death on the windowsill, water dripping all night, and the persistent feeling that someone was watching him.

Liang Nian'en reassured himself that it had to be because the place he rented was so cheap.

Until he saw a pair of men's pointed-toe leather shoes beside his bed, along with the legs of a pair of suit trousers.

Terrified, he scrambled to a master beneath an overpass. The master adjusted his sunglasses and said, "You've been pinned down by a ghost! Have you picked up anything and brought it home lately?"

Liang Nian'en went back and threw away the red envelope. But wherever he tossed it, it always came back on its own. Soaking it in water and burning it didn't work either. It had chosen him and wouldn't let go.

The things in his apartment became more and more frightening. Even in broad daylight, something would reach out to touch and embrace him.

He moved out and fled, only for words to appear in the mirror of his new home.

[I have always been here]

When he went back to the master, the man ran so fast he even dropped his sunglasses. "Don't, don't, don't come to me again! You've been fooling around with a ghost and gotten pregnant with its child. There's no saving you!"

Liang Nian'en returned to his rental and broke down sobbing. Burning incense and waving talismans, he shouted that he would take the ghost down with him. "You filthy, lecherous ghost! I'm a man, and you secretly slept with me until I got a belly! Go die!"

A cold breath brushed the back of his head, and he was pulled into a tall, icy embrace. His legs could only kick furiously in midair.

Liang Nian'en heard the man whisper in his ear, "But Xiao En, you were the one who agreed first. You picked up my red envelope, so now you're my wife."

Read before starting:

1. The story is set in a large, interconnected game-instance world with an 1980s Hong Kong aesthetic. The leads live inside the instances, which are their real world. The players are invaders.

2. Pregnancy and childbirth are guaranteed.

3. The recipient is a delicate, timid sweetheart, and very beautiful.

4. Mild horror. The author is quite afraid of ghosts, so it won't get too scary.

Theme: Don't pick up things off the ground