Kirikawa Ayako was troubled. Ever since her sixteenth birthday, she had dreamed almost every night of a boy with an indistinct face, brutally murdered and dismembered by perverts whose faces she couldn't make out.
Kirikawa Ayako was close to breaking down, until a boy so beautiful he seemed almost beyond gender, Kagura Tomie, transferred into her class.
That night, the boy who was killed in her dreams revealed his face.
His jet-black hair contrasted sharply with his snow-white skin. His brows were like distant mountains, and his tilted, peach-blossom eyes curved slightly at the corners. A beauty mark shimmered beneath one eye, and his dark pupils reflected her face.
The dull thud of a blade entering flesh rang out as blood sprayed into the air. Yet the boy's clear, gentle voice carried a note of delight. "Found you."
After that, Kirikawa Ayako's dreams returned to normal, but she began paying more attention to Kagura.
Almost against her will, Kirikawa Ayako wanted to lay everything at his feet. Instead, she met hostile stares and a tidal wave of jealousy from his many admirers.
The impatient young lady showed her true colors and decided to use her power to force him into submission, take him for herself, and make him her dog.
But before she could act, Kagura was killed by his twisted admirers, and she could only hurry over to collect his body.
That night, she dreamed that Kagura, his body stitched back together in his coffin, came back to life.
Unable to have him, she ignored how strange the dream was, pushed him down, and forced herself on him, doing whatever she pleased.
After that, everything began to grow strange...
Death was the norm for Kagura. Every rebirth brought another tedious revenge, until one day he sensed a gaze falling on him from somewhere beyond his reach.
There was no affection in that gaze. It went from fear to numbness, and then, infuriatingly, to pity.
He decided to track down the person irritating him and make them his complete slave.
When he noticed Kirikawa, Kanata Tomie was scolding his lackeys in an upscale restaurant. A girl protected by bodyguards descended the stairs from the second floor.
When her gaze landed on him, a hint of amazement appeared in her amber eyes. It lasted only an instant before they cleared again.
That gaze was so familiar it made him tremble all over. He'd found her. It was her!
But she hadn't fallen for him at first sight and obediently become his dog.
How could that be?
After learning about her, he enrolled at her school and became her classmate, successfully winning her affection.
But there was a difference: her affection seemed far too pure, unaffected by his charms, so pure it made him want to destroy it.
He wanted to sully her eyes, make her something that belonged to him alone, and die in front of her while drawing out her dark side.
Just thinking about it made him so excited he felt ready to split apart. So he thought it, and did it.
After dying in front of her, he saw her collect his body, her tears falling into his eyes. That night, when he appeared in her dream, he had expected to see her break down in panic, but she tackled him to the ground instead...
The overwhelming experience made his mind shut down. When he came to, all he could think about was the catlike whimper she made in the throes of pleasure.
Kirikawa Ayako was driven to the brink by Kagura Tomie, who kept dying and reappearing. "Please let me go! I won't do it again, I promise..."
The boy tilted his head curiously, looking at the hand gripping his wrist. Confusion clouded his dark eyes. His breath brushed her ear, hot and burning.
He lifted a hand and wiped away the tear beneath her eye. His scarlet tongue curled over the dampness on his fingertip. "No! Because... I really like you, Ayako."
Kirikawa Ayako's tears flowed even more freely, but she wrapped herself around him. "Waaah... You're lying. You just want to screw me. You don't like me at all."
"How could that be?" He licked her tears away, desire swirling in his dark eyes like a vortex, drawing her in. "I came here for you, Ayako. When will you lock me up, you poor thing?"
#After My Dream Guy Died, I Collected His Body#
#I Thought My Boyfriend Would Come Back to Life, But It Turned Out He Was Split#
#There's Only One Ayako, So You Can Die!#
Reader's guide:
(1) An unlucky young lady who witnessed 108 ways for Tomie to die in her dreams every night before she was even an adult. She says one thing and means another. At first, she just wanted to stop having nightmares, then she simply coveted Tomie's beauty, and only later truly accepted that her boyfriend was a monster. They tame each other.
(2) Lots of original headcanon. The male lead has Tomie's physique and yandere traits, an absolute heartthrob who attracts everyone (not really). At first, his hatred of the female lead gives way to curiosity, and that curiosity leads to an extremely one-sided crush. (A collection-based spinoff story inspired by the Tomie series. His physique is derived from the original work, with some changes to the secondary setting.)
(3) A single-world story, slice of life, and a purely sweet romance (more or less). It might have some sanity-warping scenes?
(4) Please leave your brain at the door before reading.
Blurb written on May 12, 2024.
Theme: Always have the courage to face challenges.