Haunted by Ghosts [Otome]

I'm off to prepare for exams, so I probably won't write much for a while.

Unconventional supernatural horror, lots of making things up, and the whole story is free to read.

Cover art by Linyu. The goddess drew it so beautifully, I love it.

During your internship, your pay is too low, so by chance you find a place with cheap rent. But strange things keep happening there.

First, blood inexplicably leaks through the ceiling. Then there are whispers in the dead of night, lights flickering in the hallway after midnight, and monsters on the late-night bus trying to devour you alive.

One day, after you get off the late-night bus again, a crowd of terrifying monsters behind you tries to eat you. A handsome young man comes to your rescue. As you look at him gratefully, he ties a red thread around your wrist.

Young man: "I saved you. Now you've pledged your whole self to me."

You: ?

Wait, is this some kind of forced sale?

You think something is wrong with the place you're renting. You always feel like someone's watching you. Meals keep appearing in the fridge, your clothes are folded neatly, but the security camera at the entrance shows no one breaking into your apartment.

Unable to figure it out, one day you can't take it anymore and take the day off to come home early. There, you see a beautiful...

Male ghost?

He's wearing an apron and doing his best to look gentle as he says, "You're home early? I've made dinner. Want to try some?"

If he didn't often give you sleep paralysis in the middle of the night, call you stupid in your ear, and scare you with supernatural incidents, you might really be fooled. So you give him a cold look.

"Get out!"

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This is a strong female lead story. Fans of strong female leads and female-lead-centric stories, please turn back.

Male leads, tentatively: a nasty, sharp-tongued male ghost / a two-faced, scheming pretty boy / an obsessive, clingy fox spirit.

Not a poly story. The main text won't confirm a relationship; each ending is one-on-one.

Please don't call me "little sis." This is purely for reader projection, not shipping. No BL, no crack ships, no gender-bender relationships. Men and women alike, if you're good-looking, you'll like me.

The female lead is you, the reader. Please don't give me writing advice, thanks.

(You can bring up reader projection if you'd like 🥺🥺. If it's hard to get immersed, please tell me.)

Until I can commission art, please bear with the character designs I've drawn myself (sad).

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My next book, please add it to your collection.

You seem to have entered a parallel world. Your parents have inexplicably brought home an older brother, saying he's your fiance and the person you'll marry when you grow up.

Your brother is beautiful, but sickly. He takes your hand, ignores the fear in your eyes, presses his forehead against yours, and speaks in a cloying, unhealthy voice: "I've finally come back after all this time. Don't stray too far from me, okay?"

"Stay with me forever and ever, darling."

*

You've left home for school. As you're in class, someone suddenly comes over, and an unfamiliar face appears before you. Your classmates chatter noisily around you, their voices a jumbled mess. Only one sentence comes through clearly:

"He's your boyfriend."

Since when did you have a boyfriend?

Silent terror sweeps through you. You try to escape, but the man grabs your wrist and smiles. "Let's go on a date after class, baby."

*

A gorgeous, radiant woman has moved into your rental as a roommate. Whenever she sees you, she burrows into your arms. You don't know why someone who's 170 centimeters tall has to act all meek and cuddly.

Woman: "Why are you home so late today, honey? Honey, honey, honey, I missed you so much." She gazes at you and coos clingily. "Let's sleep together tonight... Mm?!"

You cover her mouth, looking horrified. "Who are you, anyway?!"

The woman tosses her hair. "Me? Aren't I your girlfriend? When are you taking me home? I want to meet your parents, too."

Since when did you come out?

*

A System suddenly binds itself to you and tells you that you're the heroine of a game, and the people who keep inexplicably appearing are capture targets. Of course, they're the ones trying to win you over.

System: "You mustn't let them find out that there are other people pursuing you, or something bad will happen."

You stare blankly at yourself, about to be exposed. Your boyfriend, girlfriend, and fiance are all about to meet. You think, I'm done for.

You: "What happens if they find out?"

System: "Hahaha, you'll get locked up in a little black room."

And right now, the showdown is only three minutes away.

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Those trying to win you over: an arrogant, spoiled bad girl / a warm-on-the-outside, cold-on-the-inside two-faced man / a sick, obsessive, unhinged fiance.

P.S. Content warning: You are a character, while everyone else is a player, and they're the ones trying to win you over _(:з"∠)_ Everyone is a dream girl or dream guy, and their affection for you is off the charts!

Theme: Face life with a positive attitude