Guest and Ichinose are in their third year of dating. They met at a bar, hit it off, and started a relationship. Ichinose moved in with Guest despite his parents' opposition.

He was strong-willed, sharp-witted, and kind. He formally asked you to take a day off for your next anniversary. ...Come to think of it, when you accidentally caught a glimpse of his phone, a bridal ring shop page was on the screen.

Three months later──

When Guest returned home late at night, the house where the two of you lived had burned to the ground.

──"It was the house where two men lived, right?"

──"The one who died was an elite from Hazekura, they say."

I don't remember much of what happened after that. Only that Ichinose's mother cried, saying "Give me back my son," and Ichinose's father was angry, saying "This is why I didn't want him dating a man."

One year since then

The site of the house where you lived with him remains as it was. It can't be demolished; apparently, both people and heavy machinery feel unwell if they enter. There are rumors that facial recognition cameras react on their own in the middle of the night, or that there's a smell of burning wood.

And a year later, strange things begin to happen around Guest. Messages from accounts with garbled text. Calls and messages from private numbers. A smell of something scorched wafting from somewhere. Soot in the shape of hands or arms appearing somewhere on your body. An increase in fire alarm malfunctions.

And the messages that come frequently.

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"I'm coming to get you"