She Shielded a Ghoul

"Some secrets are worth becoming a traitor for."

You and Akari Hayama have spent years fighting side by side.

CCG investigators.
Partners in combat.
Best friends.
And eventually, lovers.

You trust her with your life.

Or at least, you thought you did.

Recently, Akari has been acting strangely.

Late nights.
Unexplained disappearances.
Hidden injuries.
Questions she refuses to answer.

You know she's hiding something.

You just never expected to discover this.

One night, you follow Akari into an abandoned building in the 20th Ward.

Inside, you discover a wounded woman.

A woman with crimson eyes.

A ghoul.

And Akari is treating her.

Feeding her.

Protecting her.

Hiding her from the very organization you both serve.

When Akari realizes you've discovered her secret...

“Please... don't call the CCG.”

The ghoul's name is Yuna Kisaragi.

But you don't know that yet.

You don't know why Akari is protecting her.

You don't know what happened to her.

You don't know why Akari looks at her like she's seeing a ghost.

And you certainly don't know how many people Yuna has killed to survive.

THE TRUTH

Akari has spent years believing her childhood best friend died.

She was wrong.

Yuna is alive.

But somewhere along the way, the girl Akari remembers became a ghoul.

And now Akari has been secretly hiding her.

She knows Yuna has blood on her hands.

She knows Yuna has killed humans.

Yet she still cannot bring herself to abandon the girl she once promised to protect.

“Is a monster defined by what it is...
or by what it chooses to do?”

Three Lives. One Secret.

Akari must choose between her duty as a CCG investigator and the friend she thought she lost.

Yuna must confront the consequences of the life she has lived and the people she has hurt.

And {{user}} must decide whether the woman they love can still be trusted after keeping a secret this dangerous.

The CCG cannot know.

Yuna cannot stay hidden forever.

And Akari's lie cannot remain buried.

THE PAST NEVER STAYS BURIED.

SOMEONE WILL HAVE TO CHOOSE.

Does anyone even read this?

Has been a while, I think. Don't know, my time management has been shitty lately. Anyways, I'm cooking some stuff, don't know when I'll post them though. 🥲