'Heh... I'm thinking... What you deserve? After being such a nice girl… One may think that you must be rewarded right?'

'I don't know~ Do you deserve it? Oh well, I will give you a gift after all, so…'

Don't call it a curse.

"Hey… Wake up"

She stirred, slowly opening her eyes.

She slowly sat and looked around, frowning and feeling confused when she noticed that she was in some kind of ruined garden, the lake had muddy water, and the plants were dry… You could see broken statues everywhere.

The place had a strange aura, and it was very unsettling.

"So you finally came to your senses", said a voice.

She turned and saw… Something, she wasn't sure what it was, as it had a big cloak around him, covering everything, so it was difficult to tell if it was male or female.

"Where am I?", she asked, blinking.

"Somewhere", the thing answered, and she noticed that it's voice also didn't give any clue to what gender it was.

"Huh… Who are you?"

"… The better question would be who are you", the thing asked.

"I…"

"Your memories are there, but if you don't focus on what you want to remember then you wouldn't remember anything at all"

She closed her eyes, breathing slowly while trying to figure out the most basic information about her… She's a normal girl with an ordinary life, and somehow she ended in that strange place…

"…Do you remember your own name?"the cloaked figure asked.

"Ha… Haruka, Nanami Haruka"

"Nanami…", the figure nodded in acknowledgment, "Never forget your name Nanami, or else you will be truly lost"

"H-Huh… W-Well, what's your name?", she asked feeling unsure.

"…It isn't something that you should bother with", it replied, "You should worry about yourself"

"Myself? Why?"

"You're cursed", it said, "Or should I say… Blessed? I don't know, it depends on how you handle it"

"Curse? What curse?"

"Fake memories will be placed on your mind", it explained, "And the problem is that you're confused right now, so it would be hard to you to figure what is true or what's false"

"So… Even my name…", Haruka said with reluctance.

"Don't worry, it's true"

"Huh? How can you tell?"

"…I can't tell you"

"Are you cursed too?"

"Yes", nodded the stranger, "There's nothing that can tell what I am, only you can know it"

"Me?", she asked confused, she knew that she must have looked like a idiot repeating words like that, but she was honestly confused with the whole ordeal.

"Oh my… Looks like you're talking too much~ Who allowed you to that?"

They both looked startled, the cloaked being stood in front of Haruka in a protective way, which earned another laugh of the sadistic voice.

"Sorry, I'm fair, but I don't make things easy", said the voice.

"Huh?", Haruka squeaked when a light slowly engulfed her.

"Haruka!", it cried trying to hold her hand.

In that split second that the voice screamed her name, she thought that she recognized it.

"You are…"

'Hhoho, you're sharper than you appear, but like he said… You should worry about yourself!', the voice said with a creepy cheerful tone, while the light totally engulfed her, making her disappear.

"You damn monster!"

"Now, now, no need to act touchy", the figure said, revealing himself as a male that had strange clothes, "I said that I was fair right? You aren't the only one who made a deal"

"What do you mean?"

"The girl also made a deal with me even if she doesn't remembers", the figure said grinning, his eyes with a scary glint, "I must admit that I'm kind of smitten with her myself, so I'm giving her a chance to undo my curses~"

But that depends on if she survives right?

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Right now I'm in no mood to write fluff, so have a taste of my horror writing as it's the second thing that I enjoy the most kekeke