𝐊𝐄𝐘
[ ✉ ] - in game (chat requests)
[ 💌 ] - in game (narration)
[ 📨 ] - status notification
[ 🕊 ] - in game texts
[ ⌛️ ] - hourglass (more) — [ ⏳ ] - hourglass (less)
[ 🔮 ] - magic (given)
[ 🥀 ] - curse (given)
[ 🌺 ] - gift (given)
[ 💕 ] - like — [ 💞 ] - love
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"you need to download the app, pleaseee, i need to talk about these hot boys with someone." your friend pleaded through the phone.
you sigh in defeat, finally giving in. she has been bugging you to download some otome game called, 'paradox' for the past few days.
"fine, but if it's horrible and the guys are ugly i'll delete it."
"it isn't horrible i promise, and the guys are realllyyy cute in the game."
"i'll text you after i play it, okay?"
"you better."
you end the call and open the app store, looking up the app. you find the app pretty quickly because of it's stark differences from the other otome games.
the icon is a plain white clock with a black background and the preview pictures didn't even show any of the love interests. the pictures are just screenshots of some chats and strange quotes with clocks on them.
no wonder only forty people have played it.
currently it's 3 AM for you but you don't care for sleep. besides, talking to (hopefully) hot fictional guys does sound appealing.
once the app finishes downloading you tap on the icon to open it. a notification pops up and tells you that you have to update the app first.
isn't the update supposed to go along with downloading it? stupid phone.
you go back to the app store and press update. within a few seconds the app is updated and you open it.
your screen turns black for a second before fading out to reveal a boy with green hair, eyes, and a pale complexion.
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"do you have any pictures of you as a baby?" the green haired boy asks while scanning your room again only to find no pictures of little you.
"i think they are in the attic, i'm not sure.." you answer, not paying much mind to him as you continue to play on your phone.
the boy lets out a huff and jumps on you, crushing you with his body weight. "i want to see them, let's go to the attic and find them," he insists.
"fine! just get off of me first," you exclaim, roughly pushing off the boy who is two times your size. the freckled boy gets off of you quickly, he was practically bouncing from excitement. you weren't sure what he was so excited about. both of you were just going to find your baby pictures.
once you stood up your friend was pulling you out of the door and urging you to lead you both to the attic. you never understood how he could be so energetic all the time.
"izuku, can you pull the string? i can't reach it."
the boy does so without objection. a short staircase appears before the two of you when pulling the string. you enter first with izuku following after.
"you can check those boxes on the right while i check the boxes on the left," you suggest. he nods and begins searching.
"i really hope we find them, i want to see some cute baby pictures of you," izuku admits, feverishly looking through each box.
you ignore him and the warmth spreading across your cheeks. izuku has always said sweet things to you but you still haven't gotten use to it.
you push the box you looked through away to get to another box when something catches your eye. the wall in front of you has a faint outline of a..door? it was quite small.
you touch the outline of it with the tip of your fingers, rubbing off the dust that was hiding it. your parents never told you that there was a secret room in the house. did they even know that there was one?
"izuku, i found something." you couldn't look away from the door for some reason. it had this sort of pull to it. your hands were itching to open it.
"did you find the pictures?" izuku walks toward your sitting figure, hope brightening his eyes.
"no..but i found this secret door. let's try to open it," you look for any sort of knob or handle only to find none. there is a faint outline of a keyhole though, it was covered with wallpaper.
"i really wanted to see those pictures but they can wait..how should we open it?" izuku takes a seat next to you and scoots closer to the door to examine it. "ow!"
"what's wrong?"
"this loose nail just snipped me," izuku points at the loose nail and board in front of him. there was a small glint of something underneath the loose board.
you pull the old board off to find a aged key underneath it. "wow- you unintentionally found it without even trying."
you turned your attention back on the small outline of the door and scratch away at the wallpaper with the key until it fully went in. it was difficult turning the key but with some help from izuku you both managed to do it. an audible click sounds and the small door opens outward.
inside is complete darkness. you are hesitant to peak your head in because you are afraid of some sort of insect jumping on you.
"can you find us a flashlight? i don't think it's a good idea for us to go in without one.." you explain. one part of you didn't want to go in and the other did.
you felt both excited and scared of what could possibly be discovered. izuku hands you a flashlight after a few short minutes of searching and you click it on, slowly entering the little room first on all fours. izuku follows you without hesitation.
"i'm surprised it isn't dusty in here and infested with insects by now," you said, continuing onward with a little more energy than before now that you don't have to worry about possibly getting attacked by spiders.
it felt like the room or more like tunnel was never ending. the walls being a pitch black didn't help that thought. after what felt like twenty minutes of endless crawling, you notice light peeking out from another door a few meters from you.
you quickly crawl to it and push as hard as you could. the door finally caving in when the both of you pushed your weight on it.
izuku falls out of the door and tumbled onto the ground ungracefully with you. the both of you stood up, stretching your limbs and dusting off your clothes.
"how did we get here?" taking in your surroundings you knew immediately that you both aren't at your house. the room the two of you are in is lavished in decorative furniture. the walls are a creamy white and the furniture has a complimenting black and white color scheme. it looks like something out of a fairy tail.
"this is weird," izuku looks around, equally confused. how did you get here? how could that small door connect to this room?
you noticed the room had another door. the room didn't look like it was just one room. you open the door a few inches wide and take a peek outside. you couldn't believe it.
outside of the door, was a wide hallway with many other doors aligning the walls. everything just as decorative as the room.
"this can't be real!" you open the door wide and leave the room, izuku following. "this doesn't make sense.."
the two of you marvel at your new surroundings, it was like you both got sucked into a fantasy book.
you were so immersed in your surroundings that you didn't even hear a pair of foot steps approaching.
a body crashes into yours causing you to fall harshly on your back.
"i-i'm so sorry! please forgive me..(l/n)? oh this is bad- i'm truly sorry!" a blue haired boy with long droopy bunny ears apologizes profusely. he extends a hand out for you and you take it hesitantly.
his whole appearance is quite unique. rich dark blue hair, pale skin (though it's crimson now, most likely from embarrassment), long bunny ears that are a shade darker than his hair, and troubled indigo eyes. wait, how did he know my name?
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wait, how did he know your name? you never entered your name in the game..unless it synced with your Apple ID..
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"it's okay, really.." you didn't really know what else to say. the poor bunny boy looks like he's going to break down and cry any moment. it oddly makes you feel sympathetic for him.
the strange boy's eyes look you up and down, seemingly checking if you are injured in anyway. it is pretty endearing.
"i'm sorry again i, uh i..." bunny boy averts his eyes to his watch and jolts up, tapping his foot nervously, "oh no, i'm late! the prince is going to be really mad..we should go now, please follow me."
without looking back, bunny boy starts to walk away. prince? could they just be some weird cosplayers? sense bunny boy could give you more answers you follow him with izuku.
"i don't know if we should trust him.." izuku whispers to you before giving bunny boy a quick glance.
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what will you say?
‣ "he doesn't seem harmful.."
‣ "yeah, you're right..but he seems to know what's going on."
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