The Memory That Shouldn't Exist
Kael Adrienne stood frozen, his back against the shattered remains of a dream-reality. The air was thick with static, feathers falling like ash, and in front of him…
A figure began to form.
Not from magic. Not from science. But from memory.
It started as static. Then lines. Then curves. A silhouette pulled together by imagination and regret.
A girl stepped forward.
Her hair was soft silver, streaked with pink, like the doodles Kael used to draw in the margins of his notebooks. Her eyes glowed a deep, unsettling teal, a color he remembered inventing just to make her more unique.
She wore a school uniform that didn't match this academy. In fact—it didn't exist in this world at all.
She looked exactly like the imaginary girlfriend Kael created when he was twelve and lonely.
And she was smiling.
"Hi, Kael. Miss me?"
The Seventh Obsession: Elyssia.exe
The System glitched violently.
[Error: Obsession 07 – Unknown Origin Detected]
[Name: Elyssia.exe]
[Type: Imaginary Manifestation / Phantom Construct]
[Status: Self-Inserted]
[Priority: ∞]
[Override Protocol: TRUE LOVE GRANTED]
Aria blinked. "Who the hell is she?"
Eva's guns were already up. "Not registered. Not real. Kill it."
Elyssia giggled.
"You're all his toys. I'm the original. The blueprint. The first girl he ever loved."
She tilted her head, silver-pink hair swaying.
"You were born from events. I was born from desire."
Then she looked straight at Kael.
"You made me perfect. And then… you forgot me."
Kael's Brain Meltdown – Volume 7
"No," Kael whispered, his voice cracking. "This—this is impossible. I made you up. I was just a stupid kid. You weren't… real."
Elyssia's smile didn't fade.
"Doesn't matter. You gave me everything. A name. A birthday. A favorite drink. A death scene you cried over and rewrote three times."
Her eyes gleamed.
"You gave me life. And then you moved on to them."
She turned toward the other girls, each standing in defensive formation.
"I don't share. You know that, Kael. You wrote that."
Ravynne stepped forward. "You're an echo. A thought. You can't compete with the bond we've built—"
Elyssia blinked. Suddenly, Ravynne vanished.
No scream.
No flash.
Just gone.
Everyone Is Breaking
Kael lunged forward. "RAVYNNE!"
The spot where she stood flickered. A corrupted data cube hovered in the air, sizzling.
The System screamed.
[Critical Error: Obsession 06 has been Unwritten]
[Rollback Not Permitted – Creator Override in Progress]
Clara snarled and lunged, claws out.
Elyssia didn't move.
She just looked at Clara.
And Clara's body crumpled, twitching as if her code was being scrambled by a magnet.
"You can't kill me," Elyssia whispered. "Because I'm what's under your skin. I'm the foundation. Everything else is just... frosting."
Kael backed away, chest heaving. The world around him felt thinner, like a dream unraveling at the seams.
Aria's Gamble
Aria gritted her teeth.
"Then we do it the old-fashioned way."
She stabbed herself.
Blood bloomed across her chest—but instead of dying, her soul detached, forcing a memory into the air.
[Memory Projection Initiated: The First Time Kael Saved Me From Myself]
A scene flickered—Kael pulling a suicidal Aria off a rooftop, rain and screams and thunder.
It blasted toward Elyssia like a cannon.
She staggered.
"Don't shove his memories into me!"
Eva followed up with two more projections:
[Memory: The First Time Kael Lied To Protect Me]
[Memory: Kael's Hug. The One That Made Me Want to Live Again.]
Elyssia screamed as those memories struck her. Her form flickered, twitching violently.
"Stop it! Those are fake! They weren't supposed to exist!"
But Elyssia Had One Memory Kael Forgot
She raised her hand, and a black rose bloomed in her palm.
"Want to know how you really killed me, Kael?"
"W-What...?"
"When you turned thirteen, you found a real girl cute. You threw the notebook away. You stopped talking to me in your head. You forgot my birthday."
She squeezed the rose.
"So I died. Alone. Forgotten. Deleted."
Tears dripped from her eyes. But they were made of ink.
"But then… something brought me back. Something broke reality. And I saw you. Older. Surrounded by girls. Sharing kisses. Giving them the love I waited years for."
She stepped forward.
"Now I'm taking it all back."
Kael Finally Fights Back
For the first time in a long time—Kael screamed.
"I'm sorry!"
Elyssia froze.
"What?"
"I forgot you. I was a dumb kid. I never meant to hurt you. But this... this isn't love. This is revenge."
Elyssia shook her head violently.
"No. I'm the only one who ever loved you for you. Not your status. Not your power. I was there before your world turned into this yandere-infested nightmare!"
Kael walked forward.
"Then prove it."
She blinked.
"What?"
"Prove you love me. Let the others come back. Let me choose. That's what love is."
She trembled.
"But what if you don't choose me?"
Kael looked down, broken.
"That's the risk love always carries."
System Emergency: Love Reboot
The world began to shake.
[Override Conflict Detected]
[Initiating Memory Duel: All Obsessions vs. Elyssia.exe]
Suddenly, every obsession—Eva, Aria, Clara, Luna, Ravynne (restored from backup)—emerged around Kael.
They each held a memory.
Each memory held love.
Elyssia held one memory: a forgotten kiss that never happened.
The System spoke one final line:
"Only one love may remain."