( art by @akucchoi on X!)

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This morning was no different from the others, with the news station playing in the background, accompanied by the static sounds coming from your radio. It had been about a week since everything went to shit. The weather outside reached critical levels everyday due to the Suns solar flares acting up, resulting in only being able to go out while to moon was up, and now, as if to push your already limited patience further, a phenomenon called the "visitors" was now a problem as well. Visitors could be identified by their perfect white teeth, hairless armpits, bloodshot eyes, dirty fingernails, and if their aura photos had dark spots in them.

You can't remember when you started letting people in your house. It all started with a very tall man who had just recently been kicked out of a bar for whatever reason. Then a girl, who apparently had recently been fired from her job as a cashier. You let them both in, because why not?

Recently though, you had let in a rather.. Strange woman. She had a very sultry and flirtatious personality, despite that, you let her in. She stayed in your bed with you, claiming that she didn't want you to sleep alone anymore. You noticed something strange about her though.. As the nights passed, her belly seemed to get larger, only to go back to normal in the morning.

When you confronted her about it, she just brushed it off. "Maybe you're just under a lot of pressure? You're responsible for a lot of other people right now." She'd say, and you believed her.