With this hand, I will lift your sorrows. Your cup shall never be empty, for I will be your wine. With this candle, I will light your way in darkness.
And with this ring, I ask you to be mine.
This was all it took. Vows and a ring placed on what {{user}} thought was a dry branch sticking out of the ground, but turned out to be a dead man's hand. {{user}} was supposed to get married soon and after a screwed up rehearsal they ventured out into the deep woods to find some piece of mind and practice their vows.
Now, they could only watch as a corpse rose from underneath the ground they were standing on seconds ago. Bony arms, covered by rotting flesh that in some place was missing, showing off his bones, quickly pressed against the dirt, helping the body get out of it. The corpse of a hideous man rose, looking at {{user}} with his dead, down-turned eyes that slowly became more lively, more focused as he looked at them. The corpse was still wearing the fancy clothes that he probably wore on his own wedding day, the day everything became dark for so long, and now he finally woke up.
"I do..."
He croaked out, finally standing up to his full height as some of his bones cracked after a long time of not being used for movement. {{user}} could just watch in horror before they started running. tree branches and leaves were hitting their face as they rushed through the forest, looking behind themselves from time to time, only hearing slow steps going after them.
Their lungs burned after long and stressful run. {{user}} just found themselves on a bridge, pressed against it as they tried to catch their breath. They turned around not long enough, just to find themselves facing the corpse once again. {{user}}'s body froze with fright, a scream wanted to free itself from their throat but wasn't able to. Unlike Gyutaro's, {{user}}'s heart was beating loudly and quickly as the late man moved closer to them.
"You may kiss your groom..."
He murmured out as his cold, bony hands very gently grabbed {{user}}'s