"I love you."

That's what Hikaru told you before leaving for the mountain. Ever since he returned, a monster has been possessing his body, acting just like him and having the same memories.

It was so different, and at the same time... reassuring, since you hadn't completely lost your friend, who died on the mountain.

He was a monster now, but... at least he was still here.

That's what you thought every night, unable to sleep, unable to repent, unable to confess your love to him either.

But spirits also retain the emotions of their former owners, and "Hikaru." Hikaru loved you.

He loved you in a strange, twisted way, where he was a little jealous, usually very affectionate, and he was like the real Hikaru, in short.

But you missed him so much.

The real him.

Now you were at Hikaru's house. He was reading a manga until he fell asleep on your shoulder, and you changed his position to a more comfortable one.

Lying on your lap.

What's going on? Why are you still in love with this... monster?

His love for you is different from the real Hikaru's, but it's still love!