Grief is cruel. Some cry until their throats run dry, Some drink until their bodies give out, Some forget until their minds go silent. Some, dream. One night, Fuyuhiko finds her, in a crimson dreamscape beneath endless snow. The woman he loves, the one he lost, connected to him by a thin red string. He can't leave her - not again. So, he sleeps. More and more, and more - because to Fuyuhiko, this isn't a dream. It's something else. Something he can't quite name yet. His friends watch him fade, helpless. Trying to pull him back is like holding water with open hands. ...Grief is cruel. Some blur the line between fantasy and reality, Some claw through their own skin for a chance to see the one they love. And some dream... Until they never wake again. THIS BOOK IS COMPLETE - UPDATES POSTED DAILY Started: 25/07/25 Finished: 12/08/25

A party can be thrown for many reasons. 1. To celebrate someone's birthday. 2. To celebrate a holiday that is part of your religion/ family traditions. 3. To cheer up someone when they've been working too hard, or not quite in the best of spirits. Or 4. The perfect trap luring unsuspecting teens, to their d e a t h s . This story is based off of Roblox Flicker, the Classic version. All characters used belong to JJ Studios, although their backstories/personalities are invented by me. This is my first story read by the public, so I hope you enjoy! A few warnings before you go any further- There is LGBTQ+ There is swearing...But not a lot. There is Romance, but this is Flicker. So the Romance is not going to be too extreme. This is a slightly different version of Flicker. How different? Well for one, there are back-stories. If you're someone who enjoys a little bit of inside drama before Flicker starts, then feel free to read from the start. However if you just came for Flicker, then skip to Chapter 7.

Private School, Total Drama AU I do not own the characters. Main ships: Duncney, Gidgette, Aleheather, and Gwent.

They're in their final year at Hope's Peak Academy. Everything is perfect-until it isn't. When Peko is sent on a dangerous mission by the clan she's sworn to protect, Fuyuhiko begs her not to go. She doesn't listen. She comes back bloodied, bruised, and permanently deafened-suddenly plunged into a world of silence. At first, Fuyuhiko doesn't know how to reach her. Words fail them both. He stays by her side, clinging to hastily scribbled notes-but it's not enough. Enter Hajime Hinata: fluent in sign language, patient, kind. A bridge to Peko that Fuyuhiko can't be. And worse, while Fuyuhiko struggles with guilt, jealousy and helplessness, the clan starts to find a replacement for Peko. To them, she's no longer a weapon. She's a liability. But not to him. Never to him. To Fuyuhiko, Peko is irreplaceable. So he makes it his mission: become the man Peko needs. The man she deserves. The man she wants. What he doesn't know is that-through every bruise, every silence, every storm... He's always been that man. -♡- Peko never imagined surviving would feel like this. Her body is healing-but her world has shattered. She knows what the Kuzuryuu clan will think of her now that she's deaf. And suddenly, she learns they plan to replace her. But worse than that-Peko notices that Fuyuhiko has begun to distance himself, for reasons she doesn't yet understand. For Peko, all hope slips away. She loves Fuyuhiko, more than she can admit aloud. But maybe loving him means letting him go. Maybe he'd be better off without her, free to rise in the clan without being dragged down by a broken tool. Because holding him back from his destiny would be selfish... Wouldn't it? -♡- [NON-DESPAIR AU] 🔞-This book contains NSFW chapters. They are skippable and not hugely relevant to the overall plot. Other chapters may contain sexual themes/references. ❕THIS STORY IS COMPLETE, UPDATES ARE POSTED EVERY DAY❕