𝖠𝖫𝖨𝖢𝖤 𝖨𝖭 𝖡𝖮𝖱𝖣𝖤𝖱𝖫𝖠𝖭𝖣 𝖥𝖠𝖭𝖥𝖨𝖢 𝖮𝖢 𝗑 𝖲𝗁𝗎𝗇𝗍𝖺𝗋𝗈 𝖢𝗁𝗂𝗌𝗁𝗂𝗒𝖺 𝖠 𝖳𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖺𝗉𝗂𝗌𝗍 𝗇𝖺𝗆𝖾𝖽 𝖪𝗈𝗄𝗈𝗋𝗈 𝖬𝗂𝗇-𝗃𝗂 𝖿𝗂𝗇𝖽𝗌 𝗁𝖾𝗋𝗌𝖾𝗅𝖿 𝗌𝗍𝗎𝖼𝗄 𝗂𝗇 𝗐𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗌𝖾𝖾𝗆𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝖻𝖾 𝖺 𝗌𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗇𝗀𝖾 𝖺𝗅𝗍𝖾𝗋𝗇𝖺𝗍𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗅𝗂𝗍𝗒. 𝖳𝗈 𝗌𝗎𝗋𝗏𝗂𝗏𝖾, 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝗋𝗂𝗌𝗄 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗅𝗂𝖿𝖾 𝗂𝗇 𝖽𝖾𝖺𝖽𝗅𝗒 𝗀𝖺𝗆𝖾𝗌 𝖻𝖺𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝗈𝖿𝖿 𝗈𝖿 𝖼𝖺𝗋𝖽 𝗌𝗎𝗂𝗍𝗌. 𝖥𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝟥 𝗈𝖿 𝖧𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝖰𝗎𝖾𝖾𝗇 𝗈𝖿 𝖣𝗂𝖺𝗆𝗈𝗇𝖽𝗌, 𝖬𝗂𝗇-𝗃𝗂 𝗀𝗋𝗈𝗐𝗌 𝗌𝗍𝗋𝗈𝗇𝗀𝖾𝗋, 𝖻𝗈𝗍𝗁 𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗉𝗁𝗒𝗌𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒. 𝖣𝗎𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗌𝖾𝖼𝗈𝗇𝖽 𝗀𝖺𝗆𝖾, 𝟧 𝗈𝖿 𝖲𝗉𝖺𝖽𝖾𝗌, 𝖬𝗂𝗇-𝗃𝗂 𝖻𝗎𝗆𝗉𝗌 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗉𝖺𝗍𝗂𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗅𝗂𝗍𝗒, 𝖲𝗁𝗎𝗇𝗍𝖺𝗋𝗈 𝖢𝗁𝗂𝗌𝗁𝗂𝗒𝖺． 𝖨𝖬𝖯𝖱𝖤𝖲𝖲𝖨𝖵𝖤 𝖱𝖠𝖭𝖪𝖨𝖭𝖦𝖲： 𝟣 𝗂𝗇 #𝖺𝗅𝗂𝖼𝖾𝗂𝗇𝖻𝗈𝗋𝖽𝖾𝗋𝗅𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝟤 𝗂𝗇 #𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗍

𝐑𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐤𝐨 𝐊𝐚𝐧𝐳𝐚𝐤𝐢 was raised to be the queen on the chessboard. With brilliance in her blood and the weight of a medical dynasty on her shoulders, she spent her life calculating every move,winning over every room, and crushing her every opponent. All except one. 𝐒𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐨 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐲𝐚, her mirror and her opposite, the heir to a rival empire. Their rivalry was a cold war of perfect scores, stolen glances, and a game neither could afford to lose. A lifelong match of white versus black. But when the world shatters and they're stuck in the Borderlands, their endless match is interrupted by something far more dangerous. Now, stripped of privilege and trapped in a new world, Rin and Chishiya must face the one thing they never prepared for: Each other.

𝐘𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢 𝐊𝐚𝐭𝐲𝐚 wasn't surrounded by the best people growing up. She was raised around the world of drugs, crime and violence. But growing up in that environment meant she had to be careful. One wrong move could've gotten her killed. So, she developed the ability to read people. She knew what people wanted, before they even wanted it. She understood people even when they didn't understand themselves. This ability got her so far and now she has to use it to survive in the borderlands. She just hopes that her emotions won't get in her way. 𝐒𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐨 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐲𝐚 didn't care about anything. But there was always one thing that stuck in his mind. He always distanced himself from everything and everyone. He knew he was selfish. He always performed out of self preservation. He couldn't understand why anyone would want to save him, and yet she did. Now that they are stuck in the borderlands together, Katya has to survive with him and face the darkest moments in her life. And Chishiya has to watch as Katya does the thing he is incapable of doing. Care.

𝓨𝐔𝐌𝐄𝐊𝐎 𝓜𝐈𝐙𝐔𝐊𝐈 was that doll you never wanted. A porcelain beauty left to rot in flower pressed graves that simply took the skin of a beautiful, human psychiatrist. She never minded seeing her porcelain skin covered in blood and wept tears if that meant to know the answer to love. 𝓣hen, she looked into the mirror. 𝓢𝐇𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐎 𝓒𝐇𝐈𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐘𝐀 was a heart surgeon who didn't understand love. Didn't need love. An empty soul bearing the skin of an empty human. He worked with careful precision and emotionless strategy that didn't require feelings, or did he believe in finding the answer to love. He didn't understand hearts, he learnt to fix them. Well, only theirs and never his own. 𝓣wo morbid souls who could never truly accept each other- or maybe just their own, distorted reflections. 𝓣hey simply follow each other, falling down into the rabbit hole- just two heartless, empty dolls, one born to save, and the other to heal fractured hearts, finding themselves in the Borderlands. 𝓣here there is no room for morality, nor principles, let alone for judging what is good and what is evil. 𝓟erhaps that is what makes humanity so beautiful to people who already lost theirs. ──── 🃚 ──── started: july 3rd 2025 status: incomplete ended: n/a