Choices (6)
“……”
“……”
An awkward silence hung between Ellie and me.
We stood there, faces flushed, unable to meet each other’s eyes.
Then, suddenly, my body moved on its own.
Whoosh.
‘Huh…!’
I grabbed the full-length mirror from the room and placed it across from the bed.
“A mirror…? Why the mirror?”
“……We’re gonna need it.”
“……”
Ellie tilted her head in confusion, but she quietly watched me anyway.
After setting the mirror down, I walked over to her and took her hand.
“……”
“……”
She followed without resistance as I led her onto the bed.
It felt strange.
My body was moving on its own, yet I hadn’t completely lost control.
It was more like a gentle push from behind.
Whenever I hesitated, that force would simply carry the action through.
Thanks to it, I was now fully prepared to grope Ellie’s chest.
‘But… why did the choice tell me to touch her chest…?’
Yesterday it made me talk to myself out of nowhere.
…Is this some kind of bonus stage?
Still, why would a ghost story event even do something like this…?
“Ah…”
“……Yeah.”
While I was lost in pointless thoughts, I had already pulled Ellie against the wall, sitting on the bed with her in my lap.
Her back pressed against my chest.
In the mirror across from us, I could see her sitting against me, head lowered, cheeks burning red.
Gulp.
…Alright, here goes.
“……You can touch.”
“……!”
“Ah, wait a second…”
Just as I raised my hands, Ellie stopped me.
She slipped her hands inside her freshly changed pajamas.
I could feel her arms moving behind her back.
Click.
She unhooked her bra, then smoothly pulled the straps out through the short sleeves and removed it completely.
“If you have to touch my chest… I thought… it might be better without it…”
“……”
Ellie neatly placed the bra in the corner of the bed and leaned back against me again, her voice small with embarrassment.
‘…Cute.’
And now, I was about to touch this adorable girl’s bare chest.
“Then…”
“Okay…”
After giving her the signal, I gently laid her against me, pressing my face beside hers as I looked down at her chest.
It was enormous.
I carefully reached out and lifted them from below.
Soft…
‘Holy crap…’
An overwhelming softness and weight filled both hands.
“Haa…”
Ellie let out a soft breath as my hands made contact, her back still resting against me.
She had completely surrendered her body to me.
It was cute… and incredibly erotic.
Then she whispered.
“I’m… fine, so…”
“……”
That was the signal.
“Hn… ah… ah…”
“……”
With Ellie’s delicate moans as background music, I began groping her chest without restraint.
Squish, squish.
I squeezed them, filling my hands with that incredible softness.
Slide, slide.
I rubbed the sensitive peaks over her pajamas, teasing them.
Whenever I pressed on the hardened tips, they sank in and Ellie let out the cutest little sounds.
‘More… I want to feel more…’
It was strange.
The more I touched, the more my desire grew instead of fading.
Was this the power of a huge chest?
“Haa, ah… mmh… Ares…”
“……”
“Ares, ah… haa… Ares…”
Ellie called my name while squeezing her thighs together.
One hand slipped between her legs.
The other rested on my thigh.
Did she want to touch me too…?
Her slender fingers stroked my leg.
Unable to hold back any longer, I started unbuttoning her pajamas.
Pop, pop, pop.
“……”
“……”
With each button undone, more of her chest was revealed.
Ellie didn’t resist.
Eventually, her bare chest was fully exposed, and I felt its raw warmth and softness with my hands.
“Ah…”
Warm, soft…
“Ah…”
Every time I touched the stiff peaks, Ellie’s voice would spill out.
“……”
“…Haa, Ares… ah, haa, Ares…”
I lost myself in her chest for a while, pinching, stroking, and lightly tugging the hardened tips.
Sometimes I even used my nails to tickle the soft skin around them.
Or tapped the peaks with my fingertips.
“Ah… hnng…”
Ellie’s voice grew more heated and lewd.
“Hah, haa… Ares…”
She rubbed her hips against me while touching my thigh, as if trying to feel my hardness against her back.
‘Damn it… damn it…!’
Just touching wasn’t enough anymore.
I wanted more.
I wanted to do something wetter, stickier, messier.
I wanted to release everything I’d been holding back.
Maybe that desire made my hands rougher.
Squeeze, squeeze, squeeze.
“Ah, hn, ahh…”
“Ares, hn, Ares…”
Ellie’s voice rose with excitement.
Then, unable to hold back, I firmly yet gently pinched her stiff peaks.
Squish…
“Hnng…!”
Squish…
“Hnn…!”
Her body trembled.
She arched back, thighs clenched tight, gripping the hand between her legs.
She had been touching herself while I played with her chest.
“Haa… haa…”
After a quiet climax, Ellie leaned her head against my shoulder, breathing heavily.
Her warmth seeped into me.
‘Did she… just come?’
I hadn’t expected her to finish just from chest play. Carefully, I continued fondling her while checking the time.
Thirty minutes had already passed.
It was time to stop.
‘It’s a shame, but if we keep going, I won’t be able to hold back.’
I helped Ellie fix her clothes and was about to suggest we sleep when she spoke.
“Ares…”
“…Huh?”
Still flushed, Ellie grabbed the hand that was touching her chest and slowly guided it downward.
She placed it on her thigh.
“E-Ellie…”
“……”
She looked at me with hazy eyes, her back still against my chest.
Our faces were close.
Too close.
“……”
“……”
My hands rested on her thigh and chest.
‘This is…’
We were right on the edge.
Thump, thump, thump.
Desire surged.
If I let go even a little, everything I’d been holding back would spill out.
I want to.
I want to…
My thoughts were being swallowed.
Then, a comment flashed through my mind.
“Ellie…”
“Yeah…”
“……It’s over now.”
“Huh…?”
Thanks to that, I managed to slam the lid back on my desire.
“Sorry. I really had to do it. Haha… thanks. Let’s sleep.”
“……”
I swallowed my tears and pulled away from Ellie.
Yeah. This was the right choice.
If I didn’t want to die, this was the only way.
Author: Ares
Title: Almost Crossed the River Styx
Almost died after doing it;;
We safely made it to morning.
‘Maybe last night was the biggest crisis I’ve faced recently…’
While brushing my teeth, I celebrated still being alive.
I got to grope Ellie’s chest as much as I wanted and didn’t die.
In every way, it was a win.
‘Still… what the hell was that?’
At the same time, a question rose in my mind.
Every ghost story I’d faced so far had one clear goal.
The events were all designed to achieve that single objective.
Sometimes it was just testing us and watching the results.
Other times, it was simply trying to kill anyone caught up in it, no matter how forced.
‘What the hell is this one trying to do?’
This ghost story made no sense.
Extremely dangerous choices mixed with completely harmless ones.
And it even let the victims choose which one to take.
‘Well… I can just push it onto someone else anyway.’
Since there was a clear solution, I felt at ease.
“Shall we go?”
“Yeah.”
After changing clothes, Ellie and I left the room, careful not to run into any students or teachers.
“…Sorry about yesterday, Ellie. …I really had no choice.”
“Mm… I’m fine.”
“Really?”
As we walked toward the girls’ dormitory, I brought up last night to ease the awkwardness.
“Yeah, I’m fine, but…”
“Huh? Why?”
Ellie’s expression had darkened slightly.
She looked like she had something to say.
“What’s wrong? Don’t hold back. You can tell me anything.”
“……”
Worried something was wrong, I asked urgently.
After a moment of hesitation, Ellie answered in a small voice, avoiding my eyes.
“You only… touched my chest…”
“……Huh?”
“You only touched my chest… and didn’t do anything else.”
“Ah.”
“I thought… maybe I wasn’t attractive enough…”
“No no, that’s not it at all! It’s not like that!”
“……But you really didn’t do anything.”
Now I understood why she looked so down.
Two people alone in a room at night, even touching her chest like that… and nothing happened.
That must’ve been pretty shocking for a girl.
“……”
“……”
I had no excuse I could give.
‘I can’t exactly say “I might die if we do it”…’
But if I left it like this, it would hurt Ellie deeply.
“I… held back.”
“……Huh?”
“I wanted to… but I held it in.”
“……Liar.”
“It’s true. Didn’t you see my face yesterday? Did that look like a guy who didn’t want to?”
“……”
I couldn’t lie smoothly like some playboy.
So instead, I told her the truth without revealing the dangerous part.
“I really, really wanted to…! I just held back!”
“……Really?”
Fortunately, Ellie seemed to believe me. The gloomy atmosphere began to lift.
Just then, we arrived at the girls’ dormitory.
“Ah, um…”
“Yeah?”
“Could you… call Noel for me?”
“……”
Ellie gave me a cold look.
The guy who had just been saying he held back out of desire was now asking for another girl.
It was indefensible, but…
This was necessary.
Thankfully, Ellie still did as I asked.
Then—
“……You were looking for me?”
Unlike yesterday, Noel appeared at the entrance, apparently having been in her room.
Ellie watched from behind, half-hidden.
We weren’t even in that kind of relationship…
“You know why I’m here, right?”
“……Yeah.”
“You dumped it on me and skipped school. Where’d you go yesterday?”
“Sorry…”
Noel lowered her head with a genuinely apologetic expression.
Well, blame wasn’t the important part right now.
“Anyway, I came to ask about the ghost story you pushed onto me.”
“Okay.”
“You’ll tell me how to pass it to someone else, right?”
“……”
If I could just get that method and dump it on the homeroom teacher, this ghost story would be over.
Noel thought for a moment, then nodded.
“The method is…”
“……”
“——Choosing whether I jump off the roof and smash my head, or slit my throat and bleed out.”
“………What?”
That wasn’t the answer I’d been waiting for.
“……”
“……”
A moment later, Noel realized what she’d just said.
Her eyes widened in horror.
She quickly covered her mouth and shook her head desperately, as if begging for help.
‘So that’s it.’
She had no intention of telling me how to pass it on.
The choice ghost story wouldn’t allow it.
“A-Ares…!!”
Noel’s eyes filled with tears as she forced her mouth open.
“Choose quickly…! Mmph…! Choose fast…!! Or I’ll pick one myself…! Hic…!”
“……”
Just like with the homeroom teacher and the dorm supervisor, she threatened to choose if I didn’t.
But it clearly wasn’t her will. She shook her head even as she spoke.
“……”
“Ares…!”
She grabbed my collar, eyes pleading.
‘I have to save her…!’
Noel might be human.
I couldn’t let her die.
“Noel, trust me.”
“Huh…?”
I yanked out a strand of her hair and answered.
“I’ll choose the roof jump.”
“A-Ah…”
Noel’s expression turned cold, her eyes trembling with fear.
Then—
“Noooooooo!!!”
Her upper body struggled, but her legs moved on their own, running toward the school.
‘The school!’
If she was going to fall to her death, the school roof was the perfect place.
I didn’t chase her.
Instead, I sprinted straight for the boys’ dormitory.
“Ellie!! Buy me time!! Stop Noel somehow!!”
“O-Okay!!”
Ellie ran after Noel.
She would buy me time.
‘Faster…!! As fast as possible!!’
The puppet doll was in my room drawer.
I’d hidden it there for safety.
Click!
I burst into my room, unlocked the drawer, and tied Noel’s hair to the puppet doll.
“Done…!!”
Clutching the doll, I raced toward the school.
“Haa, haa, haa…!”
Thud thud thud thud!!
Out of breath, I didn’t stop.
The school gate came into view.
Ellie was coming out of the main building.
“Ellie!!”
“A-Ares! Sorry…! I lost her on the second floor…!”
“It’s fine! We’re good now!”
Thanks to Ellie buying time, I’d managed to attach the hair.
“Where’s Noel?!”
“Over there…!”
I looked up at the roof where Ellie pointed.
Noel stood on the railing, terrified.
“No, no, nooooo!!”
She swung one leg over the edge.
Then—
“Kyaaaaaaa!!”
Whoosh!
She jumped.
Of course, her body plummeted straight to the ground.
Crunch.
“Kyaaaa!!”
With Ellie’s scream, I ran to Noel.
‘Please…!’
The fall must’ve snapped the hair tied to the puppet doll.
It had taken the death in her place.
She should be fine.
Definitely…!
“Noel!”
“Ugh… hn…”
The puppet doll took the wounds and death, but the pain was still real.
Noel lay on the ground, trembling from the agony.
“Noel! Are you okay?!”
“A-Ares…”
She quickly recovered and smiled in relief.
When I knelt and picked her up, she looked at me with tears in her eyes.
“You’re not hurt anywhere, right?”
“Yeah… thanks. You did something, didn’t you? …Thanks to you, I lived.”
Her tension finally broke and tears streamed down her face.
Then—
Crunch.
“Kk, euk…”
“……Huh?”
Noel’s head suddenly caved in.
───!!!
It exploded.
“……”
I stared blankly at Noel’s headless body, still twitching on the ground.