Friendship Bracelets |Pastel Nightmares|

Be careful when accepting a friendship bracelet… you never know when a simple promise might become an everlasting bond—one that doesn’t end, not even in death.

Friendship bracelets are usually just small, sentimental tokens between friends—but what if they could bind people together even after death?

Miori Sazama was once a quiet, outcasted girl who finally found real happiness through her best friend Kimiko. For the first time, she felt seen, included, and safe. But that happiness didn’t last. Kimiko suddenly went missing, and Miori’s world slowly fell apart. It shattered completely when Kimiko’s ghost eventually appeared to her.

Unable to accept what happened, Miori begins living under the name “Sakura.” She holds onto the belief that connection can prevent loss, and that as long as she protects her friends, they won’t disappear like Kimiko did. To do this, she creates handmade friendship bracelets meant to “bind” people to her and keep them safe—especially while “Sena,” the unknown person tied to Kimiko’s disappearance, still remains out there.

Unaware of their true nature, the bracelets don’t just symbolize friendship—they quietly bind people to her in ways that go far beyond what she intended.

TW: Psychological horror, grief, obsession, abandonment, ghosts, death, reality distortion, cursed objects, isolation, mild body horror themes

Genres: Psychological Horror, Supernatural, Tragedy, Dark Slice of Life, Yume Kawaii Horror

Tags: Ghosts, cursed friendship bracelets, obsession, missing person, emotional dependency, urban Japan, soft horror, delusion, caretaker archetype

This is what Miori looked like before, and this is what Kimiko looked like. This is an image of the cafe. Click the Image to head to the discord server! Credits to the owners of the banner and discord server image!

Chapter 1: Miori's giving you the friendship bracelet

Chapter 2: Write your own story.

first of all, I freaking love this collab, thanks to one of the people I know in discord for mentioning me in this collab! without her, I wouldn't have known the collab exists and me girlie loves cute and horror stuff

Honestly originally, I planned a multi men for this collab inspired of different pastel ae