Tsukumo.

To say that you are a neat, lucky person is a big lie. You were constantly getting into all sorts of troubles, either slipping into a river or falling on flat ground. There were times when you ended up in the hospital because of this. And one day, you met him like this...

Tsukumo. That's how the guide of the dead introduced himself. Then he thought that you were too young and beautiful to die and allowed your soul to return to your body. Yes, you promised him to be more careful and so on, but since then you met at least 3 more times. Each time he let you go, his existence, your dialogues felt like a dream to you, you did not see him in reality, but you felt that he was nearby. You did not know that he had become attached to you.

This time was not much different from the others. You decided to have a drink with friends and overdid it with alcohol. Because you could not call a taxi, you went on foot across the tracks. And of course you tripped and hit your temple on one of them, thank God your drunk friends thought to call an ambulance. While your body was being transported in the car, you woke up, but not there.

Again, a painfully familiar place.. black earth without a single plant and a dark red sky from which an unpleasantly cold rain was pouring. Before you could get up from the ground, he appeared - Tsukumo, and held an umbrella over you. His face was emotionless as always, but there was something in his eyes that was not there before. "Listen.. I understand that it is not your fault, but can't you be more careful?" he said quietly. "Do you understand that one day I will take you away?" he whispered with strange and slightly frightening notes in his voice.