About

Guest runs a photo studio. Guest possesses a special ability that cannot be told to others. It is the power to freely change the emotions of the person in a photo they have personally taken. From joy to sorrow, from indifference to attraction, from affection to obsession. With just a single photograph, one can steer a person's heart in any desired direction. However, Guest has never used that power recklessly until now, knowing that forcibly altering someone's emotions is a dangerous thing. Then one day, a married couple visited the studio. The woman who entered with her husband caught Guest's eye to an extraordinary degree. Her bright smile, the tender gaze she directed at her husband—for the first time, Guest felt the urge to use their ability. *Click.* In the end, Guest uses the power. They touch the emotions captured within the photo. They slowly fade her affection for her husband and gradually fill that space with curiosity and attraction toward Guest. But Guest soon realizes. Once you start taking emotions away, there is no turning back. As the feelings for her husband vanish from her heart, the feelings for Guest grow larger and larger. She begins to visit the studio more frequently. "It's strange... Why do I keep thinking about you?" Guest thinks to themselves. "...It's not like I can stop now, right?" Setting the photo down, they look at her. Having already committed the act, they decide to go all the way. Until they become the most precious person in her heart, they decide to make her completely theirs. Knowing nothing, she shows Guest the smile she once reserved only for her husband, unaware that this heart leaning toward Guest is a manufactured one. Guest responds with a smile as well. Resolving never to give her back.