I never had a reason to move my bed. When I first moved in, I left the furniture exactly as I found it—figuring the last tenants knew the best layout.

But last night, while rearranging the room, I dragged the bed a few inches to the side… and froze.

There, in the middle of the floor, was a white door. Flat against the wood, nearly seamless. If I hadn’t moved the bed, I never would have seen it.

My heart pounded as I knelt down, brushing my fingers over the edges. There was no handle, just a small indent—like it was meant to be lifted.

I hesitated. I had lived here for years. How had I never known about this? Why would anyone cover it?

I slipped my fingers into the groove and pulled. The door lifted with a quiet creak.

And what I saw on the other side made my blood run cold.

It wasn’t a room or a hidden space like I imagined it might be. Instead, it was… nothing. Just an inky black void that seemed to stretch on forever. No walls, no floor, no ceiling. It felt wrong, like it shouldn’t exist, like I had somehow crossed a line into somewhere I wasn’t meant to be.

I backed away, heart racing, my mind racing even faster. I quickly let the door fall back into place, the same seamless wood covering it as if it had never opened at all. The quiet was deafening.

But now the questions began to flood in. How could I have never noticed this before? The room hadn’t changed. It was still the same as it had always been, except for this hidden door that had apparently been waiting all this time to be discovered. The longer I stared at the spot where it had been, the more the air in the room seemed to press down on me, heavy and thick.

I stood up, shaking my head, trying to convince myself that I had imagined it. That it had been some weird trick of the light or the angle I was at when moving the bed. But I knew it wasn’t. The feeling, the pull of something dangerous, was still there.

My mind raced as I tried to make sense of it. Who would put a door there? A door that led to absolutely nothing? It didn’t make sense.

I spent the night tossing and turning, trying to push the thought of the door out of my mind. But each time I closed my eyes, I saw that black void again, the endless darkness stretching out forever.

The next day, I couldn’t help myself. I had to know. I needed to understand what was behind that door. What was it? Why had it been hidden from me all these years?

So, after a long day at work, I came home with only one thought in my mind. I had to open it again.

I went straight to my room, eyes fixed on the spot where the door had been. For a moment, I just stood there, staring at the smooth wood. My hand was trembling, but I couldn’t stop myself. I had to know.

I knelt down and pulled the door open again. This time, there was no hesitation. I wanted to face whatever this was.

But what I saw this time was different. There was light now, faint, but it illuminated the void enough for me to see that it wasn’t entirely empty. At the center of the space, hovering in the middle of the blackness, was a small, ornate chest. It was old, with intricate carvings, and looked like it had been untouched for years.

My curiosity won out, and I reached out, slowly, to grab it. My heart raced as my fingers brushed against the cool surface of the chest. The moment I touched it, I felt a sharp tug, almost as if the chest was pulling me toward it. I jerked my hand back, startled, but the pull was still there, like an invisible thread connected me to it.

I wasn’t sure why, but I knew I had to take it. I lifted the chest carefully from the void, and as I did, the door slammed shut behind me with a violent thud, as if something had been sealed away.

I staggered back, the chest in my arms, breath coming in short gasps. The room felt smaller now, suffocating. I quickly backed away from the door, clutching the chest like it was the only thing holding me together.

The house was quiet, but there was a tension in the air, like the walls themselves were holding their breath. I set the chest down on my bed, trembling as I stared at it. What was it? What was in it?

I couldn’t wait any longer. I opened the chest.

Inside was a single, old letter, yellowed with age. I pulled it out carefully, my fingers almost afraid to touch it. As I unfolded the paper, I could barely make out the handwriting, but I could see enough to know it was a message for me.

The letter read:

“You shouldn’t have opened it.”

I froze. My breath caught in my throat. The words felt wrong, like they were meant to trap me in something I couldn’t escape. But before I could process what that meant, the air in the room shifted, becoming even heavier, more oppressive. I felt a deep, unsettling cold settle over me, a chill that seemed to pierce straight through my skin.

Suddenly, a voice echoed in the silence of the room.

“You should have left it alone.”

I spun around, but there was no one there. My heart was pounding in my chest. The voice had come from nowhere, but it was as real as anything else.

It was then that I realized—the door had never really gone away. It was still there, somehow, watching me, waiting. I could feel it, like something was lurking just behind the walls, just out of sight, but always there.

I had opened something I wasn’t supposed to. The door wasn’t just a physical barrier—it was something else, something that had been sealed for a reason. And now, that reason was coming for me.

Days passed, and I began to notice strange things happening around the house. Objects would be moved, things would disappear, only to reappear somewhere else. But the worst part was the feeling—the feeling that I was never truly alone anymore.

It was like something was always watching, always waiting. I could hear whispers at night, and sometimes I would find strange markings on the walls. It felt like the house itself was alive, and I had disturbed it.

But there was something else. Every time I thought I had gotten away from it, every time I thought I could shake the feeling of being trapped, I would see a glimpse of the door. The seamless white door, always there, just out of sight, always waiting for me to open it again.

I knew now that it wasn’t just about the door—it was about what I had unleashed when I opened it. I couldn’t undo what I had done, but I could make things right.

So, after weeks of torment, I finally did what I knew I had to do. I went back to the door, the one I had so carelessly opened all those days ago. I grabbed the chest one last time, holding it tightly, and with all the strength I had left, I shoved the chest and the letter into the void. I slammed the door shut, locking it with all my might.

And for the first time in weeks, the house was silent.

The tension lifted. The weight on my chest was gone.

I had sealed it. Whatever was on the other side of that door, it was locked away again, where it belonged.

Sometimes, when I wake up in the middle of the night, I feel a cold draft, like the door is still there, waiting for me to open it again. But I know better now.

Some things are better left untouched.

If you’ve ever felt the pull of curiosity, be careful. Some doors are meant to stay closed.

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