7
From that day on, Lucas moved into the
apartment, keeping me company.
People laughed at him for being a fool.
I thought he was a fool too.
Because Lucas would often talk to himself.
Sometimes sharing happy things with the air,
sometimes pouring out his bad mood.
I listened silently.
Quietly watching his cold face fill with tears.
Lucas grew thinner day by day.
I knew he was sick; there were large boxes of
medicine on the dining table.
I urged him to live well.
But it was useless.
He couldn’t hear me.
We lived together day and night for three
years.
Yet we were like two lonely souls, separated
by an insurmountable barrier.
Untouchable, unheard.
The longer I stayed in the human world, the
く
more transparent my soul became.
I thought, it wouldn’t be long before I
completely disappeared from this world.
Lucas still went out early and came home late
every day.
I couldn’t leave the apartment; I didn’t know
what he was doing.
On the third anniversary of my death, Lucas
turned on the TV and tuned to the news
channel.
Before leaving, he glanced deeply in my
direction.
My heart pounded; I felt something was going
to happen.
Soon, the TV station reported an urgent news
story-
Jason, the head of the Yu family, died in a car
accident, the incident suspected to be a
personal vendetta, the perpetrator having
fled.
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The police were currently pursuing the
perpetrator.
It was Lucas.
He was such a fool!
I was panicked, my soul gaining immense
energy, breaking free from the apartment.
Following a certain energy, I floated to my
grave.
Lucas held my tombstone, crying like a fool.
“Jess, I finally avenged you.”
Several empty medicine bottles and beer cans.
were at his feet.
I was anxious.
The large cemetery was deserted.
No one noticed Lucas‘ abnormality.
“Lucas, I command you, don’t die! Do you
hear me!”
My near–hysterical shout briefly awakened his
consciousness.
Lucas looked at me deeply, a satisfied smile
L
blooming on his lips.
“You came to get me, right?”
With that, he used a knife to decisively cut his
already scarred wrist.
“Jessica, if there’s a next life, I’ll bravely hold
your hand.”
