Ghost Boy

💔Twenty One💔

Sydney's Pov

I was sitting on my bed listening to lofi mixes in my headphones while writing a poem. Gus then appeared in my room and he was looking at me kind of angrily. I took my headphones out and set my pen and notebook down.

"What's wrong Gus?" "I thought I told you to stay away from Julian and stop talking to him about bringing me back to life."

Julian appeared behind him and looked at me and mouthed sorry.

"Gus..I-." "Stop it. Because I know you're gonna lie to me and I don't wanna hear it." "I just want you to be alive again.." "I don't want you getting hurt because of me. I told you to stop. And I don't wanna ask you again." "You don't scare me and I'm not stopping. I'm gonna bring you back. And if that means something happens to me then so fucking be it." "Sydney, life never offered me anything good alright? There's no point in me being alive again. People loved my music and that's it. They didn't love me. They didn't care about me. There were some times that I was on stage and the crowd barely even knew I was almost off my ass. There were some days that I was so on drugs I couldn't even remember what I was doing. I was in so much pain and I felt alone. Why would you want that for me?" "Because now you've met me. I'm not like other people. I'm not like the people who didn't care. I'm here for you and if you come back I'll still be here. You can start all over."

He grabbed me by my arms and the black veins from when his wings first came in were appearing on his neck. His eyes also started getting darker.

"There's no starting over for me Sydney. Why can't you get it through your thick head that I'm dead. I had my chance at life and it's gone now."

Julian grabbed him off me.

"Hey. Settle down. She's only trying to help you."

Gus pushed Julian off of him and snarled.

"It's your fault that you've got her believing in your bullshit lies of being able to bring me back." "Hey. They're not bullshit. It just might take some time to get it together." "Leave her out of your shit Julian. And I'm not kidding."

Gus pushed Julian again and the veins in his neck only grew darker.

"I swear, the next time I hear you filling her head with bringing me back, I will fucking kill you." "Gus stop it. You know I'm only trying to help and Julian is, too. He wants to help so why can't you just let us try?" "I told you Sydney. If you get hurt I'm going to blame myself and if this is what you're going to be doing with him, I want no fucking part in it."

Gus walked out the room, making sure to push Julian on his way out and Julian smiled at me.

"Well, that went great, don't you think dollface?" "That's not funny Julian. He was really pissed." "Good. Keeps him away long enough for us to figure something out for his comeback." "Alright..we'll start tomorrow." "Thatta girl."

I sighed and Julian disappeared. I was hoping Gus would come back and I was so scared he'd disappear for good this time. I sighed and sat on my bed as I thought about where he'd go.

Gustav's Pov

I was so angry with Julian that he really agreed to helping Sydney try and bring me back to life. I didn't deserve a second chance. If I hadn't have fucked up the first time then maybe I would've still had my life. But I was abusing drugs, like doing them was good for me. That was on me and me only. There was nothing I could do to change that. I let my wings come out of my back and I flew off. I didn't even know where I was headed. I just wanted to be anywhere, I wanted to calm down.

Sydney's Pov

It was getting really late and Gus still wasn't back yet. He was mad at me. I know he was. But what'd I do wrong? I thought he wanted to come back. I thought he'd want to be around his mom again and his friends and making music. Music was the thing he loved and I figured he'd want that back. I was honestly scared that this time he was gone for good. I dropped onto my bed so I could stop pacing for awhile and sighed sadly. I then heard a noise come from somewhere. I thought it was finally Gus so I called out to him. But instead it ended up being Julian.

"Sorry if I scared you." "You didn't. What are you doing here?" "I came to check on you. I know Gus got a little upset and I was hoping that..you weren't..upset too."

I looked at him in shock and he rolled his eyes playfully.

"Oh, don't look at me like that." "I'm not looking at you like anything. I'm just sayin..it's nice to see you aren't always a jackass." "Well, don't tell anyone else that. I don't want my reputation ruined."

I laughed and he smirked at me.

"So..are you okay?" "Yeah. I just wish that Gus wouldn't have been so pissed. I mean..I get it because it's not really my decision to do this but..he was literally someone I looked up to. He helped me pursue doing my poetry even though it's not the best. He helped make me feel like I meant something in the world even though..I know I didn't." "Hey. You mean something. And you are important. You also have a pure heart and I think what you're doing for Gus is impeccable. You know that you could probably be put into danger but you're willing to walk right through the fire for him. Which is what has always made you humans so fascinating to me." "I just want him alive again, even if that means that he won't know me anymore.." "Would it make you feel better if I kept looking for things to help him?" "It would." "Then I'll do that. Just..please..don't be sad for too long. I'm sure he'll be back soon." "Thanks for checking on-."

Before I could look back up at Julian he was already gone.

"Me."

I sighed and laid back on my bed. Still waiting for Gus to show back up.