You Can Paint Me

Chapter 40 (Part 2)

Author's P.O.V.

"Did anyone hear that?" Olivia jumped from the bed, before she was even able to fully fall asleep, as a noise, almost like a cat's hiss was heard from downstairs.

Mia jumped from the bed as well, instantly realising what that sound was. The girl has developed cat-like instincts and she was able to understand that Minho's cat were downstairs, not really having a great time. "My babies are here, they must have gotten bored being with the boys all the time." she shook her head disapointedly and put her flip flops on. She made her way towards the door, but she halted her momentum once she realised that her friends were still on the bed."What are you doing? Stand up, we got to go downstairs." she gave them a look to which the girls returned with a frown.

"Do we have to come with you?" Ava groaned, her sleepy eyes were barely opened at that time. Mia nodded her head and motioned them to get up. "Of course you have to, I don't want to go alone in the dark." she said impatiently and the girls sighed deeply, eventually standing up from the bed and following her to the door. Mia grabbed Olivia from the right side and from the left Ava, dragging them outside the bedroom with hesitant steps. It was pitch black and the girls had to be careful. Of course, not because they wanted to be cautious in case they rolled down the stairs like balls, but rather, it was because they were afraid if a ghost appeared in front of them out of the blue.

They all tip-toed down the stair case and once the were in the hallway, Mia pushed Ava to the front. "Let Ava walk first." she whispered and Ava gave her a confused look, at to why would she do that. "Let Ava walk first, where?" Ava whispered back.

"To the hallway, so we can reach the living room." Mia stated again, only making her friend sigh deeply, as if she was tired of babysitting her curly friend. Nontheless, the short-haired girl did as Mia suggested, walking to the front to make sure no one, or to be more percise, nothing was there. Thankfully for the three of them, the coast was clear and the girl gestured to her friends to come along. Olivia grabbing on Mia's arm for dear life, while the curly girl was holding her left flip flop on her hand for extra pre-cautions. "There is no ghost, you can come now." Ava said and rolled her eyes, not believing that Mia had made her a bodygaurd of two immature little kids.

When they entered the living room, there was glowing the dim light of that lamp in the corner , but it was still difficult for the girls to see, and so, Olivia made a move to switch on the lights. They stood there for a solid second, before the lights switched off on their own will, forcing the girls to scream in pure terror. Not a minute later, the lights switched back on, on their own, again, making the girls crack a pitchy scream. "WHAT HAPPENED?" Olivia started panicking and clinged on Mia, who was clinging on Ava. "FORGET ABOUT THE CATS, I'M TOO YOUNG TO DIE LET'S GO IN THE KITCHEN." Mia yelled and without second thoughts, the three frightened girls came rushing in the kitchen, locking themselves inside the room. Their hearts were beating faster than normal and their eyes were bigger than Jisung's cheeks, although, Ava still managed to remain the calmest among the three. "Mia, I want you to calm down, It was just a blackout." the tallest girl said, attempting to comfort her friend.

"Y-Yeah, maybe the main switch fell." Olivia stuttered, trying to find an excuse for what just happened. She wanted to stay composed and not think that it was the fisherman's ghost trying to chase them around the house. However, Mia wasn't having it, since she was the most sensitive out of the three. She couldn't just agree with every word her friends said. "And how exactly could that happen, when the lights turned on on their own again? Huh?! Someone esle did it!" Mia exasperated, pacing around the kitchen table furiously. She knew that such thing, as the lights switching off and on, on their own couldn't have happened without someone actually doing it, but she knew that there was no one in the house apart from them.