Anna

* ding-dong! *

"Yes?" I opened the door half awake to see a guy in front of my door looking nervous and unsure, and in that moment I was awestruck at the sight of him that my sleep deprived brain woke up immediately.

"Uh, is this where Anna lives?" He looked behind me as if the person he's looking for is just hiding from him.

"I'm the only one living here, unless I have a ghost roommate I don't know about" I answered and I could see the moment he got upset, slumped shoulders and a dispirited sigh.

"I'm sorry for disturbing you so early in the morning" He was about to walk away when I spoke again.

"How about asking the landlord? This apartment complex is quite big you must've mistaken the apartment number and maybe she's on a different floor"

"Oh, I haven't thought of that, then I'll try asking the landlord, thank you and have a good day" He smiled at me before walking towards the elevators. I thought that would be the last time I'd see him but three days later I saw him again at the park.

"Hey, have you found Anna?" I asked as I sat beside him on the bench.

"Oh it's you, unfortunately I haven't found her yet" He replied dejectedly while looking at the lake in front of us.

"I'm Hannah by the way, what's your name?" I asked as I picked up a stone to throw in the water.

"Carl, Anna's actually my ex-girlfriend" I paused at that, 'ex-girlfriend?'

"Oh then did she steal your money? Is that why you're looking for her?" He smiled faintly at my question.

"No she didn't steal my money, I just want to return something to her" I got curious at that.

"What did you want to return?"

"A necklace she gave me on our first monthsary, if I still hold on to it I might never be able to move on, that's why I want to give it back to her in order to start a new life" Even though he said all that I can tell from his pained expression that he doesn't want to move on yet.

Does it really hurt when you break up? Well I've never been in a relationship so I wouldn't know.

Since that day we often met up to talk about anything or just walked around places with few people. In that time I found out that he was quite mischievous under that calm and reserved front, always playing a prank on me every chance he get.

He also didn't talk about Anna anymore and I've never asked about her or the necklace in order to not make him revert to that depressed state. One more thing I've discovered is that in the time we were together I've fallen in love with him. I know I'm an idiot for falling for someone who's still unable to forget their ex so I didn't plan on ever telling him.

One day I opened his phone hoping to prank him and when I opened his gallery one picture caught my attention.

"Hey! What are you doing with my phone!?" Carl snatched his phone immediately but I was too shocked to respond.

"Hey, that girl, is she your ex-girlfriend?" I asked still unable to process things but Carl didn't respond. "Answer me! why does she look like me?!" I shouted unable to calm down.

"Wait, let me explain" Carl moved towards me but I ran out the door, Carl kept calling for me to come back but I didn't listen and ran out into the street. I ran to the street without looking at my surroundings, Carl's shout made me look sideways but it was too late, a truck was going to hit me. I closed my eyes and prepared for the end but I didn't feel anything. I opened my eyes again to see the truck go past my body as if I'm just air.

'N-no no! It couldn't be!' Carl was coming for me but I ran again and this time I made sure to collide with other people but I didn't collide with them, I went through them, they didn't hear me either even when I shouted and shouted.

It was then I understood why we always only met up in a place with no people. I was crying by the side of the road with no one noticing when I saw Carl stop a few feet away from me with a pained expression and tears falling down his face.

"Anna, I'm sorry" He apologized through his tears.

I was Anna, my full name is Hannah but apparently I hated it so I shortened it to Anna. I died in a car accident after we broke up but for some reason my soul was attached to this place and so I became a ghost. Carl knew the whole time that I was a ghost. He attended my funeral and my parents gave him the key to my apartment but when he got there the next day he saw my ghost who didn't remember him, living there.

"I-I just wanted to spend more time with you that's why I didn't say anything" Carl spoke through his tears. After revealing all of that I didn't know what to feel. I'm dead? But most shocking of all was that I was Anna, so we were lovers. I smiled at that, 'so my love wasn't unrequited huh' I was happy but my only regret is that I didn't remember him.

A blinding light suddenly emerged in front of me and I knew it was time.

"No! don't leave me!"  Carl pleaded through his tears but he couldn't touch me. I smiled at him for the last time.

"Please find me again in our next life"