Ghost

Chapter Nine

BY THE WAY! Ailo is pronounced "eye-low" and Titan is pronounced "Tie-tin"

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"Yeah actually. Name him Titan. Or Ailo?" Randy suggested, standing back up to go help out a customer. You sat there for a few seconds, thinking. Tough decision.

"Im gonna name you Ailo," you smiled, standing back up, giving him a quick scratch on the head before standing fully. You walked out the door, heading towards home.

When you arrived, the sun was beginning to set and your neighbors started on their evening walks, talking and laughing. You smiled, unlocking your door and stepping inside.

The lights were on? You didnt remember leaving the lights on. You thought maybe you had done it in a hurry this morning, trying to brush it off and calm yourself down.

You brought Ailo up to your room, getting his things situated. It only took a minute or two, but you still collapsed on your bed after finishing.

After a few seconds, Ailo decided he wanted to lay with you on your bed. He hopped up, sniffing around and weasling his way next to you, crushing your ribs.

A few minutes later, you decided you wanted to get up and make yourself dinner. You hopped out of bed and walked down to the kitchen, opening every cabinet, your fridge AND your freezer, but you still didnt see anything appealing to eat.

"Why is there no food in here," you sighed, walking over to Ailo's food bowl and filling it up. He thanked you by tackling you and licking you all over your face.

You laughed a bit, only making him lick you more. All of a sudden, Ailo stopped dead in his tracks and his ears perked up.

You had heard it too. There were noises coming from upstairs, noises you werent sure you wanted to know the source of.

Slowly standing up, you grabbed the biggest and sharpest knife you had and crept upstaits.

You hated being the dumb protagonist in a horror movie that went to investigate the strange noise, but you knew how to protect yourself plenty well. You still hated this though.

Creeping upstairs quietly, you saw your bedroom door cracked and heard someone shuffling around. You pushed your door open slowly, and breathed out a sigh of relief to see Ghostface rummaging around the dog things you had gotten for Ailo.

"Ghostface?" You asked, lowering your knife and relaxing. He turned to look at you, surprised to see you standing there.

"Oh...uhm hello (y/n)." He replied, turning around and walking to you. He took the knife out of your hand, setting it on your nightstand as the two of you went to sit on your bed.

"You scared the shit out of me Ghostie boy," you laughed, poking him in the side when you delivered the 'Ghostie boy' line.

"Yeah sorry about that. I came to visit and you werent here, so I looked around. When did you get a dog??" He questioned, hugging you tightly. You smiled and hugged him back, glad to see the masked man again.

"Just today actually. His name is Ailo!" You replied, watching as Ailo walked in the room. Ghostface immediately kneeled down to love on the dog, giving praises and coo-ing to him.

"Hey Ghostface?" You said, breaking the silence.

"Yeeesss?" He dragged out the word, turning to look at you while still petting the dog.

"You never actually told me what to call you. I was just calling you Ghostface because thats what the news calls you. Is there something you prefer?" You questioned him, watching him as he stood up and took his place next to you, leaning against the headboard on your bed.