Not So Dead Mari || Omori au

Chapter 9; I had a nightmare.

"Oh Basil.. what're you talking about? It's me.. Mari?" Mari mumbles, crouching towards the scared boy on the floor of the bathroom. He's shaking.. why is he shaking, she still can't understand- He flinches at how close she is, as he drags himself away. He eventually reaches the end of the room, as he leans heavily on the marble wall.

Mari stares at the sight. "Are.. you scared of me?" Mari mumbles, she holds her hands up, taking a closer look at them. Her hands were the normal pale colour she had already gotten used to, was it because she was a ghost? Was that why he was so scared...?

Basil doesn't want to look at her.
There's no point in talking to him, but she wants to.. she wants to tell him that everything was okay.. that everything.. sigh.

Mari glances towards the bathroom mirror. She knows she can't see herself.. but she thought she saw a... Who was that. Someone stood in the mirror, in the same place where Mari was standing.. her hair long.. fully covering her face. She wears a white sleeping gown.. similar to.. Mari turns towards the mirror, her face fully revealing itself.

..

Her face was horribly mutilated. Her eyes completely inky black and her mouth wide open with nothing but complete darkness coming out from it-

"AH-" Mari yelps, covering her mouth. The reflection stopped following her as it just.. stands there. Silently.. staring at Mari.. was that how she.. really looked like? She can't possibly look like that.. Mewo.. Mewo would have.. where is Mewo. Mari starts to panic quietly, why does she look like that. Where is Mewo. Where is Sunny. She needs to go back to Sunny.. she doesn't like this, she doesn't like this at all.

Her breathing quickens, as she starts to panic. She tries to stop her eyes from wandering towards the reflection, but they're too damn curious. Part of Mari is still in denial over her death.. and now its revealed that she looks like that? She understands why Basil was scared of her, she looks like that. She can't.. get that thing to look away from her. Please. It's going to hurt her. Please. GET AWAY-

..

Mari's eyes shoot open.
She's standing behind Sunny again.
They're standing outside.

Everywhere is dark now, since it was sun setting earlier..

Something rubs itself on her knees, it was Mewo. Mari picks it up with relief, Mewo's still here. "What happened?" Mewo asks his owner, with a curious look on its face. "What..? No.. nothing happened" Mari mumbles, as she touches her temples.. she was starting to get a headache. Maybe she shouldn't have gotten Sunny to come out today, there was way to many things for Mari to keep track of.. are they going home now?

..

Crickets chirp in the night, as they finally make their way to Sunny's house. Mari was tired, she doesn't know about Sunny though. She hope he's exhausted, she wants to go to bed now. Please.

"So Sunny, thanks for hanging out with me today.." Kel exclaims, giving his little smile. Mari immediately forgets about how tired she was for a bit.. they were hanging out with Kel.. maybe.. maybe today was a good day. For Kel and probably Sunny.. perhaps Mari too.. other than some stuff, she really did enjoy going out for the first time in a while.

"-I can tell you haven't talked to anyone in a while, it's okay though! It just takes some practice!" Mari chuckles, Sunny really hasn't. "Anyways, Hero's coming back from college tomorrow.. and I know well he'll definitely like to see you so if you don't mind.. I'll come by tomorrow and we can go hang out again!" Mari likes the idea, she's so excited to see Hero again.. oh.. now that she thinks about it.. she wonders how Hero had coped with her dying.

Sunny and Kel waves at eachother as Sunny finally walks into the house, Mari follows with him. Mari sighs in relief, she had some fun today.. now time to sleep! "Alrighty time for bed guys, let's go Sunny-" Mari stops in her tracks, Sunny seems.. uncomfortable.. and scared? Was it because it's dark? Mari looks for a light switch. "Look a light switch, just.. just press it Sunny" Mari mumbles, as she points to the light switch yet Sunny doesn't follow. He's staring at a box on the floor now.