Last Letter // -Ranpoe

Chapter 2

{it's morning now}

The sun shines through the window, Poe groans as the sun woke him up, putting his covers over his head "I don't wanna wake upppppppp" he complains as Karl jumps on him, wanting him to feed him. Poe groans again as he sits up in bed, petting Karl for a bit. He then gets out of bed, walks to the kitchen, and gives Karl some food. Karl seems happy, Poe walks to his room, closes the door behind him, and changes into his everyday clothes. He walks out and grabs the novel he wrote the night before, yawning. "Karl I will go to Ranpo and give him the novel, I will be back in an hour or so,"  He says as he opens the door, walking out and to the nearest candy store.

He buys some candy for Ranpo, knowing he will appreciate it. He then proceeds to walk to a nearby murder case he heard of in the news and he very casually finds Ranpo there, he looks around and tries to cover his face with his hair as much as possible and he keeps the novel extremely close to himself, he seems very anxious to show Ranpo his novel as he tries to hide in the crowd.

Poe just watches as Ranpo solves the case and waits for the police to arrest the murderer, his eyes sparkling slightly but not noticeable since his hair covers his eyes. After a while the crowd disappears and Poe approaches Ranpo "Hey Ranpo, I admire how you solved the case."  Ranpo turns around, seeing Poe standing there "Oh hello Poe, do you have the novel?" Poe nods and gives Ranpo the novel "I'm sure you won't be able to solve this so easily," "We will see that," Ranpo says as he starts reading the novel and then a bright light erupts from the book, taking Ranpo into the novel, making Ranpo disappear in real life. 

Poe stares at the novel that is now on the floor for a second now, a slight smile on his face which quickly disappears since the same bright light appears and Ranpo reappears, laughing. "Poe this was a nice murder mystery, but I have to say that it was one of your worst ones yet, try something else next time" Poe looks at the novel, devastated, "I also got you, never mind..."  he looks up and notices Ranpo isn't there anymore, he sighs and starts walking back home, muttering stuff and seeming very odd, he seems more upset than usually.

He stops looking at the water and the sun reflecting on it, looking at the boats crossing the river and the bridges going over it, he starts thinking how much the distance from the bridge to the water could be. "wait why am I thinking about this?" he thinks to himself, being confused of his thoughts, just shaking it off as an impulsive or intrusive thought, he walks towards his house, looking at the bag full of candy that was meant for Ranpo "I guess Karl would like some sweets, can Raccoons eat sugar??" He thinks to himself, pulling his phone out and searching for it "They can't, okay so no sweets for Karl."  

Poe sighs as he walks past candy shops, reminding him of Ranpo. Ranpo won't get out of his head, he can't stop thinking about him, it just feels like everything he does is not about himself, it's about Ranpo, he feels like he is Ranpo's shadow. He drifts through his thoughts, every single one getting worse and worse, from thinking that he should stop challenging Ranpo, to thinking that he is Ranpo's shadow, to thinking that he isn't worth writing anymore, which is devastating for Poe.

He gets dragged out of his thoughts as he realizes he is at his house, he sighs and takes out his keys. As he opens the door, Karl jumps on his shoulder, "Hello there, have you missed me?" Karl makes a squeak noise of some sort and he balances himself on Poe's shoulders. Poe sits down and lays his head on his arms on his desk and closes his eyes, his brain just starts remembering all the moments Ranpo always came out of the novels in less than a minute, and all the times Ranpo needed Poe to write him a novel to use it for his enemies, a voice slowly telling him that Ranpo doesn't care about him, that he is just using him and humiliating him.

Poe, of course, didn't want to believe it, so he just ignored it, but his thoughts got louder and more each minute, he groaned slightly and looked at the candy, his thoughts only getting back to Ranpo. Karl nudges Poe as he jumps off of his shoulders, sticking his head in the bag full of candy, Poe noticing it "No no no no, no candy for you, it's bad for you, you know?" He picks up Karl as he sees Karl holding chocolate between his paws. 

"You know, it is difficult to say no to you but you will die if you eat chocolate," Poe says, grabbing the chocolate from Karl, Karl responding with a growl. Karl loses himself from Poe's grip, walking to where Poe has snacks and taking a chip bag, walking towards where Poe is sitting. He jumps onto the table and looks at Poe, telling him he should eat something as he puts the chip bag in front of him. 

"I'm fine Karl, I ate something when I went to give Ranpo my novel, so you don't have to worry about that, do you want something to eat?" Poe says, standing up and looking for something Karl can eat, Karl makes a slight squeaking noise as he jumps off of the table and looks towards Poe, silently asking if he can eat what Poe is holding.

Poe gives Karl some food and smiles at Karl, grabbing the chip bag and putting it back away, his thoughts never leave, but they always get worse when Poe doesn't do anything, which to Poe's discomfort is most of the time since he can't focus on writing novels anymore.

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 words: 1027 (more than the last chapter :D)

take care of yourself, eat/drink something, and take your binder off I know you wore it for a bit too long today!!

Buh bai