Last Letter // -Ranpoe

Chapter 3

Poe was standing in a field full of flowers. Karl wasn't with him, the wind was hitting his face, and it was a slight breeze. As he looked around he saw a few tall trees, and far away he saw a tree standing near a cliff, lonely while the wind made all the leaves dance with it, some falling off. He knew where that was, it was the field where he and Ranpo would meet up to discuss plans to defeat the enemy.

And there it was, the little annoying voice, each second only being louder and more annoying telling Poe that he is useless and no one would want him if he didn't have an ability, that he was worthless. Poe just tries to ignore it and picks a flower, looking at it.

Poe walked around a bit more, seeing a familiar figure, sitting on a tree while eating donuts, it was Ranpo. Poe reaches the tree, trying to speak up but can't talk, as if his mouth was glued together. Ranpo jumps off the tree, looking towards Poe. Poe knew something was off, Ranpo was always so energetic and unconcerned, but now it was as if he was concerned and sad, his eyes were also open, so Poe knew something wasn't right.

Ranpo sighed, starting to walk away from Poe, Poe trying to get his attention, waving his hands in front of Ranpo's eyes, snapping, even tho it didn't make any sound. At one point Poe decides to stand in front of Ranpo, blocking his way, but Ranpo doesn't acknowledge him, he just walks through Poe..? 

Poe was in shock, looking at himself "What just happened? Did he just walk through me??" Poe's eyes widen, realizing he isn't real, that nothing is real at the moment "Wake up wake up wake up" He tells himself, not being able to wake up, so he just follows Ranpo. Ranpo picked flowers up, and as Poe watched him, Poe realized that Ranpo's eyes were empty, without any emotions. He also noticed that Ranpo's thoughts were oddly quiet yet so loud. 

Poe left Ranpo alone, walking towards the cliff, stopping at the tree as he saw a rope, supposedly from a broken swing, at least that's what Poe thought. Poe looks down, the drop is very deep, enough to kill someone just at half of the fall, and if it wasn't bad enough there were many rocks at the end. Poe keeps watching as he sees water hitting the rocks, realizing the ocean is there too. Poe sits on the edge, not really caring since he knows it is a dream, he is just imagining this, and if he falls he will wake up. Poe just stares down, realizing the drop is about 200ft. 

He hears some sounds behind him and he looks behind him, Ranpo walking toward the cliff, looking down and sighing. "I wish you told me." Ranpo says as he still looks at the drop "I miss you, a lot, actually."  Poe looks at Ranpo confused, knowing Ranpo can't see him, he's just wondering what Ranpo is saying.

Suddenly he hears something from down, as he looks down he sees red and blue lights, and boats on the sea while supposedly officers are taking notes and looking at the body, Poe can even figure out Ranpo is there, he looks to the side and Ranpo is also there. "huh, so two Ranpos in one dream" Poe thinks, trying to figure out what down there is happening, why Ranpo is there too, but he slowly realizes that Ranpo has no clue of what is happening, he seems more of having a breakdown.

Poe looks to his side and sees Ranpo tearing up, he tries to comfort him as he tries to pet his back, only for his hand to go through Ranpo. Poe silently sighs as he looks at the scene, still trying to find out what's going on. He tries to listen into the conversation, hoping that he can hear something since it is a dream, the only thing he hears is a police officer saying 'I'm afraid he committed suicide'.

Poe was confused, who committed suicide? who is that guy Ranpo is crying about? and why is it so important to himself? Poe lays on the grass, trying to listen to the conversation more, without success, he tries to listen more as he then falls off.

With one loud gasp Poe wakes up, confused about his dream, what just happened? Why did he dream about that? what was the meaning of that? And most importantly, why isn't he feeling anything? Poe's eyes were blank, he was surprised, yes, but there wasn't any emotion to see in his eyes. 

He hugs his pillow, the voice starts to talk again. It's talking about how Ranpo would never care about him, how it only was Dazai dying, how it was a pointless dream. The voice was talking about the dream in general, but it started getting weirder each moment. saying stuff like Poe should go to the spot he was in the dream, looking down the cliff and actually jumping off of it. 

Poe tries to ignore the voice, taking deep breaths in and out, to his misfortune he can't keep it long and the voice makes him panic and hyperventilate. Karl wakes up to Poe hyperventilating, jumping off of where he was sleeping and walking out of Poe's apartment, trying to find his way to a candy store, hoping to find Ranpo.

As Karl arrives at the nearest candy shop, he spots Ranpo, shopping for candy late at night. He bites his coat and pulls him, Ranpo notices something pulling his coat as he turns around. "Karl?" he asks, confused as Karl leaves the store, he just walks behind him, following Karl to Poe's apartment, Karl jumps through the open window. Ranpo hears weird noises from inside as he climbs inside too, Karl making him follow to Poe's room, and as Ranpo enters, he sees Poe crying and hyperventilating.

Ranpo opens his eyes in shock and he just runs towards him, sitting next to him and rubbing circles on his back. Poe looks at Ranpo, the voice isn't to be heard anymore. Poe continues crying, slightly leaning against Ranpo, melting to his touch. He sobs and tries to talk but he just fails, he can't stop crying. Ranpo looks at Poe, his heart breaking as he sees him crying like that, he wants to say something but decides against it. 

Karl jumps into Poe's lap, trying to calm him down like that. Ranpo tucks Poe's hair behind his ear, looking at him, but Poe just covers his face with his hands. "don't look at me... I'm ugly," Poe says, calming down. Ranpo carefully takes Poe's hands off of his face and looks at him. "you aren't ugly, you just haven't found out how beautiful you actually are," Ranpo says, scooting closer to Poe, so he can look better at him. Poe slightly blushes, looking at Ranpo, his eyes glossy from all the crying.

Poe didn't like the feeling at all, yet he loved the feeling he was feeling right now, he doesn't know what it is but he hates, fears, and loves the feeling at the same time.