Ghostly Relationships

Part Three: Confession

Ghosts have to eat y'know, we all have appetites. Surprising huh. Anyways, still, we can only eat when the green gem is glowing, because other wise ... it falls through us.

I eat when I'm upset, and after seeing Hanbin upset like this, I decide to go to The Food Forum (y'know where they eat food). Only ghosts can enter, with their red gem glowing. It's actually really close to YG, so I walk past Hanbin and go down the street; turn left and WAH I'm there already. Heh. It's down an alley way, and there's one of those super dodge metal door at the end. I walk through it and arrive in the waiting room, where you y'know, wait for your green gem to begin glowing. I sit on the ground next to my friend.

"Aah, Solar, I've missed you!!" We hug each other (ghosts can hug ghosts) and start talking. "How are you, anyway?"

She flicks back her golden hair. "Eh, feeling pretty ... ghosty y'know. I mean, I just met my sister in a cafe."

"Oh, I'm sorry." I pat her back. That would've been hard. "It really just shows how much you need your family."

"Yeah, I miss them so much. I hardly go to see them, but when I do, it's super difficult." Solar rubs her eyes. "The hardest thing is that my dad just got cancer a month ago and is in hospital."

I gasp. "Seriously? Is it terminal?"

"They don't know yet." Solar sighs and shakes her head. "Only time will tell I guess. They're still running tests."

We sit in silence.

"Well, I have something to tell you, Solar. It's hardly as depressing as your news though."

She turns to me. "Oh yeah?"

I nod.

"Well don't keep me in suspense, Min Hyo!" She slaps my arm and I laugh.

"Okay, okay! Look, I met Hanbin."

Her eyes widen. "As in, B.I Hanbin?"

"Yeah."

Her mouth opens in the perfect 'O'. "I'm sorry! Oh, that must've been so difficult."

"No, no. Because the thing is, I'm actually pretty sure that he doesn't know I died." I say, biting my lip. "Because I saw him across the street one time and he looked surprised to see me. Then I went into YG and to his studio-"

"YOU WENT INTO YG ENTERTAINMENT TO JUST 'MAKE SURE' THAT HE DIDN'T KNOW THAT YOU DIED? AM I HEARING RIGHT?" Solar yells. Other ghosts look around to see what the big deal is, then turn away.

"Shh! Yes, I did. Look, he definitely doesn't know I died, because he hugged me like an old friend. He doesn't know." I bite my lip again, a gesture I do when I'm thinking. "I want to see him again."

Solar shakes her head. "No, you can't just do that. You're a ghost. You're dead. Stick to keeping a low profile. Don't get to attached to anyone, okay? Besides, you can go eat now. Your green gem is glowing." We hug goodbye and I walk into the eating room, having a meal and then leaving.

I run to the YG building just as iKON members are leaving. Hanbin waves to the members and they all get in a van and leave. He props himself up against a wall, twirling a rose around and around. I approach him and he sees me.

"Wah! Min Hyo! Just the person I was looking for." He comes towards me and puts his gloved hands on my shoulders. "You look gorgeous."

"Ooh, thanks." I look up into his eyes and he smiles.

He hands me the rose and takes my hand. "Can we talk somewhere?"

"Yeah. Of course."

We walk down the the park and sit down on a bench. He sits with his chest facing me. "I'm warning you in advance, Min Hyo, this'll probably feel like a lecture."

I laugh. "It's okay. Go ahead ~"

"Look ... I'm just really sorry that our friendship didn't last. I've been wanting to meet up with you ever since we split ways. The fame's really difficult and I need someone to lean on, and you were always the person who would help me through hard times. I've been missing you and ever since that day ... I, y'know, kissed you, I thought you would never talk to me again. I could never find you again." He ruffles his hair. "I even tried to contact your friends, but they just said I was a bad friend and I was letting the fame get to me. And it is, that's the truth. The fame is getting to me. I just ... I want us to be friends - and being perfectly honest ... I have only just realised my true feelings-"

Oh no. I know what's going to happen. If he's says it I know that I feel the same way.

"- I love you, Min Hyo~"