Is It Wrong To Fall In Love With A Ghost?

Promise

-=Chapter 9=- -=Promise=-

I see Nishimura-san standing in front of me while I'm breathing hard from running. I fell on my knees, from being tired.

"Himura-kun!" She bent down to me. "Are you okay?"
"Y-Yea..." I looked at her with a confirm face. "I-I need to talk to you, alone." I said.
"Sure. Nobody's home right now." She said happily.
I don't think she'll be happy when she hears what I'm about to say. I got up and stand on my two feet. I took a deep breath and opened my mouth to speak:
"How do you feel if I looked for the person who... killed you..." I said.
"What?!" She questioned.
"I want to look for the person who killed you..." I spoke.
"W-What if they accidentally ran me over?!" Nishimura-san asked.
"Then they would of ran to you and tried to save you! But they kept on going! So they must of killed you for a reason!" I clutched my hand tightly. "I... I don't know why, but for some reason, I feel they are somehow connected to me... So I want to look for them and-"
"No!" Nishimura-san yelled. "You're not going to look for them! What if they tried to hurt you!? I don't want you to be killed too!" Nishimura-san started to cry.
My eyes widened. Why is she crying? I want to help her, but...
"Nishimura-san..." I muttered.
"I don't want you to die! You have a family! And they care for you!" She cried.
I hugged her tightly.
"Fine, you win..." I said.
"Promise?" Nishimura-san sticked out her pinky finger.
"...Promise." I backed away with a smile. Our pinky's hugged each other.
Nishimura-san smiles as well. Her eyes sparkled as the light reflects in her eyes. My face turned light red, my heart raced. What am I feeling?!
"Ni-"
"We're home!" Shouted mom as she swung open the door open. Both Nishimura-san and I got startled and backed away from each other.
"W-Welcome home..!" Said Nishimura-san with a fake smile.
Hitomi looked at the both of us with a smirk as she closed the front door.
"Hmmm? What happened here while we were gone? Did you do something to Lizzie? Did you finally hit on her?! Eh? Eh?" Hitomi with a smirk.
"N-No! Right Himura-kun?!-" Nishimura-san looked at me.
I looked at my hand where we did our promise. I still feel the coldness from her spiritual body on my finger. It feels cold, yet, warm.
"Nothing happened. We just talked for a bit." I said as I stare at my hand.
"Hmm? Then why are you looking at your hand?" Hitomi asked.
"...I was looking at my cut that I had last week." I said.
"The one with the tree?" Asked Hitomi.
"Yea, it's healed, finally. I'm gonna go to the room." I put my hand in my pocket and walked into my room. "I'm gonna study, so knock if you need me." I said. I closed my door, and sat down on my chair. I sighed and looked at my hand once again. "This hand... This is the hand that Nishimura-san and I held hands, when I hurt my hand with that tree, and our promise... That promise..." I clutched my hand tightly. "I'm sorry Nishimura-san, I have to break our promise. I want to find those people who killed you. I want you to be happy, I want you to be free from suffering." I took off my uniform shirt and grabbed a random black shirt, grabbed my sweater, and my phone "Now time to get out." I whispered. I opened my door and walked out.
"Hey, Kazuki, I thought you were studying?" Asked mom.
"I forgot something at school, I'm gonna go get it." I said.
"Okay, be careful." Said mom.
I walked to the door and about to open it.
"Hey, Himura-kun, can I come with you?!" Asked Nishimura-san.
"No, you can stay here. I'll be back." I gave Nishimura-san a light smile.
"Oh, okay" Nishimura-san said. "Be safe out there." She said.
I nodded and walked out of the apartment. I walked down stares. I need to go to where Nishimura-san past away.

I see cars passing by, left to right. Okay so I was right here where Nishimura-san died. And Nishimura-san was right there. I stood where I was standing at on that day. I looked around searching for the car who hurt Nishimura-san. If i remember clearly, it was a black sports car. Time passed by as I waited. It's already 7, the sky is dark, stars started to shine in the dark sky. ...This is so stupid, it's not like I'll see the car randomly driving. I put on my hoodie trying to ignore people. I started walking home, passing street by street. I looked around and I see a black race car parked in a dark ally way. What?... I walked to it and I see a bump in the bumper, where Nishimura-san got hit. This has to be the guy.
"Do I have to tell you again?! Give me the stuff!" Shouted a man.
I hid behind the car, trying not to be seen. I peek out, looking through the window.
"I don't have it with me! I promise I will give you it next week." Said another man.
"Next week?! Next week?! Give me the damn drugs!" Shouted the man.
"I'm sorry! It's been hard on me, I barely have the money to even take care of my family-"
I heard a gunshot very loudly. I heard blood splat onto the ground with the body.
"Damn old man, if he would of just gave the drugs to me, he would of lived." Said the man.
Not again... I tried to peek a bit more, but I ended up slipping. I fell and made the man pulled out the gun.
"Damn!" The man walked to the front of his car slowly while holding his gun.
What do I need to do?! Should I stay? No he will kill me! Should I run? What do I need to do!? I took out my phone really fast, my hands shook but I dropped the phone. Damn it! I picked it up and waited for the man. The man walked in front of me.
"It's you." Said the man, he smiled evilly, this smile looks familiar...
I took a picture of the man with flash mode on, and bright light blinded the man. I got up and ran away from the man into the dark ally.
"Damn kid! You can't run away from me!" The man started shooting, trying to hit me.
I turned a sharp left into a different ally way, I fell and scraped my knee badly.
"Gah!" I shouted. I got up and started running once again while the man shoots at me. I found myself in a dead end. "Damn it! Now what!?"
I hear footsteps walking towards me.
"I know who you are." Said the man slowly walking to me. "Your Kazuki Himura. Top student in the class. You have a mother who works in a groceries store, a sister name Hitomi Himura who goes to Sakura Middle School, and a dead father."
"What?! How do you know about us?!" I shouted.
"I don't have to tell you, because you're gonna be dead anyway." Laughed the man.
"Are you the one, who killed my father?!" I asked.
"Awww, so you remember me. How touchy." Said the man.
No...
"And your girlfriend with the purple hair-"
"You know Nishimura-san?!" I shouted.
"I saw you talking to her last week in front of your school. When you left her, I wanted to surprise you with a gift." The madman smirked evilly.
"So you killed her to make me suffer!" I shouted. "And why did you kill my father!"
"Your father was always the boss man at his company. He had money, mountains of money. And there, I was a poor salesman. I just got tired of your father always looking down on me, so I thought I will teach him a lesson." The madman started laughing like a maniac. "But then when I saw you, his son. I thought it would be perfect to kill you too. But then the police came, if I had an extra 5 minutes, I would of had kill you happily. But now, you're standing right in front of me, and now I have my chance to kill you once again."
The man aimed his pistol at me. No! I don't want to die! No!
"NOW DIE!" Shouted the man as he aimed the pistol at me.
"Where did he go?!" Said a man.
I see a red and blue flashing across the alley. It's the cops. The madman got distracted and I ran passed him as fast as I could.
"Damn!" The man aimed at me to shoot me down.
"There!" Shouted a police officer.
The madman ran away with his pistol. I stopped and to catch my breath.
"Are you okay?!" said a police officer.
"Y-yes..." I said.
I started breathing calmly and took off my hoodie.
"Hey, wait. Excuse me, but are you, Kazuki Himura?" Said the police officer.
"Yes... Hello, Mr. Tsukino." I answered.
"Wow, you grew up! Well it has been 3 years since I last saw you." He said.
Mr. Tsukino is my mother's friend
"What happened? Why was that guy chasing after you?!" He questioned.
"That man is the person who killed my father." I clutched my hand with anger. "I'm so damn weak!" I look at my hands shaking with fear.
"It's okay, my men are on it.. Let's go to the police station to contact your mother." Mr. Tsukino took me to his car and started driving to the police station.

I waited for my mother to come and pick me up. I looked at my knee where I fell. My pants from my knees are ripped, and I see my knee bleeding with bright red. The red runs down my skin. The red blood reminds about that day. I started to shake, my eyes widened and struggled breathing. I fell down on the floor struggling breathing. The cops looks at me and they all started to freak out.
"What's going on?!" Asked a police officer.
"It's a panic attack!" Shouted a different police officer.
"Hitomi, were just picking up your brother." My mother came in and saw me having a panic attack.
A cop saw my mom and ran to her.
"Ms. Himura, your son, he's having a panic attack." Said a cop.
My mother dropped her purse and ran to me. She sat on her knees next to me.
"Kazuki, it's me, your mother." Said mom with a soft tone voice. "It's okay, you're gonna be okay."
I looked at my mom as she lightly holds my hand.
"Can you hear me?" Asked mom.
I struggled picking up my hand to tell mom that I can hear her.
"Good. Now breathe with me." Mom started breathing slowly and I tried to mimic her.
My breathing started to go slower, and mom smiled.
"Now try to count to ten with me. One. Two.-" Mom continues counting slowly.
I struggled talking, but tried to anyways. My breathing started to go slower every second.
"Five. Six. Seven.-"
"Eight." I gasp for air. "Nine." I'm started to control my movement. "Ten." I stopped shaking and started to breath normal. I got up and sat down correctly.
I looked at mom, she gave me a warm smile and tears started to form in her eyes.
"Kazuki!" Mom hugged me lightly, yet tight. She cried on my arms happily. "You're safe. It's okay now. You're safe." Said mom.
My eyes widened as I see many people are sounding me, worried about me. I turned my head and I see Nishimura-san, with tears in her eyes.
"Nishimura-san..." I muttered.