Behind the Red Jacket

CHAPTER 3 Mysterious Man on the Bus

           Days passed in Cyril's new house. She became used to the presence of the ghost. Today was Sunday afternoon. Cyril was sited at the chair on the balcony, Xou Yoroung was there too watching the beautiful sunset.

"Yoroung, why can't you just leave this house? Why can't you go to where you are really destined to go?" Cyril confusedly asked to Yoroung. Yoroung looked at her and smiled weakly.

"Even though I want to leave this house, I-I can't. I felt like there's such a big magnetic force that is pulling me so that I can't get away in this house. Besides I think I still have unfinished business here", Yoroung said.

"What do you think is your unfinished business here? I mean---what is your unfinished business here?" Cyril asked again giving all her attention to the ghost.

"I don't know. I don't remember anything about my past except the last time, I get killed."

"YOU GOT KILLED!?" Cyril exclaimed.

"Y-Yeah", Yoroung took a deep breath.

"Actually I can't remembered it clearly. All I can remember is the person who killed me was wearing a red jacket", Yoroung said and sighed.

"Aisht. You're so unfortunate. Sadly, I can't help you with that", Cyril said and sighed.

She pitied Yoroung. She thinks that Yoroung is such a beautiful woman and would have a beautiful and promising life if she's still living not got killed. She moved and was about to embrace Yoroung but it just penetrated.

"HAHAHAHA! Why did you do that?" Yoroung laugh out loud at Cyril.

"I almost forgot that you're a ghost", Cyril said and pouted.

Hours passed and Cyril slept in her bedroom. Next day she wake up yawning and rubbed her eyes.

"Good morning Yoroung!" she greeted Yoroung as she saw her standing beside the door.

"Well, good morning. It's already 6;30 in the morning', Yoroung said and smiled sweetly.

"OH! MY WORK!!!" Cyril exclaimed as she remembered her work. Today is her first day working in a gaming company.

She hurriedly took a bath and dressed. She combed her hair and put a little amount of red lip tint in her lips. She took her bag and hurriedly went out and went to the nearest bus station. She reached the bus station on time and a bus stopped in front of her. She walked in and sat on the back beside a guy who looks like in her age. She put her hands on her chest and breath heavily.

"Awaken late at the first day of work was a sign of bad day", a deep voice beside Cyril said.

Cyril looked at the guy confusedly. She observed the guy carefully. The guy has long legs 'It seems like he's tall' she thought. He was wearing a black long coat, a white turtle neck underneath and a black jeans. He has a milky brown hair, a pointed nose, black deep eyes and a pastel colored lips.

"Are you done checking on me?" he asked with his monotone voice.

Cyril rolled her eyes 'this man is so assuming' she thought.

"there's no way I'm checking on you", Cyril said with a slightly higher voice.

The man looked at her from head to toe.

"You want to help your ghost friend but you can't, right?" he said.

"What?! How did you know---wait---that ghost isn't my friend. First of all I don't want to help her cause I don't want to risk my life with that kind of things, next who are you? Why do you keep talking to me?"

"You, humans are always selfish."

"Selfish?! You speak as if you're not a human."

"I don't even know if I'm a human after all."