Ghost Boy (Rachel x Ira)

Chapter 3: Dead

Ira's POV
                              I didn't know what was happening...at first...I felt cold...and alone...then I heard a familiar voice, but I couldn't recognize who it was...suddenly, I felt warmer, as if someone was holding me...eventually, I gained up enough strength to open my eyes...I saw Marmo...
Me:"M-Marmo?"
I said before I felt a pain in my chest, it was hard to breath.
Marmo:"yeah, I'm here. What happened?"
Me:"Gura and Riba...they...t-tried to kick me out of the hideout..."
Marmo:"..."
Marmo was silent...she must've noticed that I was having a hard time breathing...everything in my body hurt, it was like being shot a thousand times,
...I thought about my life...how it would end...if I were to die...Marmo would be alone...our parents died a long time ago...along with our other siblings...if I left...Marmo would be alone...I didn't want to leave her...I wanted to stay...I didn't want her to be alone...
Marmo suddenly looked at me in surprise. I was crying, but I didn't really care...
Me:"Marmo...I'm gonna die...aren't I?"
Marmo:"..."
I sobbed as Marmo held me tighter...
Marmo:"...I don't know."
I knew that Marmo could tell what I was feeling...I was afraid...
'...Marmo...I know that I'm dying...I know that I'll have to leave you soon...even though I don't want to.....it's all my fault that this happened...I was reckless...I should've been more careful around Gura and Riba...so...all I want to say is...'
Me:"...I'm sorry..."
I managed to whisper, I didn't think that Marmo heard me...but I was happy to know that I said it...I started hearing sirens in the distance...as I closed my eyes, the siren sounds became smaller and smaller...until I couldn't hear anything at all...next thing I knew...I woke up on the beach the next morning...Marmo was gone...and so was the ambulance I heard before...the strange thing was...the pain that I had been feeling before was gone...in fact...I felt refreshed...I sat up and looked around, I was super confused, I scratched the back of my head, wondering what exactly happened. How was I even awake? I thought I'd be dead by now. Second of all, why did Marmo leave me here? I assumed that she thought I died,
Me:"welp, I'd better go back to the hideout and tell Marmo I'm alive."
I said to myself, standing up and dusting myself off from laying in the sand. I teleported back to the hideout, and I saw Marmo crying her eyes out in her room, looking at a picture of both of us with the rest of our family.
Me:"Marmo, quit crying, I'm right here, see?"
I said, smiling like nothing happened, but, Marmo continued to cry, she didn't even look in my direction, as if I were invisible to her. I was about to walk over to her when Bel came into the room and...he passed right through me. It sent a chill through my entire body and I clutched my heart, after the shock passed, I loosened my grip on my heart and slowly brought my hand back down to my side. I looked at them for a long time before sighing and walking out of Marmo's room and going into my own, I took a pen and a piece of paper, and I wrote a note for Marmo to tell her that I was ok, she just, won't be able to see me. I put the note on my desk and smiled to myself, knowing that even though nobody could see me, I was still here, and that's good enough for me.