We're Here For a Reason

Chapter Five

Emil entered the house first, waiting for Lukas and Berwald, who were slowly bringing in the mattresses. The boy sat down, looking bored. Until he noticed the glowing orb at the entrance to the hallway. Clutching his puffin close, he got up to follow it. The orb drifted further down the hallway and Emil ran after it. Eventually the orb stopped and disappeared. Emil frowned, looking around for it.

Without any warning or sign, Mathias appeared where the orb once was, causing the boy to gasp and stumble back; about to call out for Lukas. He opened his mouth to yell but Mathias quickly waved his hands, "I'm sorry! I didn't mean to scare you, that just happens sometimes I'm sorry." The Dane chuckled as Emil stood up.

"It's not funny..."

Mathias nodded in agreement. "I know, you're right," the ghost said, fixing Emil's now messy hair. Stroking the fur on his stuffed bird, Emil calmed down. "Awe, you kept Mr. Puffin," Mat grinned.

"Yeah... I like him," Emil nodded and sat down on the floor, Mathias sitting across from him. Mimicking Emil's folded legs. "I'm sure he likes you too," Mat paused, scratching his head a bit, "Are you guys done moving now? Like, staying here for tonight and the next night?"

A small smile appeared on Emil's lips, "Yeah! We just have to set up the bedrooms. Lukas said if I help and be good that we'll have Asian food for dinner. Are you excited that we're here?"

The Dane blinked in surprise, "Excited?" He flushed a bit, "Sure, you seem like a cool kid to hang with. Not too sure about your brother though.." Speak of the devil, Lukas was calling for Emil to help sort boxes. "Lukas isn't that bad, I guess," Emil shrugged and got up stumbling a bit as he hurried back to the main room. The ghost following after him, doing a double take when he saw Berwald.

The guy was tall and intimidating. "Geez Emil, who's this guy!?" The man didn't seem to notice Mathias getting close and personal as he looked him over, "He's huge!"

Looking up from the labelled boxes he was reading, Emil giggled, "Yeah he is. But that's just Lukas' friend Berwald."

"Berwald is not good name for this guy," Mathias said, being only a few inches shorter than Berwald. His hair even made them look the same height.

"Hm?" Berwald gave Emil a questioning look, frowning a bit.

"Just talking to Mathias, Ber."

"Who's Mathias..?" The Swede glanced around just I'm case.

"The ghost who lives here," Emil shrugging going back to his task of pushing different boxes into different areas for unpacking later. Mathias noticed Lukas shoot Emil a glare, while Berwald had a barely even visible smile. "Vivid imagination," The man said to Lukas, and started picking up the metal bed frames to take upstairs.

"Yes, very," Lukas agreed helping Berwald, mouthing to Emil 'Stop talking about ghosts'.

"So Berwald can't see me like you two?" Mat asked, sitting on a box without it sinking. Due to the lack of real weight.

"I think. You're the ghost here," Emil shrugged.

"You're sassy for a kindergartener," Mathias retorted, to which said 'kindergartener' ignored.

Getting bored, Mathias went upstairs. It didn't take long to figure out what rooms everyone was in. Berwald in the big bedroom, putting together Lukas' bed frame. While Lukas was in the second biggest room, working on Emil's.

Smirking to himself, he drifted behind Lukas. Taking a deep breath, he yelled, "BOO!" Lukas only winced a bit at the volume, but other than that he seemed unaffected.

"That was stereotypical," the Norwegian muttered, still focused on his task.

"You weren't scared? But I came out of nowhere," Mathias pouted a bit, not used to such a passive reaction. Lukas sighed.

"... The room gets colder when you enter."

"Oh."

Lukas nodded, not looking up from the metal, "Anything else?" Mathias thought for a moment, before huffing and disappearing. Once the ghost was gone, Lukas rolled his eyes, muttering to himself.