Ghost Girl

She found me

Nightmare 01 - She found me

The room was dark with the thick miasma permeating through the surrounding. Inside was shrouded in eerie silence that if it continued, it might just swallow everything.

However, soon, a beautiful voice would be heard as the girl before me opened her mouth. Her saving grace from this deadly silence was none other than—

"Die."

This deadly word.

"Die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die."

What do they call this feeling again?

That thought entered my mind as I locked eyes with her.

Her black straight hair draped down on my sides as I looked at her face directly above mine. She possessed attractive features that complemented well with delicate frame. And the smile on her lips right now, symbolizing her desire to kill me was simply lovely.

I just gazed at her.

The girl was strangling me to death as she sat atop my stomach. Her cold hands were wrapped around my neck as she showered me with nothing but bloodlust.

Yet for some reason, my heart was beating fast. It was pounding so hard that I could hear it clearly. I was not afraid of her. I was not afraid to die. The reason was not urgency nor danger.

It was nothing but a simple and an obvious reason. An emotion that made humans different from other organisms.

Putting it in a simple sentence, yes, I love her.

"I...I think...I...love...y-you."

A pathetic confession was all I could do in my current state. But I had given my best, hoping she would notice my earnest feelings.

Her hands stopped gripping and her eyes widened for a bit. The pink lips parted and she spoke.

"...I." She was smiling sweetly. "I love you too."

—She gripped my neck even harder. I could no longer breathe nor even talk. At the same time, my eyes widened but I knew that she must had not mean it at all.

"I really, really love you so much that I must kill you no matter what."

I really, really love you so much that dying won't stop me no matter what...

Ahh. I wished I could had said that.

Right, I still haven't asked your name.

I would ask that too next time. Next time, I surely would.

—Then my vision twisted and my consciousness clouded.

I could barely recognize her beautiful figure as I felt my mind fading away.

In the next instant. All went black.

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A dream where I die is a nightmare. A nightmare where I can see you is a dream.

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Gradually passing rows of trees, I stepped on the long road of asphalt as I headed to my school. I breathed in the fresh air of the morning, feeling the coolness inside my lungs before I gazed upwards.

It was splendid like always. The sky was in magnificent blue with the clouds perfectly fitting within it as if some sort of decoration. This scene was something I always admire. It is beautiful.