Jinxed (Completed)

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Dylan disappears after that. As in, his body just fades into nothing, like I was holding nothing in my arms. He is gone ... he's ...

"What just happened?" I ask.

"I think he sacrificed himself for you," Cassie says quietly.

"For ... for me? Why did he ... ?" Tears start falling down my face. I start out right bawling then. Maya comes over and holds me. She holds me in her arms and I cry, not sure what is even going on.

Just when he was freed, he has to die. Or disappear. Or something. I don't honestly know. I shake my head and just close my eyes and cry some more.

..........

I am in bed, and have been since Dylan was sacrificed for the voices to go away. I don't really cry or talk, because I'm just wracked with guilt. I killed my boyfriend. I forced him to sacrifice himself for me.

You didn't sacrifice me to anyone, Kaia.

I sit bolt upright in bed, and look around.

"Dylan?" I breathe, looking all over.

I'm here, Kaia. I'm ... I think I'm inside you. Like, in your mind or something.

"Wait, you replaced the voices?" I ask, shocked.

I think that's what happened. I am just stuck inside your mind like an imaginary friend. You could probably give me a corporeal form through the whole Tulpa making things."

"You're not dead?"

No. I was turned into the voices in your head, or maybe even just an imaginary friend of yours. Kaia, I want to hold you again.

"Oh my god ... I want to hold you, too," I say, coughing as I choke on my tears. "Dylan, please tell me you're okay ... I need to know."

I'm fine. I'm just ... I don't know.

"Are you sure? Like, you aren't in pain or anything?"

I'm fine, Kaia. Really, I'm better than fine. I'm just a little weirded out. That's all.

"Yeah, I suppose you'd be a bit confused. Okay, um, how do I free you?"

No. It is not a good idea to go back on your side of the pact with the Sprites.

"I'm not," I say. "We can just reverse it. I get the voices back and get you. And trust me, believe me, I want that."

You would really reverse this? For me?

I nod. "Dylan, I love you. And you gave up everything for me already, so why can't I do the same for you?"

I love you more than you could know, Kaia. But I don't want you to have to do this.

"I don't have to, I want to "

I then get up and go over to my closet, then get out some clothes. Then I head in to shower and get ready for the day ahead.