Ghost Boy

💔Fourteen💔

Gustav's Pov

After some more time had passed Sydney had come through the front door. I could tell she was a little out of it but not much. She called out for me then she seen me after she took off her heels.

"Oh, there you are. What have you been up to?" "Nothing really...but..." "But what? What's wrong?" "Can you sit for me?..There's something I need to tell you..." "Okay."

She sat down and I sat with her.

"I...Sydney I'm..I'm leaving..for good.."

It felt like her whole mood had changed after the words came out of my mouth.

"What?..What do you mean you're leaving?..Leaving where?.." "I'm gonna give my soul to Julian...and be gone for good.." "No..no. You're not leaving. You just started coming around. What about me?.." "I can make you forget..I can make you forget everything up to the night we met on the bridge."

She stood up off the couch and started walking away.

"Sydney...I'm not doing this to hurt you..I'm doing it because..you have a life...and I'm not going to get in the way of yours just because I took my own.." "Gus...I don't want you to go..and I don't want you to erase my memory..I want you to stay here with me..I want you to be here..." "But Syd-." "No Gus..I won't let you do this to me...not again.."

I glitched behind her and she was crying. After awhile she started to shake.

"Sydney...just let me take this pain away..please..." "No."

She turned around towards me and put her finger in my face.

"I won't let you fucking erase my memory. I won't let you. Every moment we've had since you got here has been the best of my whole entire fucking life..and I won't let you just erase that....that night on the bridge...you could've let me die but...you didn't..you saved my life...because of you I'm still here and alive..right now..even though Julian told you that there'd be consequences..so why stop being here now?..."

I hated seeing Sydney the way she was now. I hated seeing the tears roll down her face. I hated that so much pain was in her eyes.

"I just want you to be happy Sydney..." "Then stay..don't fucking go anywhere..don't leave me here..and don't erase my memory."

She wrapped her arms around me and held me as tight as she could.

"Don't go...I need you.." "But I'm not good for you Sydney.." "I don't care..I don't care at all..I don't want you in death...cold and alone..I don't want you there...here you're safe..with me.."

I couldn't leave her here. I wouldn't leave her here. Not like this. My heart that wasn't even beating anymore wouldn't let me.

"Okay..I'm not going anywhere...I promise." "So..if I go to bed tonight...you promise you won't leave?.."

I had her look at me.

"I promise. I'll be here when you wake up." "Okay.." "Lets get you to bed..I didn't mean to still have you up.." "It isn't your fault."

I smiled slightly and we both went upstairs to her room. She went into the bathroom after she grabbed some pajamas to put them on. When she came out she looked at me in the chair then went to sit on her bed.

"You should...lay with me..it'll be much more comfortable.." "Are you sure?.." "I'm sure. You don't have to sleep in that uncomfortable old chair."

She laid down and I laid next to her. She cuddled up against me and I was staring up at the ceiling with my legs crossed over each other and my hand laying on my stomach.

"How could you lay next to me knowing I'm so cold?.." "Because..I feel past it..it doesn't bother me." "Well, how'd your night go with your friends?" "It went good." "Okay..well..I'll let you sleep."

I started playing in her hair and she started falling asleep.

Sydney's Pov

Time Skip

I woke up and looked at my phone to see what time it was. I seen it was 3 in the morning. I sighed and went downstairs to get some juice. I poured it in a cup and drank it. When it was gone I washed the cup out and I put it away. I then leaned my back against the counter. After just staying there for a minute there was a voice from the kitchen table. I looked over and seen Julian.

"Juice at 3am, huh?" "Yes. And it was peaceful until you showed up...what do you want?" "I wanted to ask you something." "Which is what?" "Why are you trying to make him stay?" "Excuse me." "Why are you trying to make Gus stay? You know you'll just leave him behind after awhile and all his time spent here would have been for nothing." "I don't want him to go back to where he was..I want him safe.." "He's dead Sydney. There's no such thing as safe in his world. He's just gone. And he needs to rest in peace. I'm afraid staying here will do nothing but hurt him." "Well it's a good thing no one asked your opinion then."

I went to start walking out of the kitchen and he stopped me. He glitched right next to me and grabbed my arm.

"Sydney. I'm asking you..just let him go."

I snatched my arm from him and made eye contact.

"No. And you don't scare me. I'm not going to hurt him and just because I'm alive doesn't mean I'm going to just forget about him. He died cold and alone and...I don't want that to be a thing for him all over again...maybe me and you could find a way to bring him back.."

Julian looked back into my eyes searching for something.

"This is a dangerous road you're walking down." "Well, it doesn't matter. I'd rather try and be on dangerous ground for him not to suffer than to just sit back and let him wither away again. Now go away."

Julian sighed then disappeared.

Gustav's Pov

"No. And you don't scare me. I'm not going to hurt him and just because I'm alive doesn't mean I'm going to just forget about him. He died cold and alone and...I don't want that to be a thing for him all over again...maybe me and you could find a way to bring him back.."

There was a moment of silence until Julian spoke up again.

"This is a dangerous road you're walking down." "Well, it doesn't matter. I'd rather try and be on dangerous ground for him not to suffer than to just sit back and let him wither away again. Now go away."

There was a sigh then I heard Sydney coming back upstairs. I glitched back into her bed and acted asleep. She walked towards the bed but she didn't get in it. I couldn't understand why she wanted to find a way to save me. I didn't deserve it so why would she want to? After awhile, she got into the bed and she started going to sleep. I opened my eyes to look at her and after what I heard, I couldn't even get back to sleep.