𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐕𝐈𝐗𝐄𝐍 ⌁ diego hargreeves

➵ twenty four

"HOW CAN YOU SEE HIM?"

"BECAUSE I DIED."

Klaus & Ben Hargreeves, Aubrielle Chung. February 12, 1962.

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"BOO." Klaus practically flipped off his bed and fell face first into the marble floor of his large mansion.

He quickly got back up to see Aubrielle leaning on a pillar, her arms crossed. His eyes widen as he sat on the ground, looking up at her.

"Bri! Oh my god, you're here! Y-You found me! You're okay!"

Aubrielle softly smiled as Klaus kept rambling while he got onto his feet. "How did you find me? Where have you been?" He began to move toward Aubrielle with his arms opened out wide but what she said next made him halt his tracks.

"Hey Benedict."

Both Klaus and Ben snapped their heads to look at each other in surprise. Ben instantly frowned, knowing right away. Klaus looked at Aubrielle confused.

"How can you see him?"

Aubrielle pursed her lips at Klaus's slowness before smiling sadly. "Because I died."

Klaus gasped, eyes wide, "No.."

Aubrielle shook her head, "Don't be sad, now I can see you, Benny, and my parents later."

"But.."

Ben slowly walked forward toward Aubrielle, a frown on his face. The two looked at each other in silence before Ben opened his arms and smiled slightly. "Now we can be together twenty-four seven, Eggelle."

Aubrielle chuckled and hugged Ben. "I don't know if that's a good thing.." She joked just as Klaus sniffled.

Aubrielle moved away from Ben to look at Klaus. "Are you okay, Klaus?"

Klaus nodded, "It's just.. None of us were there to protect you.. You didn't even get to say goodbye to the others.. Like Ben.."

Aubrielle frowned as she glanced at Ben, who was also discouraged by Klaus's last sentence. She shook her head, "It's okay, you can tell them for me."

Ben looked at Aubrielle, "You didn't go to the lights yet?"

Aubrielle shook her head, smiling at Ben, "I'll go whenever you're ready to go."

"What about your parents?"

She shrugged at Ben's question, "They'll be there at the gates when you wanna go."

Klaus came forward, still horrified that Aubrielle had passed and that no one was there to see her go. He had to find out through her finally finding him.

"How did you die..?"

The somber atmosphere suddenly disappeared as Aubrielle grew flustered and rubbed the back of her neck. "It's quite embarrassing actually.."

Ben raised an eyebrow in amusement at her sheepish state. He crossed his arms and waited for Aubrielle to continue. Klaus was waiting for her to speak, a devastated expression on his face.