Please... don't end up like me...

Canada x Ghost! Reader

Chapter 2

"You're… a… ghost?"

"Yup" I smiled proudly.

"And~ you're going~ to haunt me?"

"Yes"

"…"

"… c: "

"…."

"Ok miss, whatever you say, but if you don't mind accompany me to the hospital or police station, eh? We can even call your family to pick you up"

What?

"Wait- you think I'm crazy?!"

"N-No I don't think that at all" he said as he avoids my eyes and seems weirded out but concern for me.

"Yes you do!" I can't believe it! My first human haunting and he doesn't believe me!

"Come now, eh? Your family must be worry about yo-" he said he reached out to pat my head to calm me down but instead of landing on my crown his hand went right through down my head.

"Wha-!?" as he pulled his hand back, I walked through him guessing he's having this force feeling go through him since he shivered and than I tapped him on his shoulders from behind, only for him to turn around at me in shock.

"I told you I'm ghost" I said proudly and annoyed. To be honest, I fully expected him to runaway screaming after discovering that I'm a ghost but he just stood there, lost for words.

"Mon Dieu… you really are a ghost"

"That's what I have been telling you~!"

He looks at me for a while, only to sigh tiredly and turn away from me "…I'm going home…"

What? That was not the reaction I thought my first human would have of me.

"Wha- Wait up!" I called for him as I try to catch up.

~later~

We arrived inside an apartment building where the guy opened the door and went in.

"Um _, wasn't it? I don't know why you want to follow me of all people or what had happened to you to end up as a ghost, but ugh… you should look for an medium or… or try to pass on to the next world on your own, haunting me won't get you anywhere. I'm sorry… I can't be of any help to you, um goodbye" then he shuts the door on me.

A moment of silences later he sighed and walked into his living room only to be taken aback to see me floating above the furniture looking about the room.

"You're very patriotic, aren't you?" I said as I see a lot of Canadian related stuff like flags, maple leafs, Canadian money lying on the table, and lots of winter stuff like sports gear and clothes.

"Excuse me; it's rude to look at other people things much more coming into other people homes uninvited!"

"hehe Sorry~ but I told you already, I decided to haunt you." I smiled wildly "So that means I'm permanently stuck on you till I pass on or you die"

"Please tell me you're joking" the poor Canadian spoke in tired disbelief.

"Nope" I said as I floated over to the photos hang on the wall that caught my eye. He groans as he took a sit on the coach after placing his suitcase and suit jacket neatly on the table. The photos along the wall all consist of a lot of people but four of them popped up more times then others and then noticed one that says "family" it had a group of four males; one's shorter of the four with blond unkempt hair and big bushy brows (it looks funny but somehow right on him), the one next to him has a stubble beard with short wavy shoulder length blond hair, a sort of flamboyant attitude about him and holding a red rose (maybe that's his dad, or something? Kinda looks like him) the following looks just like the shy guy but more… livelier? I guess, but with blue eyes, a smile as big as mines, and a brown bomber jacket (it looks like his having fun in the picture), and lastly there was that shy guy looks a bit uncomfortable but seems really, really happy holding a white polar bear

"By the way~" I said just now thinking and realizing as I floated over to him face to face but with me upside down smiling at him "who are you? I mean, haven't gotten your nam-"

"I'm Canada" he said instantly like on instinct.

"Canada?" I tilt my head. What a weird name to give to a child?

"I-I mean my name is Matthew, Matthew Williams, I'm… from Canada…" he said as his voice dwindles down to a mumble.

"… *giggle* you're weird," I said as I flip myself back upright and reached out my hand. "Well Matthew it's nice to meet you!"

Canada P.o.v.

Says the ghost

"it's nice to meet you too…" as I too reach out my hand to meet hers expecting to go threw it again (I don't know why we are doing this if she knows that it wont work but I thinks it rude not to) but surprisingly as our hands met I felt a semi-sold hand that didn't feel warm nor cold, just nothing.

Great~ not only am I mistaken and forgotten like a ghost, now I have a ghost following me.

"Sigh~…"

"What's with the sighs? It's not all that bad at least you won't be lonely and have fun all the time"

"Maybe for you, but this is troubling for me" I said as she had this sad look for a second then turn and smile again at the pictures she was looking at earlier. What was that look just now?

"So~ Matthew, do you live here alone or with your family? Oh did you move here from Canada? Is your family still back at home?" she said happily asking in a million miles per second completely changing the tone of the mood.

"Um yeah, I'm Canadian but I don't live here, it a place I use for work when I'm over and my family has their own places"

"So cool!" there's that word again, I could feel my face heat up. I'm not used to being called 'cool'. No one has ever called me cool before, not my family nor my fellow nations. I think the only time I was ever called that is when someone thinks I'm America, and even then they would use it with an insult.

"Matthew?"

"Huh?"

"You're spacing ouuut~"

"Huh!?" I stood up fast and away from her when I saw how close she was to my face without me realizing that she was there and I nearly jumped from my seat. But all I heard was her laughing.

"Sorry Matt, are you ok?" she said sitting down next to me, I just couldn't look her in the eye "I'm ok" then I got up and went to the open kitchen to make some coffee.

As I made some I said offering coffee "do you want some?" but then I blush in embarrassment as I realized what I said no late.

"Noooo thanks~! That stuff just goes right~ through me!" she giggled. As she said it, I can't help but crack a smile and chuckle a little.

"Ok that was a pretty good pun, even if it's cheesy"

"Heeey! Cheesy is good! It's good for the soul- pffhahahaha" she laughs again realizing her own words.

"Hardy har har" I said coming back to sit on a comfy chair loosening up my tie and taking a sip of my coffee.

Even though we just met and she is still a very weird ghost girl, she's nice, happy- go- lucky and nice company so far even when she doesn't respect personally space.

"So what type of job do you have?" she asks lying back down on the coach her ghostly legs resting across my lap. Hmm I don't know, should I tell her that I'm a personification of Canada? Or should I keep it secret? Well she still is human, but then again she is dead so it's not like she'll tell anyone. Though I don't know who she really is and her intention (she could be a demon playing innocence for all I know)… and if she's telling the truth about being stuck on me for life, me being immortal and all, she'll find out eventually… first I should find out me about her…

"You know, you been watching, following and asking a lot of questions about me. I want to ask some about you, if it's ok?"

She looks up in mock thinking before she said smiling "Sure, shoot!"

"Um ok… lets see… how did you… um…"

"Die?" she finished my sentence sensing I wanted to ask but hesitated. I just didn't know if it was ok to ask that and not wanting to bring up old wounds.

"I have no idea! I can't remember anything of my life before I died"

"Really?"

"Yeah… all I've been told is that I was a good person even to the end but before I died I did something very bad that veto my 'get into heaven free' card and now I have to prove myself or something like that" she explain as she seems to think on it hard.

"Who told you this?"

"I don't know… but I kind of think of him like the middleman, I don't think he was a God nor a demon but a guy just doing his job, like quickly checking a person's life before sending them up or down stair to be fully evaluated"

"Like a grim reaper?" I think japan was talking about something like that from an anime he watched before; I think it had the word 'butler' in it?

"Maybe" she shrugs guessing.

She's being very vague on her answer... But it seems even she is not sure about it.

"Ok, then… why haunt ME of all people? I mean, I'm nothing all that special."

"Maybe" I could feel a ping struck on my entire being. Sigh~ even a ghost thinks I'm nothing...

Then she sat up and looked at me straight in the face grinning "But you're special to me" huh? "You're the first ever to notice me, I can't even tell you how happy I am to find you" said smiled again but this time it felt so genuine and heartfelt it really hurts.

"I can understand the feeling" I said moving my glaze downward starting to remember the few rare times that some did notice and remembered me, even if it's for a short while. It felt great! like you matter, you're important to someone to care about, like they're saying you're loved. I just wish they remembered me more often.

"Ello!~" she called out to me again with an annoyed face waving her hand in front of me.

"It's rude to space out when you're with a guest! Even if they are decreased"

"I-I'm sorry!" why am I spacing out a lot? Do I space out often and just haven't notice?

"No problem, so any more questions?"

"Tons"

"Well~ I'll answer one more and that's it. By how you like to space out I think it's about time humans should be going to bed, right? And beside we'll be together for a looooooong time~ hopefully, so no need to rush" she smirked.

Ha 'a long time'... She has no idea "well then let me think... How do your powers work? You don't look like a spirit your not see through or anything and yet in the streets, you walked right pass through me and earlier when we shook hands it felt solid"

I do want to know what are a ghost abilities and limitations.

"Oh that? The manual says that all that I need to do is concentrate reeeeeally hard and I can move and hold solid object, like people or things, it's isn't that hard"

"What manual?"

"A manual, which all ghost get when they die. It's sort of implanted in our heads with everything we ever need to know on how to be a ghost, from 'how and why you are a ghost' to 'how to pass on after ones redemption'. Don't worry if you become a ghost you'll get one."

I never got mines.

"I see… well it's getting late"

"Yup, time for bed"

"Wait do ghost need sleep?"

"Not really but you do" she said float over to my bedroom and went through the wall.

"WHAAA!"

She screams from the room over. I got up and ran to the bedroom door. What's wrong to make her scream? I opened the door to see her fussing over Kumahiro as he suddenly woke up by the loud sound of me slamming the door open.

"AWWWW HE'S SO CUTE~!" she gush over my small cub, that was previously sleeping at the foot of my bed.

"Who is this cutie pie? I didn't know humans can have pet bears, he's adorable!" she said as he gently strokes his pelt as he didn't seem to notice her there at all. She tilted her head a bit looking at the ground to see his pillow lying about with his name stitch on it.

"Is his name Kumajiro?" she said fully giving the small bear all her affection and the bear, still not noticing her there, but I have the feeling that he can kind of sense her since he in rolling over on his back to give her access to his soft belly.

"Yeah, he's Kumajiji my good friend and not many people can have a cub for a companion and I'm glad to have him"

"?..." the cub rose his head to the Canadian in confusion must likely who I am and who I'm talking to, but he rested his head back down again and rolled to it's side. I guess he's to tire to say anything today and considering my day and my new house guest, I think it was for the better.

"Well then, I~ got a busy day tomorrow… so I need to go to sleep"

"Alright then" she agreed as she sat there staring at me as I just stood still.

"…"

"…"

"Um… I need to change and get ready for bed"

"…"

"Ugh… could you go to the other room, please?"

"Oh! My bad! haha I'm so use to not being seen that I forget you humans don't like changing in front of others, sorry, well~ Good Night!" she said as she flew off to the living room.

"Sigh~ tomorrows going to be a long~ day…"