Chapter 2

She remembers me?

Note from the Author: In this chapter, it's in Orion's point of view.

I followed Linda out the door.

Although she can't see or hear me anymore, her conscience remembers me! This makes me happy.

She keeps unconsciously talking to me, as if she knows I'm here, watching her. She even remembers part of my name!

I tried calling to her many times, but the only time it actually worked, was that time when she was looking in the mirror. Maybe, if I try hard enough, I can actually talk to her, if not faintly. She might be frightened if I do that though.

Even so, before she returned to her normal self, I had promised her that if I see her in the real world, I would call out to her. And I won't break the last promise I ever made to her.

We walked outside and took a shortcut down an alley and came into the cafe from a side door.

Shin, Toma, Kent, and Ikki were sitting at a table in the corner of the cafe, waving for Linda to come closer.

Linda and I went closer and sat down.

"Hey Linda! Are you feeling okay? We heard you had amnesia," Toma told her.

"Amnesia? I don't think I remember having that..."

"That's strange," said Shin. "For the past few days, we were worried that you even forgot about us. You were acting all spaced out too."

"Um...maybe I was daydreaming?" Linda suggested.

"I didn't know you daydream. You always seem like the down to earth type of person," Ikki said.

Kent nodded in agreement.

So, Linda's the down to earth type of person?

Waka, the cafe owner, came, and gave all of them something to drink. I think it was coffee.

Everyone thanked him, and he left.

Everyone sipped in silence. Then Shin spoke up. "I don't think we should tell Waka that you might not have had amnesia. Or else he won't give us free coffee anymore."

Toma sighed. "Cheap as always aren't you Shin?"

"You're telling me that I'm cheap? Psh," Shin retorted.

Kent laughed. "Okay, okay. So you're both cheap. Problem solved."

They all laughed.

They continued to talk and laugh like this until the shop closed.

It was evening when they got out.

They heard crickets chirping, since it was summer.

Ikki and Kent parted ways with them. Linda, me, Toma, and Shin took the left road.

We walked by a park, where Shin, Toma, and Linda used to play in when they were younger.

I looked over there thoughtfully. "You guys used to play there right?" I asked Linda, even though I knew she wouldn't hear me.

Even so, Linda's head snapped up.

"Did you guys hear something?" Linda asked them.

"All I hear is crickets," Toma said.

Shin was quiet.

Some leaves rustled from behind a bush.

"Who's there?" Shin called.

No one answered. I flew over there. They were girls from Ikki's fan club.

"There's someone here!" I yelled at the top of my lungs, hoping Linda would hear me.

She didn't react.

No one answered Shin.

"It's just your imagination," Toma said, but seemed to tense up too. "Let's just keep walking."

Shin hesitated, but then followed them.

I continued to follow the girls, because it was the least I could do.

"Ugh, why does she keep talking to Ikki?" said the brown haired girl.

"I know right. I mean, everyone knows he's already ours," said the girl with the pigtails.

"Yeah, I mean, how desperate can she be?" said brown haired.

"Yeah, and how incredibly stupid can she be?" said pigtails.

"You're the incredibly desperate and stupid ones," I said, wishing they could hear me.

We reached Linda's house, and she went inside, saying goodbye to Shin and Toma.

After she went inside, and Toma sat down on the steps.

"Are you sure someone was following us?" Toma asked Shin.

Shin nodded, and sat down next to Toma.

I smiled. Now these stalkers won't be able to do anything to Linda.

"Ugh, I told you not to move," brown haired hissed to pigtails.

"But there was a cricket on my legs," pigtails hissed back.

Then they ran off.

I flew in the window, just in time to hear Linda sleep talk.

"O...ri..on," she whispered. I smiled.