"No… that's impossible!" Sora cries. He picks up the pills, cramming them all into his mouth at once. Crazy. He must have been. Otherwise, he wouldn't be seeing what he was seeing now; nor would he be hearing it.

"Fucking idiot!" Vanitas screams, swinging an arm at Sora's back so hard he begins to cough, the pills spilling out. Vanitas holds him by his chin. He does not struggle. Illusion or not, this was beautiful and he wanted to see it for as long as possible. He was so captivated, he'd tuned out the words Vanitas had been saying. "-Don't you EVER do that again, do you hear me? Jesus Christ, I will beat the shit out of you if I catch you trying to kill yourself again!"

"V-Vanitas?"

"Yes, Vanitas! Here I am about to make my grand entrance and you're shoving a fistful of pills down your goddamn throat!" He lets the younger one go.

"You're alive?" Sora still can't believe his eyes, or any of his senses for that matter. He had watched Vanitas be buried. This couldn't be…

He stood on tiptoe to give the taller a gentle kiss. "You're freezing…"

"Because I'm not alive! I'm a fucking ghost!" Vanitas snaps. "…But I can touch you, and you can touch me?"

He proceeds to tug at Sora's hair, feel his face and kiss his multiple times. "It's like you're the only thing that's solid in the world anymore." other than a hint of concern and a few light shades of anger, Vanitas' face is devoid of emotion. "And you can hear me… up until now, I just passed through everything and no one could see me. Weird." He stares at his hands while Sora in turn stares at him in utter wonderment.

"You're really… dead?"

Vanitas scratches the back of his head.

"Look, let me prove it." With that, Vanitas disappears from view. Sora begins to panic a little, seeing him gone. After a few moments, Vanitas reappears behind him. "See?" He walks through a wall to further his point. The brunette turns around to put his head on Vanitas' chest. It is cold, hard and lifeless.

"You have no heartbeat. And you're not breathing." Sora isn't sure whether to be ecstatic or scared out of his wits. My boyfriend is a… ghost? But he is there with him, is he not?

"Deader than dead, that's for sure. On the bright side, I don't have to piss any more; and I can't feel pain. I don't have to eat or sleep. But… I'm not sure about pleasure." Vanitas smiled mischievously, fingering the ties of the sweatpants Sora wore.

"…Please sleep with me?"

Vanitas' eyes flash with excitement.

"I guess, since you asked me ever so nicely." Vanitas pushes Sora to the bed, his icy hands gripping the smaller boy's wrists. Sora realizes what Vanitas must think he means; causing his cornflower blue eyes to widen.

"Not this way," He says, pulling away slightly from the eager kisses he knew only too well. "I mean, will you actually sleep with me? I can't do another night by myself…"

"Without sex?" Vanitas immediately appeared disappointed.

"I just want to get used to the idea… and I'm not sure that it's even possible to…well…"

"Chances are that I'd find a way." He was beginning to get a little angry. Vanitas wasn't one for pleading; and Sora had never rejected sex. Ever. "…fine. Be a cock block then." He growled. He watches Sora lie down and gaze at him. "What?"

"I'm afraid you'll leave me again." Sora admits softly. Vanitas rolls his eyes.

"Go to sleep and I'll be here when you wake up."

"Promise?"

"Yeah, yeah, I promise." Newly reassured, Sora closes his eyes and falls into a fitful sleep. Since Vanitas has no need for sleep at all in this new state, he remains awake. Watching him like that… kinda makes me wish I wasn't dead. Sora snores, but only softly. He rests in the fetal position, more peaceful than he had been in weeks. I didn't think he would miss me so much. In a way, it made Vanitas feel nice to know someone at least had cared enough to cry for him when they found out what had happened.

"I need to see you…"


Vanitas glances around to find that he is no longer in the bedroom, but instead inside a vast black space which stretched for feet. No. Miles? Kilometers? Inches? He had no clue. "There you are!" The girl smiles and tilts her head as she had when he had seen her last.

"…YOU. You're dead, too?" Vanitas asks. She shakes her head.

"No, I was never dead. I was never human, unlike you. I never will be."

"What are you even talking about? Who the hell ARE you?" The girl only sits patiently on what seems to be a glowing white chair.

"I'm Kairi."

"Alright, Kairi. What are you if you aren't human or whatever you said?"

"I'm what could be called an angel on your planet… not that Heaven actually exists in the first place."

"…Fuck that, this is all there is?" He sees nothing but blackness around the girl and himself.

"In your PD, yes. For now. Your Personal Dimension starts empty, but it starts filling up with things you held dear to you on Earth. With time, that is." She holds up a finger as if to emphasize the idea.

"Everyone has one of these PD things?"

"Yup! And one of us." Kairi points to herself. "I'm sort of like your personal helper. I guide you through your death and explain the stuff I am now. I actually did you the liberty of killing you a little early, since your death wasn't going to be painless or instant."

"Wait a second!"

"Hm? Did I miss something?"

"Why can only Sora touch me and hear me and all that stuff?" Kairi twirls a lock of mahogany hair.

"Simple. Sora was the last one you thought about before you died. Usually, the last one is the one you need to help or tell something or even just say goodbye to. Sora happened to be that person, as it is." Vanitas scoffed. "But there's a catch."

He raised an eyebrow.

"…what kind of catch?"

"You can't stay on Earth forever. After a few weeks, you won't be able to touch Sora anymore. Soon he won't be able to hear you; and then you'll slowly fade away so he can't see you or have contact with you at all. That's when you come to live in your PD until you can be reincarnated into another living thing."

"So, it can't last?"

"Unfortunately, no."

"Well… you're my 'Personal Helper' and all. I'm sure you could extend our time for a year or two if I gave you a little something on the side. I mean, just ask Sora. I'm good with my mouth… if that's what you like." His lips pulled up into a lazy grin. Kairi blinked.

"Are you seriously offering me sexual favors as bribes?"

"If you want me to be."

"Well, one, I couldn't help you if I wanted to since I don't have that power. Two, I'm over 300 years old."

"Mmm… cougar?" Vanitas suggested hopefully, hoping to sway her.

"It would be boring. I know all of your moves, Vanitas. You enjoy using your teeth in any way possible and love to see Sora in chains. You are what most would call a sadist and like causing Sora, who is a masochist, physical pain all through intercourse. Seeing him helpless and begging is your sexual weakness. Though, I'm a little surprised at you, trying to whore yourself out for more time; especially considering how faithful you've been."

"…I'll ignore that last part if you tell me how you know all my fetishes."

"It's pretty much my job to know everything about you. I've been watching you since you were conceived. And when I say everything, I mean everything. Ask me a question."

"You're like my stalker." He says, a little freaked out. "Okay. What's my favorite food?"

"Sora's homemade pancakes."

"What color are my underwear?"

"Since you're wearing what you died in, your underwear are red and black striped today."

"My favorite show?"

"You don't believe in television."

"…What's my favorite taste?" Vanitas asked with a devilish smile.

"The taste of Sora's cum, you pervert. I can honestly say you are the horniest guy I've ever studied." Kairi crossed her arms. "And I'll continue to study you until you can't go to Earth any more."

"Fine. See if I care."

"Whatever you say. You know, you really should be going, Vanitas. I think you've got a promise to keep and time passes much quicker here."


Vanitas sees he's in the apartment again, and Sora is just opening his eyes. He sits up quickly and finds Vanitas in the room. A bright smile graces his features, easily outdoing the sun.

"Hey. You kept your word."