Alrighty then, the first chapter. Hope you all enjoy, though it's rather short...
Translucent
By Bunny-Chan
chapter 1
She'd come only the night before, but he was already drawn to her.
He should have been like others of his kind- angry, jealous, and wishing to drive her away. That just wasn't the case though.
It was almost unexplainable. She was only a teenage girl, standing in the rain, soaking wet. Yes, normal...
Strands of sandy blonde hair stuck to her face, weighed down by the water. Her dark eyes seemed empty as she looked up at the sky, but flushed cheeks betrayed the life in her. Her hands were limp at her sides, only moving once in a while to rearrange her school uniform that kept clinging to her curved, slender frame. She was so simple, yet so beautiful.
She would have taken his breath away...
... If he'd had any.
He only wished he could speak with her. He'd been so lonely, and had honestly never expected to find so much comfort in the invasion of his home. The other spirits had all moved on already; finding their paths to a peaceful afterlife in a world beyond. He hadn't been ready to leave yet, and so he'd been alone in the house for what had seemed an eternity. Though he knew it could not be so long. A few years at most, but the shortest time could appear to be forever when there was no one there.
She was the only person- living or otherwise - that he wished beyond everything to be able to talk to.
But he couldn't.
The dead could see the living.
It was rare that the living could see the dead.
It was strange, and unfortunate at the moment, but it was the way fate worked, so he couldn't question it.
Wanting a closer look at her, he began walking toward her slowly and curiously.
He didn't get far though, before the girl was snapped out of her reverie by the phone ringing. He followed her as she ran back into the house.
"Moshii moshii. Kyouyama Anna."
Anna. That's a pretty name. Kyouyama? Then I assume she's Japanese... He looked around the room. It was bare- simply a table, a phone, and a TV. It was just as empty as it had been since the last family had moved out, but it seemed warmer now.
"Yes mother, I'm fine. Yes, Tokyo is very nice. School went well today. Yes. Yes, I'll be careful. I love you too, mother."
Mother? She lives alone... I thought she might not have a family. Why is she alone?
"Yes mother, goodbye." Hanging up the phone, she left the room, only to return minutes later wearing dry clothes. She caught her hair up into a red bandanna, and clicked on the TV, sitting on the floor. A cheesy soap opera was playing, but as he looked closer, he saw that she wasn't watching the show. She had her eyes closed, as if in deep thought.
He couldn't help himself. He kneeled down in front of her and studied her features. So beautiful.
He reached his hands out to her face, perfectly aware that he could never touch her. He wished she could see him.
She just looked so innocent and kind and nice and loving and...
"What the hell are you doing?"
So much for that.
To the reviewers:
Vulpixi Misa: The HoroHoro x Anna comes in more toward the end. As for the soap operas and manga, I did that because it reminded me of myself, lol, but I guess a lot of people are like that. :) Thanks for the review.
Kute Anime Kitty: Thanks!
Miko102: Thanks for the review!
Potato-Person: Haha, I'm definitely going to try to keep updating this one. Sometimes it takes me forever to update.
distantdreamer: Actually, I've never read a story with a similar plot to this... I don't really get around and read a ton of fanfiction. Thanks for letting me know though. I'm not going to read any of those other stories, however, because I don't want to unintentionally steal ideas or anything... I'll try to work on the descriptions :)
