Happy Chinese New Year, ghost hunters! Here's the next part of Bring Us Home. Sorry for the short chapter and please leave some reviews. ENJOY READING! :)
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Chapter 1: Bring Us Home Part 2
The following day, as expected Hiyori senpai didn't come to work. I think she still have trauma over yesterday's incident.
"Hiyori won't come today. She said she still doesn't feel good. What actually happened yesterday? Tamaki senpai asked.
"I can understand her if she won't come today. If I were my old self, I too, don't want to come." I said.
"Did you actually see anything yesterday, senpai?" I continue.
"I don't know if I should've seen anything, but I only saw you both standing still after Hiyori came from the back section. I think I did saw you doing something towards an empty area, but I still don't understand anything." He said.
"Well.. Actually.." So I told him everything that happened yesterday. I didn't tell him much detail about the ghost, but I only told him from what I saw, it should be someone who died because of a car accident. He didn't say much after though.
"I see⦠So, is it still here?" He asked.
"No, I don't think so. I hope it's gone for good, and don't come back here." I said.
"What did you actually do?" He asked.
"It's actually something that was taught to me from my previous work. For self-defense." I said.
"Oh.. I see." then he didn't ask anything about the incident again. I don't know if it's because he was scared same thing will happen to him or because he just doesn't want to talk about it anymore. I continue doing my work until I finished. After my shift ended, I went to my second part time job in a bar.
Fortunately, there were no incidents like that after, at least not in the store. I still have incidents like in other places, like the bar. There was one time that I got pushed and I had to use crutch and got a cast because I broke my leg. At least it's not as bad as when I was working with him.
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~ Naru's POV ~
"Lin, I'm going out." I said.
"Where are you going?" he asked.
"Just out. I'm just going to get some fresh air." I said then went out of the office. I don't know if he said anything back. I don't really care. I just don't want to be here anymore. At first, it was only because of my brother that I'm here. But, now that I have done with his burial, for some reason I don't want to be here anymore. Even work can't distract me anymore, I have to be somewhere where I can be eased from this, with someone. Actually, before the burial of my brother, he came and talked to me.
"Noll, Noll." Gene called me. For the first time, I'm seeing his full form, not thorough a mirror. This time, he's standing in front of me.
"Yes?" I answered.
"I have to go now. Sorry that I can't take care of you anymore." He said.
"What do you mean? I can take care of myself." I said.
"Yeah. Sure. Please take care of everyone for me too, that includes the team in Japan, Noll." He said.
"I won't go back there. And you know that, Gene." I said.
"Yeah, for now. I'm sure you're going back to Japan, sooner or later. Please take care of Mai. She's really having a hard time now. I may not be able to communicate with her through her dream anymore, but I'm able to watch her from afar." He said.
"Explain."
"You'll know when you see her. Anyway, please do take care of her. You hurt her more than what you thought." He continued without explaining a single thing to me.
"What do you mean I hurt her? I never hurt her. Tease her, yes, I'll admit that. But I never hurt her." I said.
"Noll, I can't explain anymore than this. One thing that you should always remember, Noll, is that she would never hurt you." He said.
"I'm getting more confuse." Everything that he said up until now doesn't make any sense to me. The more he talks the more confuse I am.
"You'll understand it in time, Noll. Only time can tell. Anyway, I really have to go now. Please take care of mom. And please take care of yourself, brother" He said his final goodbye.
"Yes, you too, brother." I also said my final goodbye to him.
No matter how much I think of our short conversation back then, I still unable to understand a thing that he said. I hurt Mai? How? When? Where? Instead of answers, I had more questions. Nothing makes sense to me. And he also said that I'll go back to Japan? Why? The more that I think about it, the more headaches that come. (Sigh) I really need to do something about this, but how? Should I tell Lin about this? But then, he might tell Madoka about this, then my parents will know. I'm pretty sure, if Madoka and mom knows, they'll squeal just because of a girl name. (Sigh) This just gets more and more complicated.
