And that one small word was the last one I heard from the creature for at least four days. It was being awfully silent, but I knew that it was still here, 'cause I sometimes heard the familiar footsteps and doors randomly opening and then closing as the creature moved around in the house. And I was happy to know that I wasn't alone. Because now I knew that I never had to talk to no one or just myself anymore. Someone would always be here and would listen to what I said, even thought the creature never said anything back. And that was enough for me for now.
But, one day, as I was cooking dinner and was again talking to the creature, I felt a light tap on my shoulder. And so, I turned around, but saw nothing but faint lines of a person there.
"Yes?" I asked with a smile.
"Do you always talk to yourself..?" The creature's soft voice then asked.
"Yes. Usually I do. But now I was talking to you, because I know that you listen to me anyway." I smiled and as I said that, the creature's lines got more visible and then I saw it smile. This was the first time it expressed any emotions after I moved here. But what scared me a bit was that it's lips were more blue than pink. They were like someone's who's feeling cold all the time or someone's who has drowned into cold water or frozen to death.
"Your lips are blue..." I then said quietly and stared at the creature with wide eyes. And as soon as I said that, the creature's smile, and lips, faded away.
"I'm sorry.. I knew that it was a bad idea to show a piece of me to you..." It then said, sounding sad. And at the same time, it's lines started to get blurry, like it was going to disappear again.
"Hey.. Don't go. I'm sorry if I said something wrong. I didn't mean to." I said, trying to get the creature to stop disappearing. But nothing I said worked. The creature soon was completely invisible again and then I heard footsteps leaving the kitchen and then a door opened and closed again. I've never managed to figure out what door the creature used, but it was always the same one. I then just went back to cooking and decided to let the creature be alone.
And the next time I saw it was that night as I was just going to sleep. The white smoke figure just opened the door of my bedroom, walked in, closed the door and then came to sit down to my bed. I looked at it for a while before saying anything.
"Why do you always just show up at random times?" I asked softly as I sat up on the bed. The creature turned to look at me and smiled a bit again.
"Because I like showing up randomly.. And I also get lonely easily and I like you, so I want to spend time with you.." The creature said softly.
"It's nice to hear that you like me. Because I'm gonna be living in here. No matter if you decide to try and scare me away or not."
"Oh, I bet I could scare you away.." The creature grinned, showing it's pure-white teeth.
"You can always try." I said and then yawned widely. "But now, I'm gonna go to sleep. You can go to do whatever you want while I sleep." I said and then laid down and closed my eyes.
"Okay.. Good night..." The creature said and then started to fade away. The last thing that I saw was it's mouth and it was still smiling as it disappeared completely. Then, I again heard footsteps and door opening and closing as the creature left the room. I then laid there for a while and stared out from the window before falling to deep sleep.
And as I finally woke up and opened my eyes in the morning, the first thing I saw was a pair of bright-blue eyes shining in the darkness of the room. And they were staring at me from the darkest corner. And there really were nothing else but the eyes and a bit of smoke around them. I jumped up with a scream as I stared at the eyes, feeling really scared, because they were just floating in there and staring straight at me. And it was fucking creepy. But soon, blue lips appeared under the eyes and grinned at me.
"Oh, stop scaring me like that.." I groaned as I laid back down to the bed and held my hand on my heart, trying to calm down. It was just the creature and it was messing with me.