Vivi blinked, extending one of her arms outwards so she could feel the purple mist filling the room. It fell on her skin, and disappeared seconds later. She turned to where the ghost once was, but found that he had disappeared. Mystery calmed down once he realized that Lewis was no longer with them and nudged Arthur to get up.

"W-What just happened?" Vivi asked, staring at her arm.

"I dunno', V." Arthur got up from the ground. "I'm just as confused as you are."

"H-How are you calm about this!?" She asked, whipping around on her heel and looking at him. "That was a REAL ghost, Arthur! A-And he tried to attack us!"

"More like he tried to attack me..." He murmured.

"What was that?"

"Look, V, we're both tired and we've been investigating all night," Arthur gave her a serious look. "I think it'd be best if we continued this case tomorrow and got some sleep."

"Yeah." She sighed. "Maybe you're right..."

Noticing the sad tone she gave him, Arthur frowned. He said, "V-"

"There aren't any motels nearby," She interrupted him, making her way to the door. "So we'll sleep in the van. I have plenty of blankets and pillows. Is that alright with you, Arthur?"

Arthur blinked, taken off guard. He stuttered, "U-Uh yeah, V. Sounds great."

"Good." She smiled. "We'll start our investigation tomorrow morning. I'll call the owner and tell him our results for tonight."

With that, she lead them both out of the shack and back into the woods. Arthur rubbed his arm as he followed behind her wordlessly. Every time he looked at his friend, he would feel his chest tighten in guilt. She seemed a bit too happy that they were going back, and it worried him.

Did she know?

-

He had his chance.

He could have charged into the both of them, pushed Vivi aside, and killed Arthur. He could have. In fact, he was right at the verge to burning all the skin off of that idiot.
And why didn't he? He had so many chances by now!

It was obvious why he didn't.

Lewis rested his skull in his hand and leaned forward on the van. He was on top of it again, but that was only for the sake of keeping track of the two. If he left and went back to mansion, who knows when would be the last time he'd get to see Vivi.

The trick he used back there in that shack was...something he improvised. It required just as much energy as it was to burn that idiot's skull out. He basically just teleported, in a sense. He couldn't just kill Arthur in front of Vivi...Despite everything, she cared about him.

Which pretty much just pissed him off more. He was a liar, and a murderer. And that's all he'd be to Lewis now. Things would have been better if he just told Vivi who he was back in that shack. Then he wouldn't have had to come close to hurting them...or her.

The sound of branches cracking followed by footsteps caught his attention. Upon seeing the sight of Arthur and Vivi heading back to the van, he immediately sunk through the ceiling and laid down in the back where they could not see him. He could slightly hear their conversation from afar.

"-him that our equipment broke down. Hopefully he won't pay any less, right?"

"I don't know. Let's just hope so, because I've got some loans I need to pay off."

"You have loans? I wouldn't have imagined THAT, V."

Their voices got closer, and Lewis used the last ounce of his powers to turn invisible. He felt Vivi open the back of the van, which happened to be only a few inches away from him. He backed up a bit and watched her gather blankets, pillows, and flashlights.

Wait. Were they...sleeping in here?

"You get everything, V?" Arthur's voice asked from behind her. She turned around and nodded, closing the doors and making her way to the front of the van. Lewis got up and watched the both of them gather a few things out of the glove department.

"Shit." Arthur murmured. "I forgot my charger back at home..."

"Really?" Vivi asked. "Well...you can use mine, then. You should really come more prepared, Arthur. Your jacket, shoes...and now your charger! What are you gonna' do if I'm not here?"

"Yeah, yeah, I know." He laughed. "I'll come prepared next time. I promise."

She rolled her eyes, shutting the front door. "You say that every time."

At this, he saw Arthur froze. Lewis' eye sockets narrowed. Of course he'd be surprised at that. He wanted her to forget everything, didn't he?

He heard the sound of Vivi opening the back doors and climbing in. She scooted near his area and started setting up her bed. He felt her body nearly come close to his. She shivered.

"Arthur, did you leave one of the windows open again!?" She asked. "It's cold!"

"I coulda' sworn I shut them all, V! I'll check again!"

At this, Vivi rolled her eyes and flattened out her blankets. Lewis scooted as far from her as he could. The last thing he wanted to do was to make her freeze. To think that he was once warm enough to her that she'd wrap her arms around him at night...

His thoughts were interrupted by the sound of Arthur and Mystery coming in. Arthur locked the back doors behind him. He said, "They're shut, V. Guess the van's just cold since we left it out here for so long."

Vivi pet Mystery, who was currently laying down beside her on the bed. She said, "That's okay, Arthur. I guess I'll just wear my clothes to bed, then."

Lewis blinked, his eyes fixated on the Mystery. He knew that the dog couldn't sense him, what with his powers being too low, but he was still cautious. It wasn't like he ever attacked him when he was alive, but he certainly did act strange around him earlier...

He could care less, anyway.

"Goodnight, Arthur." Vivi said, taking off her glasses and putting them in a case that she set aside. Arthur slipped on a T-shirt and nodded to her.

"Night, V."

With that, Vivi cuddled into the blankets. Lewis exhaled as quietly as he could and leaned forward to look at her. She slept how she always had; a cuddler. In fact, he actually missed holding her in bed and keeping her warm until she slept. How she'd kiss him every night and say, "I love you, Lew."

The ghost felt a bit of pain in his chest, and quietly laid down on the floor across from them, back turned to Vivi. He glanced at her one last time before going back to facing the wall. If anything, he needed rest as much as they did...

"Goodnight, Vivi."