FORGOTTEN
ARADIA: BE DEAD
BY unnoticedTurmoil
You sit crying on a rock. Sollux left hours ago wailing like a heartbroken fool. You can't believe that just happened. Poor Sollux. You hear something and look up. Karkat is coming up the hill, flouncing along in his now too big shirt. He sits on the rock next to you, kicking the back of his heels steadily against the rock. You notice part of your body sticking out from under the rock on the opposite side. You don't want him to see that. It would have freaked the old Karkat out. But what can you do? You're a ghost now. you've seen the ghosts before. The newly dead are always ok, but the older ones.. they lose everything. they just stop caring. You look at Karkat. He's just watching a beetle struggle through the grass at his feet, still kicking his heels against the rock. You can't help it, you reach out to stroke his hair. Your ghostly see-through fingers brush right through it. You and Sollux had been taking care of him ever since.. he looks up. no. he looks up atyou. he's looking you right in the eye.
'Karkat?..' you whisper.
"KARKAT!" Feferi comes running up the hill. Karkat turns to watch the sea troll's approach. You also watch Feferi. You notice that she's also noticed your legs.
"COM-E H-ER-E KATFISH" she says, holding her arms out. Karkat gets up. you are left to wonder if he really even saw you. you doubt it. You feel yourself sinking into a comatose feeling. Who even cares if he saw you? what would you do? Haunt him? Like every ghost on Alternia haunts you? no. it's better this way.