Chapter 3
"Where's your family? " Leo asked, still lying on the bed as before, staring at Hakyeon who was just sitting on the floor folding clothes.
Hakyeon didn't even show any will to answer to his questions. He just shook his head somewhat lightly and kept folding his clothes.
He is an orphan as well?"
"Where's your son?"
""Son?" Hakyeon faced Leo at the sudden mention of the word "son".
"I'm unmarried and only 22," Hakyeon said in a stoic tone.
"Ravi......?"
"Ahh, that!" Hakyeon grinned at him as he got up from the floor, holding the folded clothes in his hands.
"He's just like my son," saying so he just stormed out of the room and soon peeking inside.
"Do ghosts take bath?"
Leo just open his mouth slightly but before he could utter a word,
"I'll be going to take a bath. You can do it after me okay?" Hakyeon said as he sent him another one of his smiles. Leo just diverted his gaze to the wall.
It was getting a bit weird for Leo. He was just lying on the bed but somehow he could feel the cold water running down on his back, he felt his whole body was soaked but when in reality he was just a completely dried up ghost. Even though he tried to ignore this tingling weird feeling that was old yet somehow new for him, he just couldn't sit still. And before he realized it he was already standing before the bathroom's door. And as expected the bathroom door was also broken. He could hear the sound of tap water running . He let out a sigh.
It seems I'm talking alot today.... Well here goes nothing...
" Are you naked inside?"
Leo felt like burying himself underground for asking this type of question,he just fixed his gaze on the floor.
The sound stopped.
"Why?" Hakyeon shouted from the inside.
"Just answer!"
"I'm wearing nothing."
Of course.... Who wears anything when they bath.
"But why do you ask?" Hakyeon said as he suddenly popped his head out of the bathroom door hiding his whole body behind the door, more like trying to cover his body with the door.
Seeing Hakyeon's head suddenly popping out, Leo got a bit startled and he took a step backwards. Hakyeon just slightly tilted his head before sending him a smirk, which indicated mockery.
"Did I just scare a ghost?"
Leo didn't reply to that question, he just died today, he still needed some time for to get used to the fact that he was a ghost.
"forget it."
Leo just turned around. Anger was clear in his voice but it was not because of Hakyeon's question. The fact that he was dead somehow again managed to built his temper, even though a few moments ago he found some reason to feel that being dead was not that bad.
"Hey, I'm not naked! You can come in if you want, don't get angry!" Hakyeon said holding the door wide open.
Leo just started walking away, without even turning his head.
"Ow! Wait, you wanted to see me naked? But it's too weird for me.. But do you really want it...." Hakyeon said in a whining tone.
Leo paused at Hakyeon's word.
Is this guy serious!?
Leo turned to face the man in a towel standing at the bathroom door, he again let out a sigh.
He's annoying.
Leo rolled his eyes as he left the pouting Hakyeon still standing before the bathroom door.
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Hakyeon slightly frowned as the sun peered through the curtains of his bedroom. He curled up more in his bed, trying to bury his head into the pillow. He was awake already but yet wanted to sleep for another 5 minutes,well he has been saying that for the past 20 minutes but the 5 minutes never end.
"Are you not going to wake up? "
Leo said as he kept on looking at the turning, curling and rolling figure of Hakyeon on the bed for the past 20 minutes. Leo knew he was awake but didn't bother disturbing him, he looked so peaceful while lying on the bed that he could not muster up the courage to call out his name. So he just stood there leaning his back on the wall on the opposite direction of the bed and enjoyed looking at the cute male before him.
Hakyeon slightly turned his face to Leo, Leo could see one of his eyes slightly open, and the rest of his face was still buried in the pillow.
"You are awake already?" Hakyeon said groggily.
Like I ever slept in the first place.
Leo stood up Straight, again tucking his hands in his pockets, getting ready to leave the room.
Hakyeon slowly sat on the bed, yawning he shifted his gaze at the clock.
7:26am..
For the past few days he had been practicing nonstop, even without getting enough sleep. Even yesterday, by this time, he was in the studio, practicing his dance, but now he is sitting on his bed, without having any idea of what he would do for the rest of the day.
He let out a sigh as he sluggishly stood up and walked to the bathroom.
Leo sat on the bed that Hakyeon had prepared for him, the last day, looking at the kitchen that was attached to the room he was staying in. The only thing that separated his room from the kitchen was the different colors of the wall. Well the colors could hardly be distinguished now as it's somewhat looks like different types of gray, but yet if one observed it thoroughly he would be able to see the slight shade of green in the sea of gray of his room
The kitchen was too small, with a small refrigerator in one corner and a stove along with three counters in the other corner. There was a middle sized window on the wall opposite to his bed, and a sink placed under the window. Leo bit his lower lip.
Whoever made this house, either he didn't care about where he would live, or he didn't make it to live in here, not even for a day.
Hakyeon entered the room wearing a pair of jeans and a black t-shirt. He walked up to the kitchen as he pulled out a bottle of milk and gulped it all down. He placed the empty bottle in the sink and got out of the room.
When Hakyeon drank the milk, Leo again started to feel weird. He was just staring at Hakyeon but he felt the taste of milk on his tongue, almost as if he was drinking it himself. And as Hakyeon ended he felt as his stomach was slightly filled as well. The next three months were going to be hard for him
Hakyeon walked along the road as he kept on saying which cake he loved to eat and which he didn't, then ended up pouting because he couldn't afford either of those. Leo followed him, not really hearing everything he was saying, but he did heard the cake part.
"Did you have a nice sleep?" Hakyeon asked as he entered quite an abandoned road.
Wow this type of places really do exist! First his house, now this road... what is he actually!
"I can't sleep"
Hakyeon paused. Turning to Leo he asked in a curious tone,
"Why? You didn't say that yesterday!" His facial expressions matched his words.
"I myself figured it out today. I exist only when you exist. When you sleep or faint, I disappear. " Leo continued saying as he shouldered past him.
Hakyeon started to move as well.
"Ah! That's why you knew I was awake this morning!"
"No, everyone could guess it if they look at a fluttering fish like you"
"WHA!!! Fluttering fish??!! How do fish even flutter? "
Hakyeon shouted at him from behind as Leo just walked ahead of, with a smile on his lips.
He really is silly.
"So this is your dance studio?" Leo asked Hakyeon as they entered a small house at the end of the road. It was the only house in that area.
Hakyeon nodded as he entered the studio and put his bagpack on the floor.
"where are the other students?"
Leo asked as he walked around the the studio.
"There's none. I'm the only student. All the other members left when hyung broke his legs last year. Now he is not allowed to dance anymore, so the students left. Nobody wants to learn under a disabled dancer I suppose. " Hakyeon kept on saying as he did some stretching.
"So why are you here?"
"Because Hyung said I could use the studio for free. " Hakyeon stopped his stretching.
"Plus, if I had won the competition then I could have become a instructor at this studio myself. And students would have come to learn from me as well, then my situation would have improved, then hyung's studio would have..... "he said as he started at the ground. His stare was so blank that it was hard to say if he was still there or not.
Leo looked at the sad figure before him. He couldn't actually understand what Hakyeon was feeling. It was not that hard for him to become what he wanted to be. He passed on his first audition and after that only success followed him, till the day of his death. So it was almost impossible for him to realize what was going on with Hakyeon, yet he wanted to say something to him,to console him.
"There are a lot of fishes in the pond. You don't give up fishing just only cause one slipped out of your hand. You have to keep on trying till you catch what you want. Or else you are not a good fisherman."
That SOUNDED so stupid.
Leo's words almost brought life into Hakyeon's eyes. Hakyeon turned to him, tilting his head a bit, throwing a smile at him.
That smile again ..... Dammit.
Leo shifted his gaze to the mirrors of the dancing studio.
"But you dunno if I am a good fisherman or a bad hunter trying to fish, do you now?" Hakyeon almost whispered those words. Leo shifted his gaze to him. For a brief moment, Hakyeon seemed so mysterious to him,that being unconscious he gulped.
Hakyeon closed his eyes and moved towards the stereo, played the song "Like a song" by Lenka, the music filled the room,with two men inside of it. One danced and the other just watched, but no words came out of their mouth. The dancer danced beautifully, every movements were so smooth, yet something felt incomplete,the moves were telling a story, the story was supposed to be sad yet the moves of the dancer portrayed only hatred and grudge. The observer could feel those emotions strongly with each movement made by the dancer, he gasped at those emotions . Was it how he should feel, or was it showing the emotions that the dancer was feeling? The observer thought as each movements made by the dancer caused him heartache, made him angry somehow. Questions rose, yet only the music spoke,until....
the dancer did a standing side split.
"OUCH!!"
A scream filled the room. Hakyeon startled, ran towards the other man. Bewildered about what to do. He just stared at the bowing figure on the ground before him.
Leo squirmed in pain, with hands between his thighs. It was almost as if he suddenly got struck by a bolt of thunder. He bit his lips in pain.
"What's wrong? What's the matter?? What happened?"
Hakyeon said as he knelt down before the bending figure.
"That split..." Leo said as he fell on his left , causing him to lay on the floor. He still had his eyes shut in pain.
"Eh?! But I'm not feeling any pain. Then why are you...?"
"Because I am not flexible"
"But, you only feel what I feel... then... what should I do?"
Hakyeon said as he started running around in the studio.
Our body is one but soul is different. That's why I feel something according to my soul, as me and you feel that as while being you. Is it that hard to understand for you?
"It's okay.. " Leo said as he got up and sat down on the ground.
"I'm sorry, I didn't understand what might.. "
Leo just waved his hands as he showed him that it was nothing. Hakyeon decided to stop for today.
Hakyeon walked along the road while looking back every once in a awhile to check on the condition of the stumbling Leo.
"Can' t you fly?other Ghosts can do that? Why can't you?"
Leo would have thrown a fist at him if he could now, but Hakyeon was probably saying silly things now because he felt responsible for the situation he was in right now. So he just avoided his gaze and fixed his eyes on the ground till he felt like bumping into something, or someone.
He looked up to see his silly friend bumping into a foreigner with curly brown hair. Leo observed him and came to a conclusion that the man would probably be around his age.
Hakyeon stabled his position before bowing down a little for bumping into him. He opened his mouth to say sorry, but before he could even utter a single word,
"You are possessed, aren't you?" the man spoke out.
WHAT?!
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A/N: I don't have a single idea about dancing. So even though I wrote N as a dancer, I won't be writing any dancing movements or anything.....so :( and this chap seems a bit weird but, I am busy with study right now... So sorry about that
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