#peldisent

summary: you were a ghost, and suddenly a man happened to stop by on your abandoned place. you knew that he was the reason why you can’t stay any longer.

pairing: researcher!seungcheol x ghost!reader

genre: angst

word count: 929 words

it was a cold rainy day and you were alone, staring out the window, wishing you could play but sadly, you can’t. you don’t feel a thing, people don’t see you. in other words, you are nothing to them.

you could see the little children laughing and running as you wished you could do the same. the old abandoned house you were at was depressing to look at. worn out furniture, burnt wood, and a destroyed family picture.

while you were deep in your thoughts, you heard a creak downstairs. you frowned to yourself as you decided to check. since it was raining, the night clouds looked really dark and the street lights were flickering.

there entered a tall, young man, soaking wet from the rain. “gosh,” he sighs loudly as he places down his bag. ‘does he know where he’s at?’ you thought to yourself.

the unknown man stayed for a while and you were just watching him, dry himself out as he waits for the rain to stop a bit. it didn’t help, the rain was pouring very heavily and he sighs once again.

it’s been an hour since he got here, he was working on his laptop and from time to time he would look at his surroundings. you decided to go down, as his eyes were on you.

you were kind of confused and shocked. “oh, i didn’t know someone’s here.” he says. you frowned, “are you talking to yourself?” you asked. his eyes were on you again as he raises a brow, “why would i?” he asks.

“y-you see me?” you asked as he nods. “h-how? this can’t be? i’m d-” “ma’am, are you okay? you seem.... different.” he says. you immediately rushed to him as you held his hand, the man jolted in surprise as his eyes were wide.

“do you feel me?” you ask, “can you feel me? touching your hand?” you asked. he nods slowly. you smile as you let go of his hand. “this can’t be...” you murmured to yourself.

“why are you here?” he asks as he fixes his gaze on his laptop once again. “i basically l-” he glances at you and frowns, “i’m sorry?” he says. “i mean... i’ve been staying here for a few days because... uhh.. i’m researching about it.” you said.

he smiles at you, “really? me too!” the way he smiles, shows his dimples and yu were already lost at him. “m-may i have your name?” you ask. “i’m seungcheol. you?” he replies. “y/n.” you said with the brightest smile you had in your life.

you and seungcheol had a pretty deep conversation. it felt like the night wasn’t going to end. since then, seungcheol would always visit your place to do more research. 

seungcheol made you feel more alive than ever. you felt like you were back in this world. when seungcheol would ask you personal stuff like, where do you work or where do you live, you’d always avoid those. 

you and seungcheol became friends. but not until one day, he didn’t visit you. the smile from your face that you always kept turned upside down. it’s been days, weeks and he still haven’t visited you yet.

it was a cold friday night, it was raining again. you were sitting near the window, hoping for seungcheol to come. when you were about to close your eyes, you heard a familiar voice.

“y/n?” he calls out. you quickly stood up, and went down stairs. the look on his eyes, were lovely. “y/n, you look gorgeous today.” you looked at yourself at the shattered mirror behind you.

you were wearing something different. but that change wasn’t good.

you turned to him with a smile, “thank you.” you softly said as you walked towards him. “what brings you here?” you asked.

he gives you a piece of paper, as you opened it, it said that his research was accepted and he is eligible to join a company of researchers. “i’m so happy for you, seungcheol. i really do.” you said with a smile with your face.

“i thought you’d never come back.” you said, almost like a whisper. “i’m sorry, i was preparing for this and now i got it! thanks to you.” he gives you a smile. the thing you wanted to see today.

“seungcheol, i have some bad news for you.” you said as you walked closer to him. “i’m going away.” seungcheol frowns, “where are you going?” he asks, a tone sadness was present in his voice.

“it depends. i might... not come back.” you replied. “can i at least have your number? or any of your social media?” he asks as you chuckled, “i don’t have any of those.” seungcheol frowns.

you moved closer to him, both of your bodies touching as you kissed his lips. seungcheol was of course, shocked to respond. but when the moment he gives in, he closes his eyes as he places his hands on your waist as he kissed you back passionately.

when he opens his eyes, there was nothing. no trails of you nor anything. just dust. seungcheol looks around and he felt the urge to cry. you left, without saying anything.

seungcheol stepped on something that made a crack sound. he looked down on his feet as he saw a broken family picture. he picks up the worn out paper as he brushes off the dust.