Chapter 4: The Contract

I wake up in a room. The wall is white painted with polka dots design. It's so tidy. There are shelves for academic books, for novels, for video games and for his Gundam collections. I think I know who owned this house. It's him!

I look around it. There is also a flat-screen TV, stand fan and even an aircon.

Wow! Is he rich? It looks like he has it all!

"Hey! Don't touch anything here, okay?" Gian said as he goes out of the room. My eyes followed him. He goes to the kitchen and cooks something.

After one hour, he is done. I smell the scent of the food. Wow! It smells delicious!

I look at him.

She looks at me.

"Why are you still there? Come here. Eat with me" he said. I immediately go to the dinning table.

"Wow! It looks delicious!" I said.

I start to eat.

I am very full! I stretch out my body. So relaxing!

"So, what should you do? you might passed out anytime." he started the conversation. I think of it. He's right. I sigh.

"I don't know." I said. I thought I already recovered from the physical therapy but, it looks like I'm not.

"You should have someone stays by your side to guard your body everytime you passed out" he suggested. I'm thinking.

"Ah-huh!" a great idea came in.

"Why do I have a sudden chill on my nerve when you act that way" he said as he goes to the living room.

I pick up a piece of paper and write something.

When I am done writing, I make him look at it. "What's that?" he asked and I smirked.

"Our Agreement" I replied and a sudden wide open of his eyes. He looks shocked.

"Why should I have agreement with you?!" he said.

"Its because you can see my living soul. Only a person who can see my living soul can actually guard and protect me" I replied.

"In your dreams!" he shouted with disagreement.

I pouted.

"But you're the only person I know who can see my living soul" I added.

"If I say NO, it should be NO!" he emphasized and quickly, cleans the table.

"But Gian---" he interrupted me to say something. "I help you before but it doesn't mean I am going to help you the next time around" he said. I sighed.

I sit on the couch. "I have no one to protect me. I have no friends at all" I said loudly to make him heard it.

A heard a ringing of the phone. It's mine.

There is someone who is calling, an unknown number. I press the answer button "Hello?" I said to the other line.

"H.. Hello? He... Help me" a man's voice said from the other line. "Who are you?" I asked but the call immediately turned off.

I am thinking about it. Who needs help? Who is this person? Aish!

I stand up then face him. "If you don't want to help me then be it!" I asked. I am not mad. If a person says NO, it is a NO.

Suddenly, a noise come from nowhere gives headache to my mind.

And again, it makes my body passed out in his living room. Good thing, he immediately catch it.

My soul goes out again. I sighed.

"What should I do?" I asked to myself.

He heard me and I heard him sighs.

"Why am I always stuck with a bad thing?" he said to himself. Hey! I heard you!

"Where's the agreement?" he asked. I smiled. Yes! He is going to agree to be my protector for the meantime.

I let him see it. "I will explain further about this rules one by one, okay?" I said as I start.

"Number 1, you should always be there for me whenever I passed out. It is the simplest rule but I am certain that it is the most difficult to follow. Why? It's because you have to attend school, you have to study and to do other things. I'm not always by your side and you're not always by my side. So, the solution there is... " I paused. "..to live here with you" I continued as I wink at him.

"What? No way!" he said. "The house is the safest place to hide my body" I added.

Then, he smirks. Uhh.. I don't like his smirk. "Are you preparing the rules to be with me?" he said as he walks towards me. I walk backward. "Hey! Whatever is in your mind is not my intention!" I shouted but he locks me in his arms as I leaned on the wall. He straightly to my eyes.

I gulped. "I.. I couldn't read your mind" he said. I look at him. "You... what?" I asked.

"I couldn't read your mind since yesterday. I am wondering if you really want to be with me or is it really for the sake of protecting you?" he answered.

"Gian, it's for the sake of protecting me" I answered his doubt.

He looks closely to my face. A distance of one inch, we might kissed.

"H... Hey!" I stuttered.

Then, my body is out-of-balance. He tries to catch me but instead of catching me, he falls down with me. Accidentally, our lips meet. We are both in state of shocked.

My body begins to glow which caught our attention to look at it. "What happened?" I asked. "N... No idea" he answered.

A lady ghost comes in front of us, out from nowhere. "A soul and the psychic shouldn't kissed or else a contract will happened" she started.

"What?" Gian looks confused.

"A contract?" I asked.

"A living soul and the psychic are always mismatched from heaven. There should be no romance develop between the two of you" she added.

"ROMANCE?!" we both said shockingly.

"No! No! No!" he refused.

"Yeah! There will be no romance!" I said loudly as I look fiercely to Gian. "How come I fall in love with her? Look at her behavior!" he mocked at me.

I chuckled.

"But that was the rules before.." the lady ghost said. "Fortunately, you two should kiss at least three times a day. Its the only strength can give you both" she added which makes our jaw drop.

"KISSED?!" we shouted. "This time I---" the lady ghost interrupted.

"If you don't follow the rules, of course, there will be consequences. Bye" she said for the last time then left.

We are very silent. The noise of silence makes me annoyed.

"I am going to cook---" I didn't continue to say what I wanted to imply. "You are living here now..." he started.

"You... You assigned on cleaning our room and the living room" he added.

Wait. Did I hear it right?

"OUR ROOM? YOU MEAN, WE ARE SLEEPNG TOGETHER?! " I said loudly.

"It's what the lady ghost said" he emphasized.

"T... Then, I.. I'm going to clean our bed" I said as I stuttered.

I immediately comes in the bedroom.

There is only three rules in the contract: A kiss should be three times a day, living together and sleeping together.

How I wish I will always passed out!

"Dinner is ready!" he said. The time is running so fast. I didn't notice that it is dinner already.

I do a deep breathe then, goes out of the bedroom. I smell the food. "Uhmmm... So smells delicious!" I said. I see him smiles.

"Woah! You smiled!" I am mesmerized by his smile.

I finished eating. I clean the table as he washes the plates.

After a few minutes, we are done.

Then, we sit in the couch of living room.

Again, silence is annoying.