Ghost With Me

"I feel like a part of my soul has loved you since the beginning of everything. Maybe we're from the same star. "

– Emery Allen

"It's uncomfortable," said Jimin and shifted again beside me.

"Just bear it" I sighed for the thousandth time.

"I've never laid on a bed on the floor" he whined turning towards me.

"There is a first time for everything," I said still staring at the ceiling.

We were laying on the bed which is apparently on the floor. The house is big but there were quite many people and the kids had to share the rooms. Somehow, I and Liya ended up with Ryan and Rahul. They slept on the bed while we on the floor. And Jimin laid beside me but he kept shifting around finding a perfect spot. I had asked him to go elsewhere to explore as usual, and as usual, he stayed beside me refusing to let go.

"Can't they just give you girls the bed and be a gentleman?" he asked.

"It's their house, Jimin," I said.

"Who are you talking to, Mia?" Ryan asked suddenly.

Oh, shoot! I thought he was asleep!

Jimin froze too looking at me.

"To a ghost," I said simply.

"Are you talking to Liya?" Ryan now got up from his bed and looked at me, "She's asleep. Who are you talking to? And in another language? Was that Japanese?"

"Korean," I said hiding all my panic.

"Why were you speaking Korean in the middle of the night?" he frowned.

"Couldn't sleep. So was practicing. You know, I like learning new languages" I said as naturally as possible, and guess what, he believed.

He was going back to sleep but something caught his eyes. I followed his line of sight and it rested on Jimin who was half sitting laying under the cover. Can he see him? Nah...then why is he...oh no!

"Why is the air b-beside you s-standing up?" he asked with wide eyes pointing literally at Jimin.

Jimin looked at me with wide eyes, "Can he see me?"

Yep, from the point of view of someone who can't see Jimin who was laying down beside me, the blanket covering his lower body was bulging out in the mid-air. Enough for someone to freak out.

What do I do? I panicked.

Most of all Jimin panicked and stood up causing the blanket to fall off him. Ryan's eyes widened at the sight of blankets falling off from nothing. Then Jimin started to walk away from me stepping on the bed which by the way left his footprints; every single step he took. Wow, just perfect, now Ryan is gonna explode. He watched Jimin's footprints with mouth wide open and his breathe was caught in his throat, I think. Any moment it'll come out.

He screamed.

And it came out.

I facepalmed myself as every light in the house turned on. Oh, a cherry on top!

Jimin was breathing heavily and looking at me asking what to do.

Well, I don't know!

My heads turned towards the door where knocks could be heard.

"Ryan, Mia?" oh that's aunty.

Liya and Rahul woke up too with all the commotion.

Ryan was frozen in his spot as he was still staring at Jimin's spot.

"Liya? Rahul?" the voice bumped on the door.

I got up and walked towards the door and opened it revealing aunty, uncle, and my parents along with a couple of people behind them.

"What happened, Mia?" asked my mom, "We heard a scream".

What should I say? That Ryan just saw the imprint of a ghost?

I glanced at Ryan who was still staring off to space. Liya and Rahul sat confused, Jimin standing sticking into the wall actually scared for nothing, who can see him anyway?

"Mia?" asked dad.

"Um, Ryan just uh saw a spider. You know he is afraid of spiders. He got scared and shrieked, haha, sorry for waking you up" I have never been this awkward in my life.

Everyone started chuckling while I sighed. They believed.

"This boy!" aunty chuckled and walked away.

"I'm gonna kill him for waking me up" yawned another cousin of mine.

Everyone then dispersed to their rooms.

I walked inside and pulled Ryan to his feet and started dragging him away. I turned back and gestured for Jimin to follow which he did.

"You guys go back to sleep", I said and closed the door behind me still dragging a frozen Ryan.

I dragged him toward a room at the top of the spiraling stairs, where they call the attic. I pushed Ryan inside and closed the door. Jimin just came through the door and stood beside me.

"What are you gonna do?" asked Jimin looking at Ryan.

"Guess I've to tell him," I said sighing dragging my hand over my face.

Ryan's shot up to me again, "What was that, Mia?"

"That, my friend, was a ghost," I said simply.

"GHOST?!!" he shrieked.

"Aish, keep your voice down" I shushed him.

"A g-ghost?" he whispered.

"Yep" I sighed.

Then I told him everything. Starting from me meeting Jimin from the field and discovering that he's literally from South Korea and an international pop sensation. Just everything and Ryan listened to everything without saying any word, just staring at me.

"That's it. I'm finding a way to send him to his body" I finished.

I expected him to laugh at me and brush it up as a joke but he...blinked at me.

Once.

Twice.

"You can laugh, you know," I said unsure after a moment.

"Is he here in this room?" Ryan whispered leaning in towards me a little.

I looked over at Jimin who was sitting on a chair at a corner watching us intently, and then back at Ryan.

"Yep" I nodded.

"There?" he pointed towards where I stopped looking.

"Yeah..." I stretched still unsure.

"Can you ask him to prove his presence?" he asked.

"Um, okay?" I raised my eyebrow and turned to Jimin, "Jimin, can you pass me that ball over there?" I spoke in Korean.

Jimin looked at me and towards the ball I pointed out. He picked it up from the floor as I heard Ryan gasping. He walked towards me and passed me the ball. To Ryan, he might have seen a ball floating and coming towards me through the air.

"Woah..." gasped Ryan.

"Does he believe you?" asked Jimin.

"I believe you" he suddenly said.

I turned to him, "You do?"

"Yeah. I can't just forget what I just saw" he said, "Does he know English?"

"No, only Korean," I said.

"Guess I can't talk to him" he pouted, "Nice to meet you, dude" Ryan smiled at Jimin, I think.

Jimin looked confused, "He said 'nice to meet you' " I translated.

"Oh, tell him I'm glad to meet him too" Jimin smiled.

"You said he's famous. Can you show me his photo?" Ryan pointed towards my phone.

"Mm," I searched for a photo of Jimin and got one of his Billboard 2018 looks.

"Holy moly!!! He's damn handsome" he exclaimed and snatched the phone from my hand to examine it closer.

I rolled my eyes at him as he gay panicked.

"He says you're ugly," I said to an eager faced Jimin.

"I know he said the opposite, Mia" Jimin winked at me, "But tell him I'm straight and oh, a thank you too"

"I doubt that" I mumbled under my breath.

I translated back and forth for a while.

"Oh can I touch him?" asked Ryan with an excited glint in his eyes.

"Nope, you can't. He'll go right through you" I said shaking my head.

"What about you?"

"I guess so" I shrugged.

Ryan smiled evilly at me. Aish! His dirty mind.

We talked for a while.

"I like him. He's cool" Ryan gave me a thumbs up.

"He is not bad as I thought" commented Jimin.

I sighed internally.

"So, Ryan will you help us?" I asked, "I've been searching all over the internet about this. Do you know anyone who knows about this um paranormal stuff?"

"I should think. I don't know" he frowned, "But I can try" he nodded.

I translated what he said to Jimin. He looked excited.

"Okay!" he chirped, "You won't be all alone and stressed about it".

Huh?

"Can we start tomorrow" yawned Ryan, "I'm sleepy"

"Oh, okay" I nodded and passed the message to Jimin who nodded eagerly.

We tiptoed into our room and laid down to sleep.

Jimin was laying beside me under the covers.

"Can he sleep?" Ryan asked cocking an eyebrow.

"No?"

"Then why is he laying down beside you" he had a smug smile on.

I don't know what to say. How am I supposed to reason for that?

I turned my head to Jimin who had raised an eyebrow at me.

"Are you dating or something?" Ryan threw another question.

I raised an eyebrow, "No?"

"Mm, it's so unlikely" he smiled slyly again.

Huh?

"What are you on about?" I asked frowning.

"Nothing" he now smiled innocently, "Goodnight, Mia oh and you too Jimin".

I frowned again. What's the guy implying?

"Aren't you sleeping?" Jimin snapped me out of my thoughts.

I nodded and laid down. Jimin scooted closer and snuggled into me.

I hope I can find a way soon.

Jimin should go back.

I need all the help I can get.