[FF] As Long As You Believe

Cast: Master Four, Mis Blaire

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All he could do was just sitting under a sansuyu tree at the park. Noone could see him. One of the reasons, he's invisible. He couldn't reveal himself. He's just a ghost that noone believe it. When would this condition stop? Until the time stop flowing?

"I love to be alone. Noone can see what have I did. I'm happy become an invisible one." but that's not what he actually thought. Sometimes, he wondered if there's someone could see him. He wondered if he could make a friend with human. "But they do not believe in ghost, or fairies, or demon, don't they? How pity,"

Some kids were playing around the park with their parents. They all around 7. He really wanted to reach them and scare them. All he could reach just abiotic objects like stone, branch, and sand.

The laughter was so loud from all the kids. Looked like they're all in happiness huh? Waitㅡ not all. He saw a girl among the laughing people. She looked so sad. She deeply hid her head into her knees.

"Weirdo kid must go away, haha"
"Yea yea you don't fit to this world"
"Just go die, liar!"
"Will you call your imagination friend? Haha, that's no use!"
"Can see a ghost? How incredible haha"

He couldn't stand anymore. He threw some stones around him to them. They looked so pale when they didn't find a person behind them and immediately ran away.

"Hah say that word to yourself, coward!" shouted him.

The girl looked at him. He also did. Their eyes saw each other in time. In a second, the girl looked away and walked back to her house...perhaps.

"She can...see me?"

"Ah, impossible. She's just looking my direction"

Next day, he went to her school. He was hiding in the bushes and wear a black hood. He kept wait for the girl he met yesterday.

"Ah, there she is" he jumped from the bushes and stood front of her.

"Aaakhh" she exclaimed and backed off as she saw him. Then she ran away.

"She really can see me?" he was smiling while looked the girl ran avoiding him. Finally, there's one could see him. How glad.

Since that day, he always went to her school and did it everyday. The girl just shouted like usual and ran away soon after she saw him.

"Funny" he giggling.

Not like usual, she didn't go to school. He somewhat to worry. He sat under a sansuyu tree with a gloomy face. The steps sounded near him. He lifted his head and found the girl. She walked alone and stop on the park bench. He really wanna cheer her up. He really wanna saw her smiled, at least once.

Without his knowing, his feet suddenly moved to the bench and sat beside her.

"When will you stop bothering me?" she said.

Wait. Does she ask me? ME?  He thought.

"Everyday you hid yourself in the bushes and surprising me. I know there are no people can see you, but i can! Stop scaring me!"

"I didn't mean it, sorry" he looked away. “I was just slipped. Well, it’s not like I want to scare you. It’s fine for me being alone. I’m fine even if you couldn’t see me.” He scowled. “I hate people.”

She sighed. "It's fine"

"Do you belive in ghost?" he asked.

"Of course, i can see them, how come i don't believe them. But some people who can't stand with it just not believe on my word. They call me crazy, liar, and such" she shruged.

"I wanna make a friend with human at least, will you?"

"Because there's noone can see you uh? Okay," she stood and started to walk. Suddenly she stop and looked him. "When i die, will i become like you? To be ghost and wandering the world?"

He just could blink and didn't answer.

"If that time comes, will you wandering the world with me?"

He smiled and nodded. "Of course, I promise."

"Your name?" she asked.

"Ah, how rude of me. I'm Four, Akashi Four, yours?"

"Blaire, Blaire Andrometh." She smiled at him and walked go home.

He shocked when she smiled at him. Freeze.

A warm smile like a sun in summer.

Day after day, they always talked in the park bench. Blaire didn't know her parents, she lived at orphanage. And people who always scolded her were her friends (i guess not) there.

"Look this flower," she pointed at forget-me-not flower beside them, "It lives so peacefully. Noone hate it and it loved by people. If i born again, i'd love if i be a flower"

Blaire went home when sunset came. Four wanna accompany her, but she refused. She waved at Four cheerfully. She had change from the first time Four met her.

After a month, there's a kind parent would addopt her. She was so happy until she knew that she should gonna neighbour town. Her life began to change there. She's heading to a better life. But, she missed her first friend.

After she discussed with her parents, she back to her hometown, hope for meeting him again. But no longer she arrived there, she got an accident. Her life couldn't safe. She died before she met him.

Day by day, month by month, year by year, Four still waited for Blaire patiently. He didn't know the fact. He didn't know everything. He walked passing a forget-me-not flower, it remind him about her.

Where is she now?  What is she doing now?  Is she happy?

"Wanna search someone?" the old wizard said in confusion as he explained his wish.

He wanted to find her, but he was bound to that town. He couldn’t leave unless he had a human body. So he asked an old wizard that live on the hill if he could bring him back.

"But it costs" the old wizard said.

"What's it?" he asked.

"You’ll have your human body back, but it would only last a week. And after that, you’ll die."

"I don't mind if i'll die for the second,"

The old wizard sighed. "You really 'die' and you're gonna go to afterlife, not ghost anymore"

"W-what?" he shocked. But, he really wanted to see her at least once. "Okay, i'd do anything,"

"Close your eyes"

That's the last word he heard from the old wizard. Suddenly he felt very dizzy and collapsed.

The flower.. It smells good

He woke up and felt something soft from his back. He's sleeping under sansuyu tree. People glaring of him.

They can see me!

But, he just had a week to find Blaire. He'd looking for Blaire in this town first. He lost his ability to fly to anywhere. Anyway, he still could walk.

He was used to the ghost situation he forgot that human needs food and shelter. He didn’t have any money to buy some food.

He had no choice but to rummage the garbage to find something he could eat. And he slept in front of a closed shop and sometimes only to get the owner mad and kicked him out from there.

The first and second day seemed nothing to find. He had no idea where would he searched her. Suddenly he knew. Orphanage.

The orphanage said that she addopted by a kind parents and moved to neighbour town. He had no transportation, so he walked there by his own feet. He needed 3 days to arrive there. Hope he'd find her soon.

I can't.....anymore.

He collapsed on the street. He dreamt of Blaire. Blaire was very happy. Singing along the day and dancing happily. She waved her hand to him. He came near and smiled. Suddenly, the earthquake came. He tried to reach her hand, but he couldn't. He screamed as loud as he could do. And the world around him became white.

"Are you okay?"

"Who..."

"I'm Kat, what the aim you're here?" she asked.

He just realized he was on the bed. So soft. "Looking for someone"

"Ah? Who?"

"Blaire Andrometh" he tilted his head tried to remember.

"I know her," she shocked, Four either. "She sure my neighbour some years ago. But after around a month, she return back to her hometown."

So..why am I here? How useless. "I need return back to my hometown too then. But..."

She smiled. "Neighbour town, Four?"

He looked her. "How can you know that?"

"Blaire was my friend here. She ever told me about her ghost friend, Four. And the characteristic feature was fit like you. But...how can you become human?"

"It's a long story. I need to search Blaire as fast as can"

She nodded. "Me and my family are gonna go to neighbour town tonight, we'll get you there."

Four smiled. "Thanks...really, thanks"

They got there the next day. He immediately looking for her. But, still he couldn't find her. He stop on the park bench on the night and slept.

The morning came and he woke up. He's staring at the forget-me-nof flower beside him. He remembered that Blaire was really wanna become a flower when she born again.

Waitㅡwhy he never thought about it. How stupid.

"Blaire," Four came near the flower and squat.

Suddenly a shadow came in front of him. It was Blaire. "I was waiting you to notice me and call my name here. Now, we can wandering the world together, can we?"

He looked so gloomy and hid his face. "No, we can't,"

She lifted his head. "Why?"

"I'll die and am gonna go to what people call it afterlife,"

"B-but...you promised!" she sreamed.

"Sorry...it looks like i broke my own promise," he leaned forward and kissed her forehead. “B-but you know, your dream came true... you became the prettiest flower on earth.” He smiled weakly. His form was almost transparent.

She hugged him tight. "Four...Four...No..."

"I just want you to know.. That i always love you. It always been you. Farewell." then he disappeared.

"Fare...well..." she murmured.

She looked at the sansuyu tree that the black-hooded ghost once scared her. She looked at the tree for so long... until she found a note craved on its trunk.


“I’m real as long as you believe that I’m real.”

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