"B-But... I thought you liked it!"

… Again.

Is it always the same.

For the simple fact of being nice to everyone, men think that I flirt with them ... I am not interested in any man.

I've never been interested in any man.

I just want to have fun and enjoy my life with my friends.

I have no time for romance.

"Don't mistake kindness for flirting."

"B-but ...!"

"I'm sorry, I won't go out with you."

"I-isn't there some way that we ...?"

"Pathetic."

huh? Who talked?

I turned to my right ... What is he doing on the roof of the school?

"If he rejected you, you must accept it." "You are only giving others pity."

... That boy is Saik ... Why is he here?

"You keep out of this!" "Get out of here, this is private!"

"I arrived first."

"I don't care!"

He approached Saik.

Do you really want to fight him? He is a savage.

"Hey, are you trying to threaten me?" "You’re cute." "Stop playing and we'll fight if you want."

"No!"

"Ah..." "Let's get this over with."

He turned off his portable console and got up.

“Well …" "Get started." "I'll give you a head start."

He closed his eyes. He's idiot? What are you trying to do? Do you want to take a beating? That boy is much stronger and bigger than him.

"I look ther." "You can start hitting me, rejected young man." "Even that immediate rejection hurt me."

"S-stop!" "Don't hit it!"

"Die!"

I closed my eyes, I will not see a massacre.

I can only hear the blows Saik receives ... Poor thing.

He asked for it, but I feel bad about not being able to help him.

I can't help him, he won't listen to me. It is very likely that he hates me for rejecting him.

Sorry, Saik. I promise to take you to the infirmary and take care of you.

"Oh..." "That was quite inevitable."

"Eh?"

I opened my eyes and saw Saik sitting on that boy's back ... I-impossible ... Did you beat him? How is it possible that he is unscathed?

"Hey you."

"Me?"

"Yes." "Take this boy to the infirmary." "You witness that it was in self-defense."

"S-Sure."

I helped him up.

"D-damn freak."

"Yeah right, I'm a freak for being stronger than you."

He sat back down and turned on his console.

"Tsk." "Let's go."

"Hey, you're hurt, walk slower."

I took one last look at Saik ... He's a weird boy ... It would be best not to get involved with him.

I opened the door and went downstairs.

•

•

(Pov- Saik.)

... Well, they left.

Finally, peace of mind.

"Thanks for the help, Yuki."

"Fufu." "I think I deserve a pat on the head."

“Yes, yes." "You did a good job."

I patted the head of Yuki, my little ghost friend.

"Thank you for your words, Saik!"

My name is Saik, I am 17 years old and I am in my second year of high school.

My birthday is on September 4 and I am a strange boy.

For as long as I can remember, for some strange reason, I see ghosts.

That caused me a difficult childhood, as my parents and my classmates thought I was crazy for talking "alone", causing me to become a loner without friends.

"We should hit people more often." "Your compliments feel amazing!" "Stroke me more!"

Yuki is my only friend in this world.

I met her when I moved into my new house ... "Ah..." More than a year has passed since then.

•

•

It all started when I moved into a small house.

This house belonged to my late maternal grandparents.

When they died, my mother kept the house, but we didn't use it because we lived in another city.

And with the deaths of my parents, the house is now mine.

My parents were in a car accident and died.

I have no uncles and my grandparents are dead.

I have no one, so now I have to live alone.

I decided to move to this city because I wanted to start a new life. The rumors about me disappeared, as it is normal for a small child to have imaginary friends. When I realized they were ghosts, I stopped talking to them and just ignored them.

I did not move because they made fun of me, I moved because I did not want to continue living in my old house ... I still can't get over the death of my parents.

I went into my new house and took a deep breath.

“Well …" This is how my new life begins ... I'll go play video games.”

"Oh, a boy!" Fufu I will scare him.”

Ghosts, unlike what they say on television, cannot move objects.

And there are not many ghosts either.

Since I came to this city, I have only seen two ghosts, including the girl standing in front of me.

“Boooo. You’re scared of me?”

I locked the door on him. Ok, so I must admit that she is very adorable. A little 10 year old ghost girl. Long white hair, blue eyes, and she wears an adorable pink blouse with a bear logo.

She looks like a very normal girl. How do I know it's a ghost? Is it transparent? No. It's because most ghosts float above the ground. Their feet almost never touch the ground, and when they touch it, they pierce it.

That girl's feet were breaking through the ground.

"Fufu." If you could see me, you'd be scared.”

She floated up and her face was in front of mine.

“WA-HA-HA!”

And that evil laugh?

My expressionless face is deceiving her ... I didn't do it on purpose though.

I've never liked to smile ... I am a serious boy.

She thinks I don't see her.

She covered her face with her hair and pretended to caress my face.

“Booooo. I will take your soul!”

I patted his head.

"You’re cute."

“... Eh?”

She immediately walked away from me.

“Can you see me?!”

And so my new life began.

CHAPTER 1- A strange child.

"Stay away from him, he's crazy."

"He's always talking to himself."

"He has no real friends, so he makes up his friends."

… So many annoying voices ... I still remember the voices of the children who made fun of me.

"Ignore them, Saik, you are not crazy, you are just different from the others."

"It's true, ignore those insults, words are just that, words. If you don't let that offend you, they won't hurt you. "

The ghosts were my only friends, but I decided to get away from everyone ... My family considered me weird ... The children considered me weird ... Everyone considered me weird, that's why I decided to stay away from everyone and be silent.

I got used to having a serious face, so that the ghosts wouldn't notice I'm seeing them.

Everyone considers me an emotionless boy, but I also have fun and feel sad. I got used to not smiling, that's why I never smile and keep a serious expression.

I decided never to get involved with ghosts, but she is a different case.

"My name is Saik." "What's yours?"

"M-my name is Yuki ..." "Are you also a ghost?"

"No, I'm alive."

"And why can you see me ?!"

“Hmmm. I never knew. For as long as I can remember, I have always seen ghosts ... Well, it was nice meeting you, you can go."

… "I can't leave."

"Oh, you're the kind of ghost that can't get out ..." already i see "I'll go get holy water." I'l be back in a few minutes."

"Uwaaaah!" "You want to kill me." I'm already dead, I don't want to die again!" I don't want to, I don't want to!"

"I'm sorry, but it's uncomfortable for me to have you here ... By the way, I guess you were murdered ... I didn't know that this house was being used by a family before ... My parents never told me anything about it."

… "I lived with my mother in this house 5 years ago ... One day a man entered the house and killed me ... I never knew the reason for his attack ... He just walked into the house, stabbed me, and left."

… "Didn't he rape you or steal anything?"

"No, he just murdered me."

… "That's weird. There must be some ulterior motive ... Well, honestly, I don't care. "I'll go get holy water."

"Uwaaaah!" You are the worst! Heartless monster! You're supposed to feel sorry for me and allow me to live here!"

At that moment, I remembered my ability and my mother's words ... The words I heard her say when arguing with my father about my behavior. "His grades are getting worse, he has no friends and he's always talking to himself ... What did we do wrong? "

... My mother felt guilty about my behavior ... I disappointed my mother. Surely my mother wanted to have an intelligent and sociable son like her ... My mother was a beautiful and intelligent girl ... She helped me study, but I was easily distracted ... She wanted to have a perfect child, and she ended up having a stupid child.

... "You know, my mother wanted her son to be smart ... I want to fulfill your dream ... I will graduate as the best in school ... But I need your help."

"My help? How?"

"Listen, I can't get smart overnight, so I'll cheat." You will give me the answers to the exams and I will give you a home. "Shall we try to make a deal?"

... "But that's bad. That's cheating Wouldn't your mother be disappointed?"

"No. Listen. I want to attend the elite school "Raikon". I must be smart to get into that school. While I attend school, I will study hard, I promise, but I must maintain excellent grades to be the best in school. As I get smart, you will help me and tell me the answers."

"I guess you're right. If you get smart, it won't matter if you cheat ... But I can't get out of here."

I patted her head.

"Ready."

... "Huh?! It's true, why can I feel your hand?"

"Let's just say it's a skill."

I developed this skill while ignoring the ghosts.

I would go through ghosts when I was ignoring them, but when I wanted to talk to them, the ghosts could touch me and I could touch them. If I want to, Yuki can touch me, but if I don't want to, he won't touch me.

That effect doesn't just work for me, it also works for other objects, as long as I want her to be able to touch them.

For example, a plate. If I don't want to, she can't lift it, but if I want to, she can lift it with her hands.

After explaining that to her, she immediately took my hand.

"I can finally take a bath!" I haven't bathed in a long time!"

"Won't you ask how you'll get out of here?"

"Oh... That's true. How?"

"Simple. The ghosts that cannot leave a certain place are the weak ghosts, ghosts whose soul is weak ... Or so a ghost told me, I don't know if it's true. You became strong because now you are able to touch objects, so you can go out without problems."

"How long does the effect last?"

"As long as I want." I am the only one who can disable it."

... "Thank you."

She hugged me tightly and started crying.

"Thank you very much!"

... "you're welcome?"

Well... not so bad. Having company will be nice.

CHAPTER 2- Cheating.

"The answer is: 1,797.54."

Okay. Ok.

I'm taking the exam to get into school.

Yuki is looking at everyone's exams to compare answers.

"The answer to the last one is: 1,689."

"Mmm..."

Yuki is smarter than she looks. She understood the method of cheating. Compare all the answers and tell me the answer that most students put ... I think I'll be fine.

I was one of the last to deliver the exam, not wanting to arouse suspicion.

•

•

"Yes! I did a good job!"

“Yes, yes."

I patted her head.

"You deserve a sweet."

"Sweet... Candy..."

She's salivating ... That looks lovely.

I went into a candy store and bought a lot of candy.

I left the store with the bags in my hands.

"C-can I have one?"

"If people see a floating candy, they will freak out. Wait a bit longer, we're almost home now."

Yuki is holding my arm while walking ... I guess she feels safe with me.

"Yuki, I looked for information about your mother ... She is in a prison. She was involved in illegal activities... Most likely they killed you out of revenge."

"Mother..."

I patted her head so she doesn't cry.

"I will keep you. I guess you can consider me a big brother ... Or father."

"Mmm... No. I can't see you as a big brother. You need to be more mature ... And smile more."

"I guess I'm immature for you."

"But I can consider you my best and only friend."- She said with a big smile.

"A Friend... It can also work."

•

•

We went into our house and I put the sweets on the table.

"Okay..."

I put my hands together and closed my eyes.

"I offer these sweets to Yuki's soul. Accept my offering, Yuki..."

I opened my eyes and sat down on the table.

"Ready, you can eat."

"I'm still surprised you know all that."

Yuki took a chocolate bar and began to devour it.

"Simply delicious!"

It is so cute.

What I have just done is called: offering. There are legends and traditions about offering offerings to people who have already died. I did that. By offering the sweets to Yuki, she can take and eat them, and since I can use my power to make her take things, she can enjoy the taste and feel like she is digesting the chocolate ... In other words, it is as if she has a physical body ... That chocolate will have to come out sooner or later. That's one of the downsides to this ability.

"By the way, Saik, I didn't get to see any ghosts today. Why?"

"I told you before, not everyone turns into ghosts."

People think that ghosts are everywhere, but they are not. Only very few people can become ghosts.

Yuki is one of those few cases.

She was murdered and felt regret, because she wanted to stay alive, that's why she became a ghost.

But not all murdered people turn into ghosts. If the people who die lived somewhat long lives, even if they are killed, they do not become ghosts. You are more likely to see ghosts of young children.

And the reason why there are not many ghosts, is because they are forgotten.

"Yuki, ghosts, when forgotten, disappear. It is very rare for dead people to turn into ghosts, and if they turn into ghosts, they will only be ghosts as long as their family or friends remember ... And when they forget about that person, they will stop being a ghost and go to heaven or hell ... Or so I heard from other ghosts."

"T-then ... I'm gonna disappear?"

"I don't think so. Not right now. I remember you very well, and your mother too ... As long as your mother or I remain alive, you will remain a ghost ... I don't know if it's good or bad."

"It's good! Yuki will never be alone again! I'll be with you until you die of old age! Don't worry, the trusty Yuki will bathe you when you can't move anymore. Fufu

... "That would be awkward. No, thanks."

"Fufu. Don’t you feel ashamed?”

"Not really.”

"Buuu. I can't even make you smile, cold boy."

"I'm sorry."

I took one of the sweets and removed the wrapper.

"But, you know... You are a funny and adorable girl ... It wouldn't be so bad to have you with me until I die."

... "Eh? W-what weird things are you saying ?!"

"You would be like my maid."

Yuki got angry and started shooting me an angry look.

"just kiring... Although you will have a part of the household duties, such as washing dishes and clothes. You will not be a kept."

"W-well, that's fair. After all, it is your home."

"Our home."

"Eh?"

I got up from the table and patted her head.

"I told you before, didn't I? We are a family now. This is your home too. I'll go play video games."

"S-Sure. Thank you."

A family... I missed having someone like that... A person of trust.