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HER HOME was silent when she had entered she shut and locked the door behind her before going up the stairs slowly — her mind was racing with thoughts
when she had reached her room, she opened and shut the door behind her to find him where she left him, staring down at the window in longing
"i give you permission"
leo slowly turned around to face her at the sound of her voice
he made his way towards her; kimberly smiled as her hands shook in anticipation
he didn't stop until he walked through her and out her bedroom for the first time in twenty two years
i'm free.
kim opened the door blinking in astonishment as she stared at the back of the boy she had grown fond of
he's free.
leo turned to kimberly with a big smile, a breathy chuckle leaving his lips —
he walked closer to kimberly who stood in the doorway of her bedroom and beamed down at the shorter teen "so,"
"where should we go first?"
leo hollers as he and kimberly ran through the hills near her neighborhood
kim gasps when leo's translucent form started rolling down the hillside "leo!"
leo stopped rolling when he reached the bottom of the hill ; legs and arms sprawled about as he gazed up at the changing skies above him
kimberly smiled at the sight before she ran down the hill to join him
she laid down next to him under the skies of pink and gold with the clouds scattered about she would've called it the most beautiful sight she'd ever lay her eyes on if she hadn't turned her head to look at the boy next to her in curiosity
his hair danced with the direction of the wind as he laid his head on the stable structure of his folded arms behind him
and in the reflection of his blue eyes were the above skies, the gold was trapped in his irises as he stared at the view mesmerizingly in that moment kim decided
"leo now that you can roam i'm gonna help you find your killer" kim blurts out, leo sits up knees hunched
there was a hesitant gaze in his blue eyes and he couldn't bring himself to look at kim who was still laying down watching him
"kim it's risky and i don't—"
kim sat up now ; her brown eyes lit in defiance "no. i want to touch you leo. do you know how many times i've had to stop myself from touching you? and even when i fail and do try, the second i feel nothing but thin air and see my hand going through you it makes me upset."
he lets out a breath "i know"
kim nods before scooting closer to him "okay so you get that i have to help you"
"yeah..."
"then why doesn't it seem that way?"
"because you have to bring my killer to the place where he killed me and get him to admit that he did." the nervous breath kim was holding was finally released
"woo, thank god! i thought you were gonna tell me that i'd have to kill him in exchange for your life" leo cringes at the thought "so where'd he kill you?"
"your house. that's why i'm — why i was, trapped in there" kim nods "uh okay so that sounds really simple" kim gives her ghosty companion a toothy smile "no killing required."
leo gives kim a tight lipped smile "yeah of course"
kim, who decided to ignore the apprehensive look in leo's eye, then asked him a question that had been picking at her for awhile now
"so — who were you before you died? i wanna know the story of leo....?" kim looked over at him in question,
"—nardo dicaprio." he finishes, genuinely smiling at kim now
kim's eyebrows furrow "your middle name is nardo?"
leo chuckles "no my first name is leonardo. but nardo sounds way better than wilhelm" kim gushes "your middle name is wilhelm? that's so cute!" leo shakes his head in denial, wishing that he could grab kimberly in this moment and just kiss her, goddamn.
"the story of leonardo wilhelm dicaprio" kim says dramatically before pausing herself "that's like a supermodel name," kim shakes her head as if to focus back on the blonde boy "anyways, go."
leo sighs, biting his lip as he wondered where to begin — as a spirit, he can only remember certain moments of his life ; he blushed at his earliest memory
"so i guess it all started when i was eating this girl out,"
