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Chapter 13

Colette gasped as she woke up, realizing it was all a... hallucination? It felt so real; Colette swore she could feel the fire burning on her face, and Edgar's hands when he held her. Edgar woke up as well, and he said with a shaky breath, "I'm back. I'm normal again!"

Colette held back tears as she hugged Edgar tightly, glad that it was finally all over. Edgar kissed Colette's forehead and brushed away stray hairs on her face. Luna smiled, and she announced, "your personalities are officially back. Now then, please return home safely- don't get yourselves into trouble!"

"I'll protect her if it's the last thing I do." Edgar said boldly.

"Edgar, you silly emo." Colette giggled, pinching Edgar's face.

"Okay, okay- stop! That hurts," Edgar laughed.

"Thank you, Luna." Collette thanked.

Luna bowed. "My pleasure."

"I'm just glad we didn't lose our minds!" Edgar joked, cracking up.

"I am surprised as well. Both of you are strong-minded; and you both care for each other deeply. Your visions both had to do something with each other. I think you are both scared of losing a loved one, your partner." Luna explained. "However, it's just my silly theory."

They both looked at each other, and time seemed to pass by as they did. Luna disappeared, and Colette and Edgar went back. After hours of walking, they reached Colette's home, and Edgar said goodbye. "See you at work tomorrow, Colette." Edgar kissed her head.

Edgar started walking away, but Colette yelled, "wait! W-would you like to stay? I know you're tired, and your house is a long way from here. Also I... I don't want this night to end."

Edgar blushed, agreeing. They walked into Colette's apartment. "Sorry it's a mess. I haven't found time to clean," Colette said sheepishly.

"It's fine. It strangely feels... welcoming."

Colette changed into pajamas in her room, and Edgar went to the bathroom to change. He decided to wear the spare clothes he had in his bag. When he opened his bag, his scarf was inside, back to black and white. "Hey, bud." 

The scarf leapt out, going around Edgar's neck. "You okay?" He asked.

The scarf moved up and down, signaling a nod. He continued changing and returned to Colette. She was busy doing something, typing away on a computer. "What are you doing?" Edgar smirked.

Colette smiled and said, "come look for yourself."

Edgar took a peek, and he left himself in shock. Colette was printing pictures of him sleeping; where did she get them from?! Colette snickered as Edgar ranted, "where did you get this?"

"Remember the hotel, when we were sleeping together? When I woke up, you were still asleep, so I took a photo of you. You look so cute!"

"Coming from the cutie herself? Nah."

Colette blushed as she continued printing. She glued one into her scrapbook, and put another on her wall. When Edgar yawned, they decided it was time for bed. Settling next to Colette on the bed, they both closed their eyes, whispering, "good night."