C003: Astral Freedom [02]

The song is really soothing to the ears. It's making me sleepy right now. I should think about going to bed right now.

I put on my headphones and lay flat on the bed, my head resting on a comfortable pillow. I'm very exhausted today.

Someday, I'd like to die while sleeping blissfully like this, unaware that I've died. As my tired eyes closed, I quickly fell asleep with the music on. But something doesn't feel right... how can I be thinking while sleeping?

Normally, I sleep for a very short period of time. It's as if I closed my eyes for two minutes and then opened them again. But in reality, I had slept for seven hours.

I opened my eyes and got out of bed. I wasn't even touching the ground. My feet were elevated above the ground.

Me: W-W-WHAT THE HECK!???

I exclaimed, surprised. A-A-Am I really a ghost right now? I didn't want to pass away in my sleep!

I began to touch my face and chest. I touched it but couldn't feel it. I looked down at my bed and saw myself, flat on my back. My physical body was asleep, but my spiritual body was present.

Me: W-W-WHAT IS TH-HIS!? WHY AM I OVER THERE!?

I yelled again and tried to touch my flesh, but it just passed through.

Me: MOM!!!!!

I yelled as I passed through the door and down the stairs.

Me: MOM!!!

As I walked into the kitchen, I yelled many times. She was preparing meat for today's lunch.

Me: MOM!! SOMETHING'S WRONG WITH ME!!!

She couldn't hear a word I said. I began to fear at the prospect of remaining a ghost indefinitely. I'd have to witness my own burial with my own eyes. My pals would be... Ah. I have no friends.

Me: NO! THIS CAN'T BE TRUE!!

I returned upstairs to my room and passed through the door.

When I was alive, I was completely healthy and fit. I do not believe I am dead. So, how did I turn into a ghost?

I took a close look at my body and noticed that it was breathing. I breathed a sigh of relief when I realized I was still alive.

I laid down inside my body with my eyes closed, hoping for anything to happen.

I awoke in my bed with heavy breathing. This time in my physical body. I was sweating profusely and my mind was racing. I looked at my hands and feet with disbelief that what had just happened.