Ghost Cricket

He came home from work and nothing phased him. Her new appearance got a shrug. She felt deader to him then before, and now ugly on top of it. The mirror beckoned for her. She tried to relent, but eventually caved. She jumped into the mirror and found herself in a black room. "Where am I?" she asked. A voice said to her "Nowhere. You are nowhere to be found when you try so hard to stand out." A light flickered and she followed it out to the exit where she jumped back into her room. She knew the voice was right, and so she gave up worrying about her body.

"I love myself." And then the ghost man put his hand on her shoulder and told her kindly, "I love you."