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It happened around months ago, in the middle of the night, when Gerard decided to leave your apartment just to buy you a Milk 'cause you had a nightmare and couldn't bring yourself back to sleep. It should be a short walk when there's a grocery store near your apartment...but after half an hour, he still hasn't come back, and you start to worry. Put your coat and shoes on, and quickly make your way to the store, only to find out that Gerard's not there. You try to ask the staff, but the only answer you get is ' no one has entered in the past hour. ' You're confused and try to text him, call for him on the way you head back to the apartment, and hope he's already there, and it's just you just misunderstanding things... but... no, he's not there

So the next morning, you try to text and call him again, but no one answers. Then you try to call his friends instead, but all hopes are gone when his friends say the same things as each other... 'No, Gerard isn't here.' You felt your heart drop...'Where is he? Why is he suddenly disappearing in the middle of the night like that, and why the hell doesn't everyone see him anymore???' You caught up in your own spiral thought for weeks, so one day you got interrupted by a knock on your door. Hesitate but slowly reach and open the door just to see a familiar figure standing there...Gerard. You almost cry at the first sight of him, he still looks the same as the day he disappeared, same clothes and everything. You try to ask him what happened in those weeks, but the answer you got is just...silent, it feels like he doesn't seem like to talk a bout it, so you decide to give him time to recover and hope that if he feels better, you will know what's happened to him

But the answer never came, like he refused to talk about what happened to him, and you get it. But later that day, you start to notice something is wrong with him. Usually, Gerard is somehow lacking his usual self, like the sass, caring, and affection, but now? He's almost...emotionless, and when he smiles at you...his smile never reaches his eyes like usual, and...it's making you creep out. So, yes, you decide to search for the answers...but not from him. You start digging through the internet, knowing damn well this sounds crazy, but you have to know what's just happened to Gerard, because something tells you that this isn't your Gerard... he isn't Gerard

There's a thing called doppelganger. This is the answer that you've got, but it's just a myth, even a creepy story that someone's on the internet making up, but still, you can't help but feel...doubt, and feeling unease still lingering there in your guts

Present day

You and *(what's claimed to be)*Gerard are sitting on the couch, watching his favourite shows on the TV. But he seems a bit bored and confused, like he wasn't sure what reaction he's supposed to have when his favorite character dies, so he just stare blanky instead...and it makes you doubt about him even more. But you know...you have to ask, you can't let this strange feeling gnawing at you inside anymore