{ 雨の天使 }
Rain Angel
Chapter 7
[ The Rain that finally stopped ]
A lot of people asked me why I liked rain.
I always ask them back why they don’t?
Of course, I understand the feeling of being drenched from head to toe when you don’t have a shelter.
What’s so bad about that?
Except maybe you will be sick over a few days, but it’s really a good time to have a proper rest, to stay away from the stress temporarily.
When was the last time that you simply didn’t care less as the rain pours on you?
During young when you don’t have to care for anything?
Those were the days right? And you can always have an umbrella.
Now you know why I liked rain?
Why wouldn’t you like rain then?
“Ah Hui! Nah your breakfast”
Mavis turned back while packing the vegetables.
“Hey Lok! How is business today?”
Mavis asked while receiving her breakfast of toast bread.
“Business ok loh, everyday also got people eat fish one mah”
Lok smiled as he munched in.
Lok had known Mavis since they were young.
Both of them grew up together, as Lok’s parents are fishmongers in the same market. Lok was a few years older than Mavis but had stopped school to help out ever since his secondary school.
No one knew why he quit school, as his grades were good enough to join any top junior college in Singapore.
Maybe he didn’t want to add to his aging parents burden.
“Ah Hui, so how is school?”
Lok asked as both of them sat at the benches outside the market.
“Well.. ok bah.. School is always fun, exams are always tough”
Mavis smiled.
“Need me to send you to school?”
Lok suggested as he took out his keys.
“No need, you continue to help Auntie. I always prefer to walk to school”
“Ah Hui.. You’ve grown up a lot already… I’m old already”
Lok sighed as he gives a pat on her head.
Mavis went home to take a bath before preparing herself.
The sun was rising at the Fareast as Mavis made her way to the school.
“It rained yesterday night.. the flowers at the park will be happy as they have taken a well deserved bath too”
Mavis thought as she walks towards school.
It was still early, so she had decided to take a walk down the park.
Mavis likes to look at the patches of flowers in the park, especially if it rains the night before. The flowers will be sparkling with the morning dew as the sun rises.
It was a scene that will cheer her up.
The morning breeze blow gently across her face as she admired the flowers. Suddenly the breeze took a chill down her spine, as she felt rather uneasy. It was as if someone is looking at her from somewhere, she looked up and saw a figure walking slowly towards her.
“Good morning, Mavis!”
Greeted the man.
Mavis’s admiration & smile had turned sour.
It was Wilson.
“What are you doing here?”
“Why am I not here? This is not private property you know..”
“Oh… it really spoils my day when I see you..”
Mavis walked past him.
“Looks like you’ve fully recovered… and your dolls sure worked yesterday night”
Mavis turned around.
“You turned them upside down?”
“Yeah.. after gathering from the information I’ve got online.”
“So aren’t you happy that it rain yesterday night?”
Wilson asked.
“I’m always happy when it rains, but the sight of you will only decrease my happiness!”
Mavis began to walk away but turned back once more.
“Wait! When are you going to return me back my Terubozu?”
“When one day you don’t like rain anymore….”
Wilson began to walk away from her.
“Argh!! You idiot”
Mavis stormed off to school as they parted once more.
Chapter 7
[ The Rain that finally stopped ]
A lot of people asked me why I liked rain.
I always ask them back why they don’t?
Of course, I understand the feeling of being drenched from head to toe when you don’t have a shelter.
What’s so bad about that?
Except maybe you will be sick over a few days, but it’s really a good time to have a proper rest, to stay away from the stress temporarily.
When was the last time that you simply didn’t care less as the rain pours on you?
During young when you don’t have to care for anything?
Those were the days right? And you can always have an umbrella.
Now you know why I liked rain?
Why wouldn’t you like rain then?
“Ah Hui! Nah your breakfast”
Mavis turned back while packing the vegetables.
“Hey Lok! How is business today?”
Mavis asked while receiving her breakfast of toast bread.
“Business ok loh, everyday also got people eat fish one mah”
Lok smiled as he munched in.
Lok had known Mavis since they were young.
Both of them grew up together, as Lok’s parents are fishmongers in the same market. Lok was a few years older than Mavis but had stopped school to help out ever since his secondary school.
No one knew why he quit school, as his grades were good enough to join any top junior college in Singapore.
Maybe he didn’t want to add to his aging parents burden.
“Ah Hui, so how is school?”
Lok asked as both of them sat at the benches outside the market.
“Well.. ok bah.. School is always fun, exams are always tough”
Mavis smiled.
“Need me to send you to school?”
Lok suggested as he took out his keys.
“No need, you continue to help Auntie. I always prefer to walk to school”
“Ah Hui.. You’ve grown up a lot already… I’m old already”
Lok sighed as he gives a pat on her head.
Mavis went home to take a bath before preparing herself.
The sun was rising at the Fareast as Mavis made her way to the school.
“It rained yesterday night.. the flowers at the park will be happy as they have taken a well deserved bath too”
Mavis thought as she walks towards school.
It was still early, so she had decided to take a walk down the park.
Mavis likes to look at the patches of flowers in the park, especially if it rains the night before. The flowers will be sparkling with the morning dew as the sun rises.
It was a scene that will cheer her up.
The morning breeze blow gently across her face as she admired the flowers. Suddenly the breeze took a chill down her spine, as she felt rather uneasy. It was as if someone is looking at her from somewhere, she looked up and saw a figure walking slowly towards her.
“Good morning, Mavis!”
Greeted the man.
Mavis’s admiration & smile had turned sour.
It was Wilson.
“What are you doing here?”
“Why am I not here? This is not private property you know..”
“Oh… it really spoils my day when I see you..”
Mavis walked past him.
“Looks like you’ve fully recovered… and your dolls sure worked yesterday night”
Mavis turned around.
“You turned them upside down?”
“Yeah.. after gathering from the information I’ve got online.”
“So aren’t you happy that it rain yesterday night?”
Wilson asked.
“I’m always happy when it rains, but the sight of you will only decrease my happiness!”
Mavis began to walk away but turned back once more.
“Wait! When are you going to return me back my Terubozu?”
“When one day you don’t like rain anymore….”
Wilson began to walk away from her.
“Argh!! You idiot”
Mavis stormed off to school as they parted once more.
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“So did he sms you yesterday?”
Hanling started her usual rounds of interrogation during lunch.
“No”
“Really?”
“No… never, not interested.”
“Really, really, really?”
“Stop it lah, Hanling. What’s so good about him?”
Mavis is really annoyed.
“I never said he’s good mah… I only asked whether he got sms you?”
“Yeah, he did. Are you happy now?”
“Then did you reply?.. You did right?”
“Why are you so similar like him? Equally irritating.”
“Ok, ok. I’ll stop asking. Anyway we talked over the phone yesterday”
“………..”
Mavis was speechless as she looked on.
“He’s such a cute guy… I think I will fall for him anytime”
Hanling started thinking wildly again.
“Yeah.. Hanling, maybe it’s a good time because he had just broke off with his girlfriend?”
Mavis suggested.
“Really? Hmmmm…”
Hanling wondered.
“But I think he must have love his girlfriend very much. I never see a person who become so sad after break off and wanted to kill himself.”
“Aiyah.. all men are like that. They always say they want to kill themselves during a quarrel but will they? If they did, then probably there won’t be any men left in this world!”
Hanling laughed.
“I don’t know, I’m not him so maybe I won’t know”
The rest of the day, Mavis’s mind just couldn’t concentrate.
“How can a person who behave so sad on one day, fully recovered on the other? Is he putting up an act? He don’t even need to.. right? If he did then he’s such a heartless person..”
All was confused on her mind.
She just hopes she’ll never have to see him again.
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Over the next few days, Mavis hardly walked through the park.
She took the bus to school instead, even if it’s only a few stops.
She won’t know what to say if she sees Wilson again.
“There’s nothing to say to a heartless guy.”
She reminded herself.
Over at school, she listens to Hanling’s praise for him almost every minute. It seems that both of them are getting closer, maybe too close.
Both of them had gone out several times before.
Sometimes Hanling would invite Mavis along but she kindly rejects as she did not want to spoil the romantic ambience.
After several weeks had gone.
After hundreds of sms between them.
After thousands of minutes of phone call between them.
After uncountable times of date between them.
Hanling came to Mavis one day & broke the news to her.
“We’re together… Mavis!”
“huh?”
Mavis looked at her frenetic friend.
“Wilson asked me to be his girlfriend…”
Hanling said as she showed her the sms.
The rain finally stopped, in her heart..
Hanling started her usual rounds of interrogation during lunch.
“No”
“Really?”
“No… never, not interested.”
“Really, really, really?”
“Stop it lah, Hanling. What’s so good about him?”
Mavis is really annoyed.
“I never said he’s good mah… I only asked whether he got sms you?”
“Yeah, he did. Are you happy now?”
“Then did you reply?.. You did right?”
“Why are you so similar like him? Equally irritating.”
“Ok, ok. I’ll stop asking. Anyway we talked over the phone yesterday”
“………..”
Mavis was speechless as she looked on.
“He’s such a cute guy… I think I will fall for him anytime”
Hanling started thinking wildly again.
“Yeah.. Hanling, maybe it’s a good time because he had just broke off with his girlfriend?”
Mavis suggested.
“Really? Hmmmm…”
Hanling wondered.
“But I think he must have love his girlfriend very much. I never see a person who become so sad after break off and wanted to kill himself.”
“Aiyah.. all men are like that. They always say they want to kill themselves during a quarrel but will they? If they did, then probably there won’t be any men left in this world!”
Hanling laughed.
“I don’t know, I’m not him so maybe I won’t know”
The rest of the day, Mavis’s mind just couldn’t concentrate.
“How can a person who behave so sad on one day, fully recovered on the other? Is he putting up an act? He don’t even need to.. right? If he did then he’s such a heartless person..”
All was confused on her mind.
She just hopes she’ll never have to see him again.
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Over the next few days, Mavis hardly walked through the park.
She took the bus to school instead, even if it’s only a few stops.
She won’t know what to say if she sees Wilson again.
“There’s nothing to say to a heartless guy.”
She reminded herself.
Over at school, she listens to Hanling’s praise for him almost every minute. It seems that both of them are getting closer, maybe too close.
Both of them had gone out several times before.
Sometimes Hanling would invite Mavis along but she kindly rejects as she did not want to spoil the romantic ambience.
After several weeks had gone.
After hundreds of sms between them.
After thousands of minutes of phone call between them.
After uncountable times of date between them.
Hanling came to Mavis one day & broke the news to her.
“We’re together… Mavis!”
“huh?”
Mavis looked at her frenetic friend.
“Wilson asked me to be his girlfriend…”
Hanling said as she showed her the sms.
The rain finally stopped, in her heart..
[To be Cont]
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