{ 雨の天使 }
Rain Angel
Chapter 8
[ The Rain that drenched her friend ]
Have you ever heard of a Rain Angel?
She is the guardian angel that pours down the rain down when the sky is dark.
No one ever see her at work and no one understand why she had to pour rain down
Some people believe that she pours rain for those who've cried.
The rain covered their tears as they flowed together
I don't know whether it's true.
It rained last night, did I cried in my sleep?
[Hanling If I need a favour from you, you will help me right?]
Wilson asked over the sms.
[Oh well.. that depends how you are going to reward me? Hee hee..]
Hanling seeked.
[Can you be my girlfriend?]
[For one day only....]
“Awww....Why only for a day?”
Hanling moaned as she replied her thoughts.
[Cos I need you to come down to my pub tonight to help me]
Wilson replied.
[On one condition..]
Hanling paused for a while before she continued.
[I can be your girlfriend for one day but you have to be my boyfriend forever!]
[What kind of request is this???]
[ This is my formal request mah.. you can take it or leave it..]
Hanling looks to have locked her target.
[Ok, ok.. we'll talk when you come down tonight, I've got to settle something now]
Wilson replied his last sms.
Hanling came to Mavis and 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 Mavis the sms.
Mavis didn't know how to react to her friend, all she could do was to say.
“Wah...looks like I'll have to watch movies myself already”
“No lah! All three of us can still go out together!”
Hanling bubbling with excitement.
“Yeah, maybe we would...”
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Mavis walked through the park that evening.
It was quiet with gentling breeze blowing towards her.
Something was not right with her but she could not explain that feeling.
It felt as if something is lost and it felt like it's gone forever.
The last time Mavis had felt this way was during her secondary school days.
She had a crush on her class monitor but dare not expressed her feelings.
All she could do was to observe him from afar.
She would ask him all the questions regarding her homework.
She had always liked the way he explained things to her.
It was as if seeing a guy doing the things which he is most confident in.
Mavis had always think that guys looked the most handsome when they are serious in doing something.
No one know about her crush, not even her best friend Hanling who was same school with her.
No one ever came to know,
when she saw Hanling and the guy were together.
She remembered she had cried throughout the night.
The rain outside was pouring like no tomorrow.
It was as if the heaven's had shed her tears.
It was at that time when she begin to like rain.
The rain was something Mavis felt through the connections between her and the heavens.
She knows logically and scientifically no one will believe her.
It doesn't matter to her.
Mavis felt this feeling again today.
“I liked him......?”
The thought was on her mind throughout the whole night as she laid on sleepless.
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Hanling entered the smoke filled pub as she ventured into the bar counter to find Wilson.
“Hello dear!”
Hanling expressed her cuteness.
“Oh hi...”
Wilson took a peek before concentrating on mixing his drinks.
“So what can I do for you?”
Hanling sat down at the bar counter and admired his seriousness.
“I need you...”
Wilson passed the drinks on to his customers.
“You need me? Really?”
“No, I mean I need you to help me for awhile later”
Wilson moved closer to her.
“A lady will be here later, I just need her to be here. I will say the rest”
“What lady? Your mum?”
Hanling asked.
“You just play your role tonight ok?”
pleaded Wilson as he place a drink on her counter.
Hanling just sit there and looked on.
The environment didn't suit her as she's not known to be a serious clubber despite her outgoing character.
Or maybe it was the other way round as she's not fitted into this environment.
Moments later, a women walked past her and sat beside her.
The women was in her mid twenties as Hanling looked on.
She was well dressed with a fashion sense of office lady, neat and tidy.
The lady make a gesture to signal Wilson's attention.
“Wil, how are you these days?”
“Well... I'm still alive and kicking I guess”
“Wil, we are filing for divorce”
“So? What does it got to do with me?”
“Wil, I thought you said we will be together forever?”
The women held his hand which Wilson let go.
“You also said you cannot leave your husband right?”
Wilson tried to move away.
“Why are you doing this to me...”
The women began to sob.
“I think you've got it wrong. It was you who treated me this way”
The women didn't replied, she just sat there and cried.
Wilson walked over to Hanling.
“This is Hanling, my current girlfriend. Wen, you were right, we are only together because we needed each other's attention. We never liked each other.”
Wendy turned her eyes to Hanling.
“You bitch! How can you do this to him?”
and she slapped her right infront of him.
Wilson grabbed Wendy's hand.
“Wen, it's you who are in the wrong right in the beginning. You've betrayed yours husband. What did Hanling do? We were only together when you broke off with me. I hope you'll never forget that”
“BUT I LOVE YOU!”
Wendy wailed and got the attention of the crowd despite the music background.
“STOP IT! DIDN'T YOU LOVE YOUR HUSBAND WHEN YOU WERE MARRIED?”
Wilson shouted before he came out and pulled Hanling out of the pub.
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They walked along the roads for awhile. There was nothing much to say.
Hanling came and did her role.
“Thanks”
That was maybe the appropriate word to say at that time.
“So you will be my boyfriend forever?”
Hanling joked
“Hanling, I didn't promise you anything. I only wanted your help because it was the only way that could stop Wendy from coming back to me...”
“But didn't you loved Wendy? You almost killed yourself over her like what Mavis said”
“I don't know, I feel that love is a strange thing. When you are in love with someone you can do anything for her. Maybe even to die for her. Then you realize that all is meaningless.”
“Wendy has to go back to the place where she belongs, I'm not her place that's all.”
“Then why can't I replace her?”
Wilson looked at Hanling.
“I'm sorry, Love is something which nothing or no one can replace. I liked you as a friend, as a confider, as a person who can listen to my endless whine but I was never in love in you”
“So it's an one-sided affair all along right?”
Hanling tried to hide her tears.
“Hanling, you are still young right? Studies should come first right?”
“Right?? Who are you to lecture me? Are you my father?”
Hanling stormed off leaving Wilson behind.
She tried to run but she was just too tired.
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Mavis's phone's ringing melody had woke her in her deep thoughts.
It was raining outside and Mavis had got a bad feeling as she answered.
“Hello...? Ling?”
“Mavis.....I'm very sad now...Waaa!!!.”
Hanling burst out crying over the phone.
“Oh my god?? What happened?”
Mavis had rushed down to her friend who was wandering in their neighborhood.
Hanling had told her what happened that night.
Mavis consoled her and accompanied her home.
As she walked back her home...the rain haven't stopped.
Mavis felt her heart.
The sad feeling wasn't there anymore.
Was it a relieve to know what had happened?
There was no answer.
There was only 1 question on her mind as she walked in the rain with her umbrella.
“Do I Really liked him?”
Rain Angel
Chapter 8
[ The Rain that drenched her friend ]
Have you ever heard of a Rain Angel?
She is the guardian angel that pours down the rain down when the sky is dark.
No one ever see her at work and no one understand why she had to pour rain down
Some people believe that she pours rain for those who've cried.
The rain covered their tears as they flowed together
I don't know whether it's true.
It rained last night, did I cried in my sleep?
[Hanling If I need a favour from you, you will help me right?]
Wilson asked over the sms.
[Oh well.. that depends how you are going to reward me? Hee hee..]
Hanling seeked.
[Can you be my girlfriend?]
[For one day only....]
“Awww....Why only for a day?”
Hanling moaned as she replied her thoughts.
[Cos I need you to come down to my pub tonight to help me]
Wilson replied.
[On one condition..]
Hanling paused for a while before she continued.
[I can be your girlfriend for one day but you have to be my boyfriend forever!]
[What kind of request is this???]
[ This is my formal request mah.. you can take it or leave it..]
Hanling looks to have locked her target.
[Ok, ok.. we'll talk when you come down tonight, I've got to settle something now]
Wilson replied his last sms.
Hanling came to Mavis and 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 Mavis the sms.
Mavis didn't know how to react to her friend, all she could do was to say.
“Wah...looks like I'll have to watch movies myself already”
“No lah! All three of us can still go out together!”
Hanling bubbling with excitement.
“Yeah, maybe we would...”
-----------
Mavis walked through the park that evening.
It was quiet with gentling breeze blowing towards her.
Something was not right with her but she could not explain that feeling.
It felt as if something is lost and it felt like it's gone forever.
The last time Mavis had felt this way was during her secondary school days.
She had a crush on her class monitor but dare not expressed her feelings.
All she could do was to observe him from afar.
She would ask him all the questions regarding her homework.
She had always liked the way he explained things to her.
It was as if seeing a guy doing the things which he is most confident in.
Mavis had always think that guys looked the most handsome when they are serious in doing something.
No one know about her crush, not even her best friend Hanling who was same school with her.
No one ever came to know,
when she saw Hanling and the guy were together.
She remembered she had cried throughout the night.
The rain outside was pouring like no tomorrow.
It was as if the heaven's had shed her tears.
It was at that time when she begin to like rain.
The rain was something Mavis felt through the connections between her and the heavens.
She knows logically and scientifically no one will believe her.
It doesn't matter to her.
Mavis felt this feeling again today.
“I liked him......?”
The thought was on her mind throughout the whole night as she laid on sleepless.
-----------------
Hanling entered the smoke filled pub as she ventured into the bar counter to find Wilson.
“Hello dear!”
Hanling expressed her cuteness.
“Oh hi...”
Wilson took a peek before concentrating on mixing his drinks.
“So what can I do for you?”
Hanling sat down at the bar counter and admired his seriousness.
“I need you...”
Wilson passed the drinks on to his customers.
“You need me? Really?”
“No, I mean I need you to help me for awhile later”
Wilson moved closer to her.
“A lady will be here later, I just need her to be here. I will say the rest”
“What lady? Your mum?”
Hanling asked.
“You just play your role tonight ok?”
pleaded Wilson as he place a drink on her counter.
Hanling just sit there and looked on.
The environment didn't suit her as she's not known to be a serious clubber despite her outgoing character.
Or maybe it was the other way round as she's not fitted into this environment.
Moments later, a women walked past her and sat beside her.
The women was in her mid twenties as Hanling looked on.
She was well dressed with a fashion sense of office lady, neat and tidy.
The lady make a gesture to signal Wilson's attention.
“Wil, how are you these days?”
“Well... I'm still alive and kicking I guess”
“Wil, we are filing for divorce”
“So? What does it got to do with me?”
“Wil, I thought you said we will be together forever?”
The women held his hand which Wilson let go.
“You also said you cannot leave your husband right?”
Wilson tried to move away.
“Why are you doing this to me...”
The women began to sob.
“I think you've got it wrong. It was you who treated me this way”
The women didn't replied, she just sat there and cried.
Wilson walked over to Hanling.
“This is Hanling, my current girlfriend. Wen, you were right, we are only together because we needed each other's attention. We never liked each other.”
Wendy turned her eyes to Hanling.
“You bitch! How can you do this to him?”
and she slapped her right infront of him.
Wilson grabbed Wendy's hand.
“Wen, it's you who are in the wrong right in the beginning. You've betrayed yours husband. What did Hanling do? We were only together when you broke off with me. I hope you'll never forget that”
“BUT I LOVE YOU!”
Wendy wailed and got the attention of the crowd despite the music background.
“STOP IT! DIDN'T YOU LOVE YOUR HUSBAND WHEN YOU WERE MARRIED?”
Wilson shouted before he came out and pulled Hanling out of the pub.
---------------
They walked along the roads for awhile. There was nothing much to say.
Hanling came and did her role.
“Thanks”
That was maybe the appropriate word to say at that time.
“So you will be my boyfriend forever?”
Hanling joked
“Hanling, I didn't promise you anything. I only wanted your help because it was the only way that could stop Wendy from coming back to me...”
“But didn't you loved Wendy? You almost killed yourself over her like what Mavis said”
“I don't know, I feel that love is a strange thing. When you are in love with someone you can do anything for her. Maybe even to die for her. Then you realize that all is meaningless.”
“Wendy has to go back to the place where she belongs, I'm not her place that's all.”
“Then why can't I replace her?”
Wilson looked at Hanling.
“I'm sorry, Love is something which nothing or no one can replace. I liked you as a friend, as a confider, as a person who can listen to my endless whine but I was never in love in you”
“So it's an one-sided affair all along right?”
Hanling tried to hide her tears.
“Hanling, you are still young right? Studies should come first right?”
“Right?? Who are you to lecture me? Are you my father?”
Hanling stormed off leaving Wilson behind.
She tried to run but she was just too tired.
--------------
Mavis's phone's ringing melody had woke her in her deep thoughts.
It was raining outside and Mavis had got a bad feeling as she answered.
“Hello...? Ling?”
“Mavis.....I'm very sad now...Waaa!!!.”
Hanling burst out crying over the phone.
“Oh my god?? What happened?”
Mavis had rushed down to her friend who was wandering in their neighborhood.
Hanling had told her what happened that night.
Mavis consoled her and accompanied her home.
As she walked back her home...the rain haven't stopped.
Mavis felt her heart.
The sad feeling wasn't there anymore.
Was it a relieve to know what had happened?
There was no answer.
There was only 1 question on her mind as she walked in the rain with her umbrella.
“Do I Really liked him?”
[To be Cont]
