Saturday, June 30, 2007

{ 雨の天使 }

Rain Angel

Chapter 15
[ It was raining when we last met.. ]
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I find it pitiful that I have struggled to live after all these years.
Maybe my life was too pile up with problems that eat away my time.
I have to work three jobs to keep myself busy.
And to materially satisfied her.
Now I don’t need to, I just want to.
I want to work from day to night, right up to the wee hours in the morning.
I want to keep myself occupied if not I will begin to think.
About the bad memories that happened throughout my life.
About Wendy.

Then I met her.
Someone whom changed my life literally.

It was raining when we last met. It was raining when we met again..
I knew it was she from the moment I saw her walked into the phone booth.
Maybe it was fate that brought her to me on my lowest point.

I really thought of ending my life, once and for all.
But for someone who a few years younger than me, she knows how to live a fruitful life.
Maybe fate send her to save me that day.

Nothing much had changed except she has grown up to be pretty lady.
She didn’t know who I was except that I was a stranger who tried to commit suicide.
Then I hear her saying those words.

“Life is suppose to be happy right?”

How ironic, a phrase from me to KaiLoke when I tried to cheer him.
End up been recited back to me.

KaiLoke once asked me before he met the accident,
“Wilson, What do you think can two men argue over?”

“Well.. maybe money… maybe women”

“I like Ah Hui… a lot and I know you like her too.”
He continued.

“No lah, Never! How do you know? I never talk to her or anything”
I tried to defend myself.

“Please don’t deny, you put in a lot of effort in drawing that portrait didn’t you?”
I just kept quiet.

“You met up with her recently?”
KaiLoke asked me again.

“Yes, I did.. it was a coincidence.”

“Brother, whoever gets her must take care of her you know?”
KaiLoke sounded serious enough.

“You must be joking Ah Loke, I never said I liked her. All these times we were never in contact”

“Well I said if you like her… you must take care of her. Let’s drop the topic”
KaiLoke lost his patience

I asked myself over and over again.
What do I like in her?

That someone who saved me?
That someone who taught me how to live a better life?
That someone who I can’t bear seeing her in tears?

Do I even need a reason to explain to convince myself why I like her?


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The sun was setting.
Mavis had decided to walk through the park after school.

It has been a long time as she avoided them on her way to school.
The park seems to be undergoing some changes, as there was construction machinery around.

Mavis found a notice written stating that the park was under upgrading and it seems that the phone booth was going to be taken off as part of the project.

Mavis stared at the phone booth.
“It was raining when we last met, it was raining again when we met again”
Memories of their childhood times came rushing to her together with the new memories of them in recent times.

Mavis let out a sigh and walked further down.

She was enjoying the breeze walk as her heart was opened to the nature surroundings.
She could get away with her mental problem temporarily.
Exams, University placing, Aging parents and most importantly she could be alone in her little space.
As she made her way home, she saw a Teru-bozu tied to a tree.
It was not as nice as the ones she made but she was quite surprise to find something like this in the park.
Then she found another on the next tree.

Mavis walked further down and she covered her mouth in shock.
Every single tree down the path towards her home was tied with Teru-bozus.

This was something that she had never witnessed before.
The excitement filled Mavis from her head to her toes.

“Someone must have liked Teru-bozu as much as I do”
Mavis thought as she walked home happily because of this sight.

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“Hiyah Ah Hui…”

Mavis turned back.
The lifted lips on her face sunken when her eyes locate the source of the voice.

It was Wilson standing near her lift.

Mavis jumped from her fright.

“Are you a stalker? Why do you keep following me?”

“I didn’t stalk you… when was the last time you saw me?”
Wilson was rather surprised by her question.

“Eh… few months ago..”
Mavis recalled.

“See? I didn’t do anything except sending you sms which was never replied”
“Do you know it’s rude not to reply other people’s messages?”

“Oh… ok loh… I’m sorry.”

Mavis turned her back towards him and started walking.

“Wait… have you been to the park lately?”

Mavis stopped.
“Why…did you ask that?”

“Are those Teru-bozu or whatever you called it nice?”

“Please don’t tell me you made them?”
Mavis wasn’t convince.

“Why not?”
“It’s not hard what.. you only need a cloth, a ping pong ball and a string for each doll”

“Why are you doing this?”

“How much more things must I do in order to convince you I liked you?”

“Is it because of KaiLoke?”
Wilson knew he wanted to know the answer for a long time.

“Is it because of him that you are avoiding me?”

There was no answer from Mavis.

“How much more things must I do more than him?”
Wilson asked again. He knew it was now or never.

“You no need …………”

Mavis turned around, walked towards him and hugged him so tight that he almost couldn’t breath. Wilson felt his shoulder was wet with the tears that were flowing down her cheeks but he didn’t do anything.

“You no need to do anything more…..”

Mavis looked up to him.

“ You just have to be yourself….”
[To be Cont]