{ 雨の天使 }

Rain Angel

Chapter 21 - Finale

[ You are the reason why I loved the rain ]

Have you ever notice that time passed very quickly when you are happy?

Time seems to drag when you are sad and down.

But in fact, time passes by quickly… when we fail to notice..

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Four years had past since the biggest rain hit Singapore.
Many rainfall has since descended but never was one as frightening as the one which happened four years ago.

It rained for seven straight days.
“Seven days of fearsome rain” as the newspaper quoted.
Hundreds of vehicles were damaged by the flood that came.
Properties that were damaged amounted to millions.
It was the worst natural disastor that have struck Singapore in history.

But everything was back to normal when it stopped.
That’s the surviving abilities of humans.

The Accident & Emergency section in the Singapore General Hospital was as busy as the day when Wilson was sent in four years ago. Helpless people came in for help everyday.

However, the bed in the intensive care unit is empty.

Nobody remembers who was the last person who slept on that bed in the Intensive Care Unit.

Only Mavis knew KaiLoke and Wilson had both slept on it.

The world keeps on revolving no matters what happen.
No matters who’ve left, who remains.

Mavis had done relatively well in her A levels and is currently graduating from her honous degree in Business & Finance Management with a scholarship.

The stage was set and her name was called upon.
Her parents stood the proudest the moment she received her certificate of merit.

Hanling ran up to hug her friend after the ceremony as all the parents linked up with their children.

“Hui, you’ve done it! You’ve made us proud!”

“Hanling, you’re not bad either. Heard you are going for Masters?”

“Well… it depends if Clement is going for it as well”

“Pa, Ma”
Mavis hugged her parents.

Her mother was in tears as she could not believe her daughter would be able to finish her studies on her own.

“Very good.. very good. You have done us proud”
Mavis’s mother just hugged her and cried.

It was a very special moment.

“If only you were here…”
Mavis thought as she continued with the photo taking sessions trying her best to hide her disappointment.

“Are you going there today?”
Hanling asked.

“Yeah, I’ll be fine..”
Mavis replied.

“It’s been four years already.. I think he would be very happy to see this”
Mavis said as she held her certificate tightly.

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The cemetery was all peaceful and quiet.
Mavis walked small steps as she approached the grave.

“I hope this place is fine for you…”
Mavis laid her flowers upon the grave.

“It’s peaceful and quiet…”

“I’ve graduated. I’ve finished something that you would want me to. I will be working for one of the top banks. I hope you will be happy for me.”

Mavis felt something felt on her head.
She knew it was raindrop because she could smell rain before they came.

It began to drizzle then it got bigger.
Mavis was kneeling down when there was an umbrella covering her.

“Why don’t you bring an umbrella when you knew it will rain?”

“Why aren’t you here today?”
Mavis looked up.

“Do you know how important it is to me today?”

“I know… I was caught up in the rain…”

“Hey! Don’t use rain as an excuse!”
Mavis stood up.

“I was really caught up in the rain… It was raining heavily down town. If you don’t believe you can ask KaiLoke.”

“KaiLoke should have taken you that day”
Mavis looked at the grave.

“Oh yeah? I wonder how you will react if I’m really gone?”

“I will live better…”
Mavis turned her back towards him.

“Yeah.. but then no one will proposed to you…”
Wilson reached out from his pocket and took out a ring.
“Will you marry me?”

Wilson put his umbrella aside and kneeled down.

“I promise KaiLoke I will love you forever and ever.”

Mavis turned around.

“Hey, you will catch a cold like this”
Mavis took the umbrella and shield him.

“I cannot see the diamond on this ring…”
Mavis examined the ring as she took from Wilson’s hand while pulling him up.

“Make sure you buy a ring with a bigger diamond next year”
She hugged him.

The rain continued to drop as the couple stood in front of KaiLoke’s grave. Then it stopped.

A rainbow appeared before them.

It was as if a gift from heavens which signifies their union.

The rain will continue to fall, no one know why it rains and perhaps sometimes they don’t know when…

But Mavis knew.. Because she could smell it before it comes…

Because the Rain Angel will continue to protect her.

[ The End ]

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{ 爱神の书 }

Book of Love

{ 雨の天使 }

Rain Angel

Chapter 20

[ It was raining when you left me ]

We all live in an unpredicted life, sometimes we can’t even know when things will come, when they will go. The most beautiful things in life are the ones that are always around which u fail to notice, only to regret when they disappear…. Like love….

As for me, the story continues as I struggle in life, searching for things that had pass me, things that I’ve missed.

Maybe it will take a lifetime, maybe I won’t be able to find it back, for there’s only one guy, which I once lived my life for.

Till this day comes, I will continue to become others’ passerby in their life and make them have great memories about me…..


24 hours had past, 48 hours gone.
Wilson was out of the critical zone but still put on intensive care for the next few days because of his coma.

It had rained continuously for 7 days now.

“Good Evening, this is the evening news. Singapore have recorded its highest rainfall ever of 675mm. Prior to that , the highest was in 1978 where 512mm of rainfall hit Singapore.

The Meteorological Services Division could not be reached for comment as there seems to be no answers to this continuation rain that is hovering our island for the past week. Earlier forecast was only for 2 days.

Meanwhile, areas along Upper Thomson and Sembawang had reports of flooding. Vehicles and Public are advised to avoid that area.

PUB and the Meteorological Services Division will continue to monitor the situation closely and alert the public where necessary”

Mavis switched off the television.

She walked towards the window and looked at the grayish sky.
The rain didn’t want to stop.

“I wonder when the rain will stop?”
The nurse said as she entered in to tidy the room.

“I don’t know.. It’s one of the scariest rain I’ve ever seen”
Mavis said as she looked out of the window.

Maybe it was due to all the Teru-bozu that was tied upside down in the room. Mavis had decorated the room filled with hope with the rain angel.

“*Cough*”
Mavis heard something.

“*Cough, Cough*”
It was coming out from Wilson’s bed.

“Ms Guo, please come here quickly”
The nurse alarmed her.

Mavis rushed towards the bed and realized Wilson was coughing blood out of mouth.

“Oh.. no… Doctor!!! ”
The nurse ran out to get help.

“Wilson… please hold on…”
Mavis grabbed his hands and kneeled beside him.

Wilson’s eyes were slightly opened.

“Hui..”
Wilson continued to cough blood out from his mouth.

The scene looked like a replay to Mavis as the doctors came in for emergency rescue.

Only this time the male lead was different.
It was Wilson.

“Ms, please stand back. We will do our best to rescue him”
The doctor instructed.

There was nothing Mavis could do.

It was the same as before, she could only stood and watched.

Mavis stood by the window and looked at the merciless rain.
The raindrops were splashing on the window. The thunder was roaring and lighting striking all over.

The rain she knew was too frightening for her to acknowledge.

As the doctors continued to recover him, Mavis was sobbing quietly near the window.

“KaiLoke…. Why are you taking Wilson away?”

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[ To be Cont - Chapter 21 Ending!!~ ]

{ 雨の天使 }

Rain Angel

Chapter 19

[ It just rain and rain and rain…. ]

As we walk our paths in the hands of our own, little do we always knows what lies ahead of us.
We are born with the feeling of senses, emotions and unexplainable thoughts. We cried at times, when we felt useless and down, when the whole world seems moving away from us.

We felt happy when the things we do right, angry when all turns out in the wrong direction. Sometimes we will wonder, can we control our own emotions?

Can we cry when we want to and don’t when we don’t feel like it?

“Do you know the feeling of losing the most important thing in you life? If you do, it’s what I’m feeling now…..”
Being love is painful when you doesn’t feel anything for that poor guy/gal who tries to impress you with tons of poems and love songs.

Loving someone is even more painful when you realize whatever you do for her/him isn’t enough.

There’s still many things I still don’t know about, there are things which logic can’t explain, theories cannot prove, which is my love for you..
sometimes I wish there’s a meter which shows the love people shared between one another, maybe when that day comes you will then realize how much you mean to me…......

“Wilson?? Hello?? Hello?”
There was no response as the phone line sounded disconnected.

Something was wrong.
Mavis felt the feeling of shock and desperation for answers.

Suddenly Mavis felt numbness throughout her.
If was the same feeling she had when KaiLoke died that day.
Mavis didn’t know what to do next.

Her phone rang.

“Hello Wilson???”

“What Wilson? Its me lah, Hanling.”

“Hanling… I’m so scared now, I don’t know what to do..”
Mavis sound panic as she began to break down.

“What happened dear? Calm down and tell me.”
Hanling trying to calm.

“I was talking to Wilson and all of the sudden I heard a loud ‘Bang’ at the background and the phone just cut off”

“And he was driving?”

“Yeah he told me he was on his way to the pub.”

“Hui, I come over now, you go prepare. Let’s go down to his workplace.”

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Mavis and Hanling took a cab to down town.
They went to the pub but his manager told them Wilson did not report for work that night. He was trying to contact him too.

“Let’s try to go round the possible route to see if there’s any clue”
Hanling hailed as she waved down a cab.

They went round the town searching in vain.

There was no direction, only an objective.

The cab slowed down at the junction upon exiting the city.

“Sorry, I think there’s some accident happened in front”
The cab driver turned to them.

“Uncle, please drop us here.”
Hanling replied.

The two of them walked towards the accident area.
There was traffic police signage all over as the traffic police were redirecting the on coming vehicles.

Mavis walked further ahead.

The sight was chaotic, it appears to be a bus that ramped into the back of a car. The car in turn was sandwiched between the bus and another vehicle.

There was smashed broken glasses and spilled blood all over the road.

“Is that car Wilson’s?”
Hanling came to her friend.

“I don’t know… I never sit in his car before..”
Mavis said as she continued walking towards the scene.

Then Mavis saw a Teru-bozu doll hanging on the rear mirror in the car.
The doll was covered with blood.

“Oh my god.. it’s Wilson’s!”
Mavis covered her mouth as she almost collapsed on the floor.

Hanling grab hold of her friend as they walked closer to the scene.

“Hey, you can’t come in”
The policeman tried to stop them.

“Where’s the driver?”
Hanling pointed to the car while holding on to Mavis.

“Are you his family?”

“This is his wife!”
Hanling raised her voice as she referred a sober Mavis to the policemen.

“Please tell us he’s still alive”

“The injured male has been send to the hospital”
That’s all the policeman said.

“Which hospital? Do you want us going to every hospital in Singapore?”

Hanling beginning to lose her calm.

“Please hang on, let me check”
The policemen tried to radio back to the headquarters for more information.

Mavis walked towards the car.
She tried to take out the Teru-Bozu doll from the car.
A portion of the broken windscreen cut her hand while she took out the dolls.

“He’s been send to Singapore General Hospital”
The policemen replied Hanling.

Hanling saw Mavis walking back.

“Where did you go? What happened to your hand???”
Hanling pointed to the blood that was dripping down.
She rushed to look for a bandage in the First Aid box and dress Mavis wound.

Mavis didn’t said anything as she stood there staring in blank.

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Hanling took her hands as they got down at the hospital.
They rushed to the information counter at Accident & Emergency and asked for Wilson’s whereabouts.

As they walked into the Intensive Care Unit room.
Wilson was lying there motionlessly with bandages over his hands and legs.
He was still in a coma after the immediate surgery where his lungs were punctured during the crash.

“He’s basically out of the danger for the moment as we’ve remove the blood clot in his left brain but the next 24hrs would be very critical.”
The doctor tried to explain the situation.

“But we won’t know when he will wake up. It really depends on him and very much depends on your support and encouragement”

The doctor left after explaining.
Mavis suddenly realized the familiarities as she walked through the room filled with medical equipments.

“It’s the same room…”

“KaiLoke was in this room too…”
Mavis told Hanling.

“Are you sure..?? Wah how can this be possible?”

Mavis walked and looked out of the window.

“I was here…”

“Don’t worry too much, Hui”
Hanling hugged her friend.

“Hanling, you go back first? I’ll stay and watch him”

“Are you sure you can managed by yourself?”

“Yeah… Please help me to apply leave for classes for tomorrow.”

Hanling left the room.

Mavis was alone with Wilson.

It was ironic as this would be their first time together in a room without any other people. She had so much to ask him, to tell him.
It seems that there would be no answers for now.

Mavis began to think about KaiLoke.
She didn’t want the same things to happen to Wilson again.

It was painful enough to go through once.
She didn’t know what will happen if the same fate happens again.

As she lay on his bed, she dreamed about them.
The first meet, the quarrel, the childhood times, the irritating but joyful times. It wasn’t much to most people but it was enough for her to remember a lifetime.

The sky outside the hospital darkens into the early morning as the dark clouds gathered.

Soon the rain pours right in the middle of the night.

It rained through the morning when Mavis woke up by the nurse.

Wilson was still alright but still motionless.

Mavis looked out the window.

“Very heavy rain outside..”
The nurse told her.
“I’ve never seen such a big rain”

“Yeah.. it was as if the heaven is crying”
Mavis looked at Wilson.

[To be Cont]

[Chapter 21 - Final Chapter]

{ 雨の天使 }

Rain Angel

Chapter 18

[ The rain that falls will go back to the heavens?]

“Jane, look what I’ve gotten for you”

A couple was at the park when the male took out something from his bag.

“I don’t want your things”

“Why? Didn’t you say it was very beautiful the other time?”

“Yeah, the other time. Were you listening then?”
The female fold her arms.

“I know, I know. I promise to buy but I didn’t”

“You only know how to promise but never know how to keep them”

“What is it that you want?”
The male was getting frustrated.

“Why do you talk to me like this? You never raised your voice at me before”

“I’m sorry Jane.. I didn’t mean it”
The male knew he was been overboard.

“Why are you always apologizing? Are you that sorry that we are together?”
The female asked.

“Let’s break up”
The female stared at the male with her tears flowing.

“Why? Why do we have to break up? What wrong did I do?”

“You never did anything wrong. I’m the one who’s wrong. I’m wrong about you. I’m wrong about myself. I’m wrong about our relationship.”

The female started to walk away, weeping away.

“Fine... suit yourself... find someone who can face your stubbornness and demanding factor”

The guy said before he walked the opposite direction.

When he walked past the telephone booth, he threw the bag inside and walked off.


Mavis had ended up in the park again.
She wanted the peace and quiet that the shopping areas couldn’t provide.

She was walking through the gardens of flowers when a slight drizzle of rain came upon.

Mavis ran to find shelter and the nearest she could see was the phonebooth.

Mavis tried to dry herself.

“Luckily this phonebooth has not torn way yet.”

Mavis notices a paperbag lying on the floor of the phonebooth.
Out of curiosity, she took the bag and examines the contents.

Inside the bag was a box.
It looked like a shoe box to her.
The brand imprinted on the box was similar to the shops which she had walked just.

“Who could have left it here?”

Mavis wondered as she opens the box,

It was a pair of heels within.
It was the same pair of heels which the sales girl ask her to try.

Mavis took out the pair of heels.
It matched her shoe size.

“Wow!! It fit just nice”
Mavis got carried away as she put on the heels even without thinking who its owner was.

To her, it seems that the shoes had found her instead of her finding them.

Mavis was filled with joy as she danced inside the booth with her heels on. It was the first time that she had ever wears a pair of heels in her life.

“Why try on something which you won’t be able to own?”

Mavis’s thought came haunting.

“Why be with someone when you know there’s no future between them?”

She was wrong.

Mavis was wrong when she said she could not own the pair of heels.
She is wearing them right now at this very moment.

Sometimes you need to own the things as the things will be owned by you one day.

The things that you lost may not be found one day, but the things that you own may not even be lost at all.

Mavis looked up in the sky.
Rain was still coming down.

“Thanks KaiLoke…”

“I finally know what I want”

Mavis took out her mobile phone and dials the numbers.

The line connected…

“Hanling, you free to talk?”

“Oh… yeah what is it regarding…?”

“Its regarding today’s question”
“Yeah….”

“I was asking you about Wilson…”

“Ask what?”

“What if we happen to like the same guy? I really mean what if?”
“You mean the guy that you mention is Wilson? Not Clement?”

“Yup its Wilson… What if I like him too?”

There was no response from both parties.
The sound of rain could be heard by both of them.

“Crazy girl! Why will I be angry with you when you like Wilson?”
Hanling responded first.

“But.. Don’t you like him too?”

“That’s the past already.. For now it’s only Clement and me”

“Really?”

“Yeah…. If you really like Wilson then go for it..! He’s not bad looking”

“Will you give me your blessings?”

“Of course!”

Soon sounds of happiness filled the phonebooth. The rain had stopped and Mavis was making her way home.

She was carrying the bag of heels in her arms.

Finder’s Keeper’s, she knows.
You may find something then you own it.
After awhile you begin to ignore it.
Finally you forgotten about it.
Until it’s found again.

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Mavis was lying on her bed looking at her mobile phone.

Mavis pressed Wilson’s number accidentally and it rang twice before Mavis hung up in panic.

Wilson called back immediately.

“Hello….? Darling? You looking for me?”

“Nope, I pressed wrong buttons…”

“Really arh.. that’s sad”

“It’s ok, if no one talks to you, I can still talk to you”

“You would dear? Wah.. you make my day”

“Where are you going? Your background sounded abit noisy”

“Oh… I’m on my way to the pub to work loh… driving now”

“Wah.. you still work so many jobs”

“Yeah.. if not how to feed you next time?”

“Wilson, can I ask you a question? You must tell honestly”

“Ok..”

“Do you really like….”

The Mavis heard a loud "BANG!" before his line was totally cut off.

“me…”

“Hello?? Hello??? Wilson you there??????”

[ To be Cont ]

{ 雨の天使 }

Rain Angel

Chapter 17

[The Rain of Love]

Do you know what is Love?

Everyone knows the meaning of the word love, ask them and they will tell you it’s a kind of feeling which you won’t get much in your life, a kind of feeling which you never expect it to arrive.

Stories of love pass us each day without realizing its existence in the first place. Sometimes we think we are in love, but the feeling becomes mutual as time goes by. Yet there are times when love passes us before you could even realize.

Love is a feeling that stretches your emotion to the fullest. You’ll feel the joy, the laughter, the warmness, the coldness, the loneliness, the attention, the neglecting, the kindness, the anxiety, the jealousy, the eagerness, the worries, the sadness and the happiness if you get love in return...'

Love is an experience. You will experience the most wonderful times, the most stressful times and the most comforting times in life. If you look back, love goes with time. Without time, there won’t be love.

When was the last time you truly, deeply, madly in love with someone?

“I…”
Mavis looked down, as she knew she was caught.

Deep down, she felt worse than a culprit that had been sentenced to guilty of charge.
Whatever statement she made would not be valid for the court’s defense.

“You naughty girl…!”

Hanling pat her back as she sat down beside Mavis.
Clement had gone to the gents.

“I know you did it for me, Hui”
Mavis just stared blankly at her friend.

“You are indeed my very best friend!”
Hanling hugged her.

“What did I do?”
Mavis was puzzled with her friend’s reaction.

“You wanted to create chance for me and Clement right?”

“Ehhh….”

“Don’t deny it, I know you are always so thoughtful. I should have known earlier, I feel so ashamed of myself for been angry with you just now”

Hanling plead guilty.

Mavis suddenly felt all the guilt that cast upon her was lifted and she was once again a free girl.

“Clement asked me to be his girlfriend as his birthday wish!”
Hanling cheekily told Mavis as Clement came out and greeted her.

“Wow… that’s fantastic!”
Mavis congratulates her friend.

“Yeah and to think a few months ago, you were crying your dead body over Wilson….”
Mavis thought as she continued to smile at her friend.

“Hello Hanling”
Wilson greeted her.

“Hello Wilson, It’s my boyfriend’s birthday so I took him to come taste your ramen”
Hanling grabbed Clement’s arm and leaned against him.

“Hi, I’m Clement. Nice to meet you”
Wilson shook Clement’s hand.

The most innocent party was probably Clement, as he knew nothing about what happened between them.

“Oh… ok, since it’s his birthday, the lunch is on me then”

As the three of them were enjoying their lunch, Hanling noticed something different.

“Hey Hui, why are your Cha Siew so odd shaped? Some looked like a heart even!”
Hanling tried to pick a piece out of her bowl.

“No lah, it’s just badly sliced Char siew that’s all, where got heart shape?”
Mavis tried to finish all her Char siew in one go.

Wilson just stood by a corner, smiling away as he observed Mavis’s reaction.

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Lesson started after lunch break.
Mavis felt very guilty yet very relieved at the same time.
She still could not get herself out of the reaction of how Hanling will felt.

Will she lose her best friend?
Over a guy?

Mavis then wrote on a piece of paper to Hanling who was sitting on her right.

“Hanling, can I ask you a question?”
Mavis wrote.

“Yeah? What is it?”
Hanling replied.

“Are we the best of friends?”
Mavis looked at her.

“Of course! We knew each other for such a long time already!”
Hanling smiled.

“What if we happen to like the same guy? I really mean what if?”

“I would never think you will do that to me, Hui”
Hanling looked serious as she wrote on the piece of paper.
She continued writing.

“I will not talk to you again..”

Hanling then looked straight at the lecturer.
Mavis tried to get her response but Hanling just didn’t comply.

Mavis panicked and quickly wrote on the paper.

“Hanling, I meant nothing”

“What’s so good about Clement? What’s so good about him that make you like him?”
Hanling looked at Mavis and asked her in the face.

“Clement??”

“Yeah, if not then who?”

“I think there’s a misunderstanding.. How can I like Clement?????”

“Because you are jealous of me when he asked me to be his girlfriend”
Hanling didn’t want to hear further.

“Hanling, listen to me. If I like Clement, why would I create chance for the both of you? I’ve never join your invitation on any outings with him before”

Hanling looked down before she sighed.

“Please trust me, I didn’t mean anything. I just asked..”

“For?”

“I just asked for…. fun?”

“What’s so funny about this?”

“We are the best of friends but that doesn’t mean we have to share everything include our boyfriends?”

Soon their little commotion had stirred the attention of the lecture hall.

“I’m sorry… I didn’t mean to make you angry”
Mavis made her way out of the lecturer hall with her eyes reddened.

Mavis didn’t realized how much Clement meant for Hanling now.
Hanling obviously didn’t know that Mavis wasn’t asking about Clement.
It’s a beautiful misunderstanding that erupted, deterring their friendship.

Mavis just walked her way home, ending her class early today.

As it was still a few hours before the school ends, Mavis had to find a place to spend her time.

She walked through the crowded shopping centers,

wandering through the clothes, bags and shoes.

Mavis hardly shops, maybe her family’s financial burden had grown her up into a person who’s not fascinated by the marketing strategy of the shops or the fashionable design of the fashion labels.

Mavis looked at the pair of heels.

It was something that caught her eye from all the available merchandise that was displayed.
She had never worn heels before.

“Miss.. would you like to try?”
The Sales girl asked politely.

Mavis rejected the offer and left the shop.

“Why try on something which you won’t be able to own?”

“Will the slight moment of pleasure be able to subdue yourself from yearning more?”

It was this thought that struck her mind.

“Why be with someone when you know there’s no future between them?”

[To be Cont]