Second Meeting

Hotsuya finally got home, living alone she never got the ideal version of what a family looked like. After all, her parents had left for work. Only to be never seen again. But she had a caretaker... Only to leave her like how her parents did.

She could guess that they didn't want her, to be fair she wasn't the ideal version everyone thinks. She was flawed, a human. Now, everybody has flaws, but she could say she was more flawed more than normal humans.

All she can do now is hide her lies under that umbrella. Her stomach grumbled, she didn't have the energy to cook today so she resorted to using instant noodles.

It was lonely in this house, extremely lonely. No matter how positive she tries to be she couldn't quite be content with it, the more she lies to herself the more that this feeling eat away her heart.

Is it guilt? She wonders. She grabbed the pair of chopstick and started eating. It was silent, of course, no one was here. But she still decided to keep another chair over there in case of her caretaker coming back.

But she already knew that she wasn't going to come back.

After finishing the cup of instant noodles, she threw it in the trash and decided to look out of the window, only to see the same hooded guy on the road walking down the street. Although this time the rain had stopped only leaving puddle of water on the street.

He didn't have his hood on anymore, and his face was there for her to see. She stared at his face, watching him look at the ground while he walked slowly.

And then the boy glanced towards the windows, they locked eyes once more, and then once more... time slowed down for the. The both of them looked away as soon as they did that. Hotsuya immediately went upstairs and went to her room.

Opening the door and then jumping towards her bed in a hurry. She looked at her own ceiling while holding her blanket. She was interested on that boy, who was he? She wants to know his name...

He looked... so cute.

...

Yui walked down the road, leaving the convenience store with a can of coffee on his hands. He suddenly looked up at the sky, the rain was no more. He took turn and started to walk back home.

Only small puddle remained on the streets that he walked to. His bland and normal life really needed some spice. Like that could happen, the chances of him probably dying not a virgin is lower than stopping his coffee addiction.

And then a certain person flashed in his mind, that girl. He sighed, man he doesn't even know her. What can he do? While walking down the street he suddenly saw a cat shivering in cold while being wet.

Looking at the cat he approached it and squatted down. The cat looked at it meowing, the cat's meow was weak, seemingly cold. He raised his hand and started to pet the cat. The cat purred in response. Underneath the warmth of his palms, the cat felt safe.

And then the patting stopped. The cat opened its eyes slowly only to see the boy disappear, only leaving nothing but a rush of cold wind. Such was blessings, they come in, and leave too early...

While continuing walking down the road Yui looked at the neighboring houses. It was nearing Christmas so some people kind of like to be early and put Christmas lights right around the start of December.

While looking at it, he turned around and saw the same girl he saw, under those umbrella. The woman was smiling looking at him, they locked eyes, once more time felt like it stopped. The small splash of water while he stepped on a small puddle suddenly froze.

Her golden eyes, and her well-kept brown hair glistened even in the dark. She was beautiful, but then they both looked away. Yui though after a few seconds looked back to see the window and saw nothing.

He sighed before opening the can of coffee. So she was this close to his house. Though she was smiling? He must be hallucinating.