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Rain Angel 雨の天使

---{ Prologue }---

The clouds gathered, the sky darkens, the wind begins to blow.
People hurried their way to the shelters while many others begin keeping their clothes from the sunshine.

Soon the sky turns completely dark.
No this isn't night time as lightning and soon thunder roared across the Northern sky.
'tap..'
The first drop of rain touched the ground.

'tap.. tap tap... tap'
the rest follows.
Soon everything was covered with wetness upon.
The world is taking it's well deserved bath as the rain washes away the dirt from mother nature.
No one ever bothers why it rains,
maybe it's to fill up the water that we drank,
and maybe it's to give a car a good wash.

Maybe it's because someone is crying?



Chapter 1


[ The Rain that made us met]

Can you smell rain?
I do sometimes.
Its like the smell of the ground heated & moisturized.
Most of the time, the rain comes after the smell...


Mavis looked up to the sky and turned to her mother who was busily packing the vegetables at the wet market.

“Ma.. ”
There was no response.

“I don't think there will be a lot of customers today”
Mavis's mother looked up, walked over and knuckled her head.

“Choi!Choi! Choi! stupid girl, don't curse the business before it starts”
“But Ma... it's going to rain already. Everyone will sleep late when it rains.”

“How do you know?”

“Really, it will rain soon... then when they woke up late, they will go to supermarket and buy their vegetables and not in our wet market.”

“If there's no business, then you no need to go to school already”
“Really? I can skip school and find a job? I don't like school anyway”
Mavis pondered.

“You wish long long, it's already 6.30am. You better go home and prepare for school.”
“Your father and I will be able to manage the stall”

“Yeah Ah girl, you better go. Wait late for school will deduct your exams mark”
Mavis's father agreed along.

“If you don't do well in your exams then better go jump down so that we can claim insurance!!”
Mavis's mother screamed at the top of her voice.

“Ok, ok I'm going now”
Mavis put down the carrots.

Mavis rushed back to her 2 roomed flat.
It was small & crampy as Mavis tried to navigate through the baskets of unsold vegetables.
Some of them were packed neatly at the kitchen area..
There was only 1 bedroom and Mavis's parent asked her to use the room for her convenience of revision.
The two of them put up to sleep on mattress in the living room.
Mavis put on her school uniform and looked at the mirror.
She's 18 this year. Its the A level's.
If she does well, she might get a sponsorship to allow her to study for University.
If she don't, she will have to spend the rest of her life as a factory operator as proposed by her mother.

“Ok I will try my best this year!”
Mavis showed her victory sign to herself as a point of self-motivation.
As Mavis left her house, she looked at the sky again..

“Am I wrong this time? It's not going to rain? Then I no need to bring the umbrella”
Mavis dashed through the neighborhood as she looked at her watch.
“duh... at this rate I may be late..I think I will take the shortcut”
There was a park across the housing blocks.

Mavis's plan was to cut through the park and through to the side gates that will close later than the main.

Halfway through the movement, the sky poured like no tomorrow.
“Argghhhhhhhhhh!! See... I was right it’s going to rain...”

Mavis was running aimlessly as there was no shelter in her eye view.
She continues to run in one direction hoping to spot some shelter.
Then she saw a telephone booth.

“Great! Lucky me”
Mavis thought as she ran towards it half drenched.
To her horror, the telephone was occupied and she just stood outside trying to cover herself with her files and books.

“Want to come in?”
The telephone booth opened.
“Yes please~ only a while.. The rain is really too big. Thanks”
Mavis looked at the origin of the voice. It came from a tall guy.

As she dried herself at the booth, the man continues his conversion on the phone.
As much as she didn't want to hear but there was just too little space of privacy.

“So what's going to happen between us?”
“Will you leave him because of me?”

“You won't? Then what do you regard me as all the time?”
“Your Toy?????”
The voice grew louder.

“Have you ever spare a thought for me? Why am I living in the shadows of him?”
“I worked 4 jobs for you... you know that? I've never about anything, I've given you everything that I have and I'm worthless compared to him?”

The man seems unable to control himself.
Mavis can only try to squeeze herself towards one corner.

“Wendy, you know I love you very much....”
The voice softened. The man seems to calm down.
“It's ok if you don't love me... I don't suppose we will ever see each other again”
“No.. you will never see me again..”

Mavis suddenly turned to look at the man.
The man looked back..

“I'm going to kill myself....”
The man put down the receiver.

[To be Cont]

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Chapter 2



[ The Rain that hurt me ]

I hate rain.
I hate the feeling of being isolated in a enclosure when it rains.
I hate myself most of the time.
Because I'm not happy.
I'm not happy when it rains.
Why does it have to rain when I'm not happy?
I hate rain.. & myself.


“Ti... Ti... Ti...”
The melody of the mobile phone sounded across the empty room.
Vibrations trembles through the floor below the bed.

“Argh....”
Wilson woke up finding himself with spinning headache.
He couldn't remember whatever happened a few hours ago.

“You shouldn't mixed 7 types of liquor together in a glass”
All he could remember was being dead drunk outside the club where he worked.

As a bartender, his job is not only mixing the drinks but also mixing with the sophisticated people that surrounds him.
The crowd was cheering him on as there was a challenge from one of the regulars who frequent the club.

“Winners, get to keep the $500?” Challenger declared.
“Any amount is welcomed,” Wilson thought as he finished his first glass with ease.
There was tense competition among the two until the 8th glass where both of them start to sober.

Wilson held on till the 10th glass when his challenger fell to the glass that he mixed.
Wilson had won and it's not as if he had not won before.

It was raining as Wilson walked out of the club.
He was trying to balance himself while walking down the street drenched.

“Stupid rain! Everyday rain! Rain all you want!”
Wilson shouted as he pointed to the sky.

The last thing he remembered before he past out was making a phone call to Wendy.
“Wen... it's me Wil..”
“Wil... ? Wilson? Do you have anything important now? At this hour?”
“Wen, I don't think I can make it home, I'm at Kuoz's”
and he just collapsed.

“Did Wendy pick me up last night?”
Wilson picked up his mobile. It was 6.30am.. It read 7 missed and a short message.

The sms wrote “Wil, We have to break up.. He already know...”
Wilson dialed her phone number.

“Hello....? Wil?”
“Yeah its me...” Wilson holding his head.
“Hello.. Hello?? Wilson is that you? Can you speak up?”
“Wendy it's me, can you hear me??” Wilson tried.
“Hello??? Wilson??”
Wilson slammed the phone at the floor. It was probably damaged last night.

“That's the reason why I always hate the rain”
Wilson cursed as he make his way downstairs.

He wandered a few blocks before finally found a telephone booth in the park.
“Hello Wendy?”
Wilson tried desperately reaching her.

“Wilson.. what happen??”
Wendy asked.

“I guess my phone was damaged last night.. anyway thanks for bringing me home”
“Wilson.. listen to me..... I think we need to end our relationship”

“Why?? What happened? Tell me Wendy?”
“He knew about us, all along...”

“Hang on Wendy... “

“Want to come in?”
Wilson opened the telephone booth door as he saw a girl half drenched trying to hide from the rain.

“Yes please~ only a while.. The rain is really too big. Thanks”
The girl looked at him as he continues his conversion.
She had tried not to get too close up to him to give him some privacy in appreciation for his kindness.

“So what's going to happen between us?”
Wilson responded.

“Wilson, I don't know.. please don't ask me this question”

“Wen, you'll leave him because of me?”

“No Wil, I don't think so....”

“You won't? Then what do you regard me as all the time?”
“Your Toy?????” Wilson raised his voice.

“But he's my husband!”
Wendy too raised her voice with sounds of running nose.

“Have you ever spare a thought for me? Why am I living in the shadows of him?”

“You are not living in the shadows of him, I love you...as you are”

“I worked 4 jobs for you... you know that? I've never ask from you anything, I've given you everything that I have and I'm worthless compared to him?”
Wilson seems unable to control himself.

“Wilson, please get a hold of yourself. I already told you that both of us will not have a future.”

Wilson saw the girl trying very hard to squeeze herself towards one corner.

“Wendy, you know I love you very much....”
Wilson softened as he calm down.

“Wil, I love you too.. but this is my husband we're talking. How can I leave him for you?”
Wendy pleaded.

“It's ok if you don't love me... I don't suppose we will ever see each other again”
“Wait.. what do you mean by that?? We can still meet up in future.”

“No.. you will never see me again..”

Wilson suddenly noticed the girl had been looking at him.
He looked back.

“I'm going to kill myself....”

and he put down the receiver.

[To be Cont]

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Chapter 3



[ The rain that drenched both of us ]

I always liked the rain.
I like to sit beside the windows and have the feeling of security inside a shelter while seeing people running around looking for one.
I always secretly prayed for the rain to come.
But I wished it only to rain in the afternoon... when my parents are resting.
I can't pray for rains to be at night because they will be out working at the market,
so if it rains at night.. I will be very sad...


Wilson walked out the telephone booth.
The rain was still pouring heavily throughout the whole park.
He was drenched from head down and was swaying side ways.
Mavis stood blank back inside the booth as she saw him further and further away from her sight.

“Will he really kill himself? What if he really kills himself?? Will I be charged with assisted suicide??”
Trains of thoughts rattled through her mind at the speed of 100km/hr as she watches his back view slowly diminishing through the rain.

Suddenly, there was a bolt of lightning that struck down from the sky and series of explosive thunders follows. When Mavis came to her senses, she saw Wilson already collapsed across the walk way.
“Oh my god..!!! What happened?? Is he dead??”

Mavis dashed out of the booth and ran towards him as fast as she could. She didn't cared less about herself being drenched by the incoming droplets as the rain pours.
Upon reaching him, Mavis didn't dare to do anything.
Wilson was motionless as he laid.
Mavis didn't know what to do next...
CPR recovery? She remembered how it was taught in school but she's just too nervous to recall anything now.


All she could do was to stand and stared at him.
Then she squat beside him.
Finally she tried to touch his hand.

Wilson opened his eyes and stared at Mavis as her hand touches his.
“Arrrrrrrrghhhhhhhhhhh!!!!”
Mavis screamed as if she had seen a ghost.

“Can you please.... don't shout in my eyes?”

Wilson spoke as he closes his eyes once more.

“Why are you lying down here in this heavy rain?”

Mavis tried to shield herself and little bit of him as she spoke.

“Does it matters if it rains or shine? Because I don't see a difference”
Wilson continued to ignore her.

“Will... will you kill yourself as you've said over the phone?”

“I might... after I killed you first for eavesdropping my conversation.. who knows?”

“You can't kill yourself... what about your parents?”

“They are no longer with me”

“They migrated already? Everybody seems to be migrating nowadays”

“Argh! Can you please stop bothering me?”
Wilson sat up and looked at her.

It was the first time that both of them came face to face of each other. There was a moment of silence across them except the sound of the pounding rain.
“I don't know them.. they left me when I was very young. To me, they don't even exist”

Wilson didn't know why he told Mavis about the truth behind his parents that day. He had never told anyone anything about his past.


“Oh... that's really bad but don't worry! As long as you keep trying, you will see them one day!” Mavis tried to encourage.
“Please leave me alone” Wilson replied.

“I can't! If you commit suicide then I will become assisted murderer because I know you are going to kill yourself but I didn't stop you!”

“Did anyone ever tell you that you are very irritating?”
Wilson picked himself up and move on.

Mavis followed behind.

“Can you promise that you won't kill yourself?”

“Ok. Ok I promise. As long as you stop irritates me, I will not kill myself. Done?”
Wilson finally gave in.

“Ok. Then now you owe me something”

“What? Why??”

“Because I've just saved your life!”
Mavis returned a grin.

Wilson just shook his head in disbelief.
With all the commotion going on, it wasn't surprise Mavis had long forgotten about school.

She suddenly looked at her watch and began panicking.
“Oh my god! Oh my god!!! I'm late... I'm so damn late for school”

“So what? You can always take a medical leave”

“Can I do that?”

HhhAhhh... Choo! Mavis started sneezing uncontrollably.

“See? Now you can go and see a doctor”
“But I don't have enough money to go see a doctor..”

Wilson took out some notes from his pocket.
“Here's $50.. please go and see a doctor”

“But I can't take people's money!”
“You never steal or rob.. and didn't you say I owe you something?”

“Yeah because I saved you! Heehee”
“Then take this $50 and go see a doctor so that I don't owe you anything anymore”
“Wah.. your life only worth $50??”
“Then what do you want??? take it please and do whatever you like with it”

“I want you to be happy! Because life is suppose to be happy!”

Mavis showed her trademark victory sign and start walking back.

The bitter rain can make a person cold but those words that came out from her mouth really made Wilson felt a moment of warmness in his heart.

“Yeah.. right.. what's so great about being happy...”

As both of them walked opposite directions, the rain was stopping and the sky begins to clear up.

“Ma... I'm home”
Mavis said as she opened the door.

“You never go to school today?”
“I did... but I didn't feel well so I borrowed some money from Hanling and went to see the doctor..”

Mavis letting out a smile.
“Then why are you so happy? Happy because you no need to go to school?”

Mavis's mum glared at her.

“Nope.. I'm happy because I saved someone today!”

Mavis said as she looked out of her window to see the last drop of rain fell below...

[To be Cont]

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Chapter 4



[ The rain that my warmth my heart ]

Are you happy?
With what you are currently doing?
With what you’ve got and all the things which you never get?
When was the last time you were happy?
Was it yesterday, is it today?
Did you felt a sense of warmness across your whole body.
A feeling that so intense that it spur you to move both side of your lips upward as you let out a smile?
A person who doesn’t smile often, often have the nicest smile.

Wilson strolled along the void decks across the streets as he head home.
The rain seems almost stopped as the sun finally crawls out from bed.

There was pain in his heart.
There was sadness felt within him but he didn’t feel the pain unbearable.

In fact he already knew they wouldn’t have a future the day they started.
It was a taboo relationship that never should have started.
She was wrong all along. They can’t be together forever.

Wilson could still remember the day when they had their conversation.

Was it Love that night or just two lonely hearts yearning for each other’s attention?

Wilson was wiping the bar counter when he noticed her sitting alone in the pub.
She had been sitting there for awhile and didn’t order anything.

“Hi Miss, can I get you anything?”
Wilson offered his assistance.
“Can you give me ‘Love’?”
Wendy asked.

Wilson looked at her for awhile before reacting.
“Hmmm.. well.. if you want, I can try. I’m experimenting some cocktail mixtures.
You want to try them?”

“ If that will give me love… why not?”
Wendy winked cheekily.

“So.. you’re waiting for your friend?
Seems like your friend is very late”
Wilson spoke as he prepared her drink.

“Nope... I’m alone… all alone”
Tears rolled down her cheeks as she tried to look away from him.

“ Here’s your ‘Love’ ..I call it ‘My Love’ ..If you drink it, it will become ‘Our Love’ “
Wilson tried that to cheer her up.

“Really?”
Wendy wiped her tears. Wilson nodded.

“Cheers! Then.”
Wendy lifted her glass towards him.

The glasses of cocktail touched as feelings exchanged during that night.

From that night on, Wendy starts to frequent the club more often. Wilson welcomed her company as he tried to impress her with newer mixture of drinks that comes along.

Maybe she was trying to escape her loneliness as she tried to channel through means of drinking and making new friends.

Maybe he too was lonely and needed companionship from anyone.

Wendy’s objective seems to be seeking more attention and caring from anyone other than the man that only knew how to work every day & night.

The man who gave her a family, yet didn’t know how to love her.
The man who’s lawfully her husband.

Soon the companionship that she yearns becomes a relationship which both of them had developed.
The times they shared weren’t long but it was enough to proclaim their undying love for each other.

Wilson had promise to save enough money to marry her when she finally divorced her current husband.

He tried to save up by holding 4 jobs which he begins working from eight in the morning to the wee hours of midnight.

All for love, some might say.

However, everything came to a halt of red lights last night.
A secret & discreet relationship that was finally exposed.
All that he had planned didn’t worked out.
All that she had promised didn’t fulfill.
All the love that they laid down didn’t materialized.


Finally, she had chose bread over love.

Wilson head into the showers as he reached home.
As water ran down his head.

The images of Mavis flashes across.
“Who was that girl??”

“Why was she there in the first place?”
Wilson couldn’t place all his logic together.

Wilson looked at the mirror.
“I want you to be happy! Because life is suppose to be happy!”
Mavis showed her trademark victory sign and start walking back.


For no reason, he let out a smile as he think back the images of the girl.

“What a stupid girl..”
Wilson thought as he smiled.

It was something that he had not done for a long time.

As much as he wanted to let it all out and depressed himself,
Wilson just couldn’t find a reason to do that.

It seems rather childish and immature but he had promised the girl that he would be happy.
At least for today.

As Wilson picked up his jeans to wash, he felt something inside his pocket when he tried to reach for some coins.

It looked like 2 dolls with a cloth being tied up which looked like the head.
Wilson didn’t know what it was. It’s resemble more like a figure man.

The girl as she squat down most probably dropped the figures, which landed inside his pocket.

As Wilson examined the figure,
there were some words written on 1 of figure.

“Mavis Will Pass her A Levels with Flying Colors!”

“The girl should be from St Andrew’s based on her school uniform. ”

“Such a irritating yet interesting girl…”

Wilson thought as he looked out of his window to see the last drop of rain fell below as he tied the dolls.

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Chapter 5



[ It never rain today... ]

Do you know what is a terubozou?
It’s a weather doll very popular in Japan where people hang it out if they wished for a good
weathered day tomorrow.
But if people wanted rain then they will have to hand the weather doll upside down in order for the rain to start.
I have 2 of them because I don't like it to be lonely hanging there all by itself.
That's when I prayed for the rain in the afternoons.

Days have past since the day Mavis has met him.
As she walked past the telephone booth she let out a smile to remind her of such a ridiculous person that existed.

“I don't think he got the guts to kill himself anyway”
Mavis thought as she continued her journey to school.

Someone sprung on her as she was about to reach the school gate.
“Hey girl! Long time no see?”
Mavis turned back, it was Hanling.

“How are you Mavis? Getting better?”
Hanling asked as they walked inside the school.

“yeah... the running nose is drying up but still blocked”
Mavis's sounded lethargic.

“Oh.. yeah by the way, I walked past the market just now. Your mum passes me $50 and thanked me for lending you that day.. what's that all about?”

Mavis's heart froze as she fear the worst.

“Then what did you tell her?”

“I just thanked her and tell her I will always help you because you are my best friend!”

Mavis's heart started to pump blood again.
“wash.. lucky you've never give me away. If not I won't know how to tell her”

“You can start by telling me, Your BEST friend first on what happen...!!”
Handling’s facial expression showed much eagerness and full of anticipation.

“It's nothing big deal.. I'll tell you over lunch can?”

“Awww.. why not now?”
Hanling's anticipation lowered.

“Because I have skipped lesson for 2 days already! So you gotta help me revise!”
Mavis said as they entered the classroom.

-----------------

“Mavis! Its lunch time already, let's go out and eat since our next lesson is at 3pm.”
Hanling hugged and dragged Mavis's arm.

Mavis told Hanling her experience 2 days back as they walked out of school.
“No way! Such a corny thing happened in real life in Singapore!”
Hanling rebuked.
“Mavis, you sure it's the truth? Or you make this up with your imagination?”

“No lah.. it's really the truth! Why would I make up something like that?”

“So did the guy finally kill himself?”

“I don't know, I don't suppose he will do it”
Mavis wondered.

“Yeah most probably the guy would have fallen for you.. it's always like that in the movies..”
Hanling using her ever imaginative creations.

“Yeah loh.. then no one will accompany you for movies again..”

“Oh yeah.. that's kinda sad though.. oh there's the restaurant”
Hanling pointed.

They reached a Japanese restaurant not far from their school.

It was Hanling's idea.
Rumors has it that there's a cute looking guy is working with the cafe.
That rumor itself had attracted a lot of girls from nearby school for lunch.
Today is the day that they are going to verify the rumor.

“Hi ladies, so what would you like to have for lunch?”
The waiter served.

“So you are the rumored cute guy that everyone is talking about?”
Hanling began to scan on him like a predator while Mavis flipping through the menu.

“Hmm... guess I didn't disappoint you right?”
The waiter smiled.

“Nope you didn't.. guess we will have our lunch here from now on”
Hanling had finished her scanning..
It read 8/10 from her scope and rated one of the highest in her collection of cute looking guys that she had ever met.

Mavis stopped flipping.
“That voice is very familiar... where did I ever hear it before?”

Mavis looked up to the waiter.
The Waiter stared at her.
That few seconds that exchanged between simply stop time from flowing.

“Oh my god. Its you!!!”
Mavis shouted as she covered her mouth.

“Oh.. hey it's you......”
The waiter replied as they looked at each other.

Both of them didn't exchange another single conversation.

Then Hanling broke the silence.
“Ok...Mavis, I smell something going on here.. and why am I being left out?”

“No lah.. just met an acquaintance”
Mavis tried to hide her blushes.

“Oh.. so your name is Mavis.. thanks for the other day.
By the way, my name is Wilson. Nice knowing you”
Wilson displayed her victory sign.

“What the other day? What happened?”
Hanling just didn't fit into the atmosphere that very moment.

“Hanling.. he's the guy whom I told you about just now..”

“Really?! Wah.. so you are that lame guy who tried to kill yourself?”
Hanling laughed.

“Hey stop it, Hanling, Sorry she didn't mean anything.”
Mavis just wanted to find a hole to hide.

“It's ok, it did happened anyway so there's nothing to feel ashamed about”
Wilson smiled.
“Besides, I've recovered... so have you recovered from your cold?”

“Yeah... kind of..”

“Ok, let's have some ordering from the ladies. shall we?”

“Mavis, you should have the Chasiew Ramen as it's not as spicy & oily compared to the rest.”
Wilson recommended.

“Ok.. I will have that”

“And you?” Wilson turned his attention to Hanling.

“Hmmm.. I want Udon, some Okcha and most importantly your contact number!”


Mavis covered herself with the menu to hide her embarrassment created by her friend.

“Sure, right away”
Wilson took out a pen and scribbles his numbers on the serviette besides Hanling.

After serving the ladies, Wilson went around serving others, wiping the tables, moving the boxes of supplies and arranging the table.

Mavis made quick glance at him.
That was the first time that she had looked at him at a distance.

As they walked back to school. Hanling took out the serviette.

“Take it. Don't say I'm not a good friend”
Hanling handed over Mavis her serviette.

“What? Haiyah.. Don't be like this can?”
Mavis pushed her hand away. The serviette dropped inside the drain.

“See what you've done...!”
Hanling looked at Mavis angrily.

“Lucky I've entered his number inside my phone!”

-------------------------

Classes ended late that day.
Mavis walked through the park as she returned.
The sun was already setting.

“How come these 2 days no rain? Hmmm.. must pray for rain”
Mavis began to search for her terubozou dolls.

“Where are they??”
Mavis nearly poured her bag to search.

“Where did I lose them?? I didn't go out these 2 days.”

Mavis walked past the telephone booth.

“Did He picked up my dolls?”
Mavis wondered.

Mavis was too afraid to ask for his number from Hanling.

“Maybe I would just have to make another pair...”
The despaired feeling made her walk even slower.

Just as she was about to reach home, her phone began its melody.
There was a SMS message but the number was not familiar to her.

“Hey Mavis, it's me Wilson. Got your number from Hanling. Just want to ask you whether you are the owner of 2 white cloth doll which I picked up the other day?”

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Chapter 6



[ What's so great about the rain... ]


Mavis reached home and kept thinking about the sms.

Should she reply to Wilson?
Or should she take it as it never happens?

Her thoughts were disturbed by the knocked at the door.
It was her mother.

“Are you feeling better? Any fever?”
Her mother feeling her forehead with her hand.

“I'm ok, Ma. Don't worry, it won't affect my studies.
Hanling had already revised with me what I've missed these 2 days”
Mavis immediately turned to her textbook to start her revision.

“Ah Hui, you know why Ah Pa & Ah Ma always want you to study hard?”

“I know, so that I can go to the university and earn a lot of money for both of you to retire..
I always know that..”

“Whether we can retire or not it's not important.
Most importantly you must know how to take care of yourself..
We will not be with you forever you know”

Mavis turned to look at her mother.
She had aged a lot from the last time she really took a good look at her.
Her hair are partially white and her face full of winkers.
Her hands are rough through the chores and hard work of maintaining the family.

“Don't worry, Ma. I will definitely work hard.. I will get sponsorship into University. Even if I don't, I will come out to work. I will hold 2 or even 3 jobs.
I want both of you to have an easy life in future.”

“Ok, you don't study too hard arh? Take care of your body also”
Mavis's mother said as she made her turn out of her room.

“Yeah I know, Ma”
Mavis turned her face back at the books.

Mavis's eyes were swollen with redness as she could not control her tears from flowing.

“I will study hard... I will let both of you live a better life.“
Mavis thought as she started flipping through her revision.

Her phone sounded through the silent night.
It was another SMS.

[Hey I hope I didn't message the wrong person.
But if you are Mavis, Please reply as it's something urgent.]

“Don't tell me he's going to kill himself again?”
“Impossible, he sounded alright this afternoon”
“Maybe he's trying to indulge himself with work so that he will think about the girl?”
“It's night time, most probably he will be alone now..”

It's often said that an 18year old girl can think of 15 possible situations within a minute.
That's about 4 seconds per thought.
Most of the time it's all the bad things that relate their thoughts together.
Tell them that they think a lot will possibly get yourself killed.
Maybe that's why you get a lot of depression from young teenage girls.

[Hiyah. This is Mavis, how are you?]
Mavis put down her phone after returning the sms.

Her phone beeped almost immediately.

[Hey, it’s Wilson here. You never get my message earlier? ]

[Yeah I did but I was doing something]

[Studying? God.. I miss those days studying]

[What is it that you want? You said it's urgent]

[Yeah it's urgent because I urgently need to sms you, isn't that urgent enough?]
Came the cheeky reply.

[That's not funny]

[Ok, I apologized, by the way are you the owner of the 2 doll?]

[They're called Terubouzo in Japanese, Weather dolls people call them.]

[Oh... no wonder I find it so familiar]

[You worked in a Japanese restaurant and you don't know Japanese stuffs?]

[ Why must I know? I only worked there and I'm not a Japanese]

[ You only know how to commit suicide right? ]
This time was Mavis's turn to poke him.

[ Yes, at least better than those who eavesdropped others. ]

[Hey! I didn't eavesdropped you, we were standing so close and you were shouting here and there]

[ Did I say you? ]
Came the reply, Mavis knew she was caught.

[Ok, ok my fault. So when can you return me my terubouzo?]

[ I never said I will return you, I only asked if you are the owners]

[How can you do that? THOSE ARE MINE! I used them to pray for rains]

When a person is angry, they would use capital letters in their reply to signify their anger.
That's the world of Information Technology with a bit of feelings.

[ Hahaha, I will take care of them for you..
incase you lose them again. Nice chatting with you. Good night!]

That was the last message that came.

A mixed of anger and happiness flow through Mavis's body as she re-read the sms that was sent.
It was the first time that she a tingling feeling caused by someone.

[ You are such an idiot, You Bakka!]

That was Mavis's last reply before she went to sleep.
She was smiling throughout her deep sleep.

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Wilson looked at his phone.

“Bakka..eh? Stupid girl”

Wilson grinned as he turns on his computer to do some net surfing.
He then began searching for the meaning of Terubozou.
True enough, she was right. It was a kind of weather doll that Japanese put up.

He couldn't find the history when and why it was put up.
He only knows that for festive celebrations,
the Japanese would hang up a lot of Terubozou across town to pray for good weather.

Then he read on to find an interesting claim.

Japanese also believe that it will rain if the Terubouzo is been hanged upside down.
It is normally for those days during the summer when they need the rain to water their crops.

Wilson switched off his computer and took out a beer.
He was browsing through the sms that was sent by Mavis.
That put a smile across his face.

He looked at the Terubouzo that was hanging at the window as he sat on his sofa.
He got up and walked towards the Terubouzo.

He remembered the sms which Mavis sent.

“Will it really rain?”

He said as he hanged the pair of Terubouzo upside down and returned to his sofa.

“How can rain make a person happy?”

Wilson got up and cleans himself before going to bed.

It drizzled that night, right in the mist of their dream....

The rain had came...

Mavis got up to look outside the window as the raindrops flows down her window.

It finally came.

Do you know Love?


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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..

Do you know Love?


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zspeedevilz

Hi... i am a new sg clubber.. and... WRITE MORE! Ur writing skills are great... you should consider publishing it..>.< seriously...

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kagomegirl92

I do agree! Please do write more! Your language need some working on but the storyline is really well done!