CRY .q

RAINING

CHANGKYUN x KIHYUN

'Rain' just thinking about it makes me feel wet. I don't like the rainy season because it's like this. It's wet and wet. It's difficult to go anywhere. It also makes me feel lonely..

Have you ever thought about it for fun? Whether the person who is about to be unlucky will have any premonitions or not. With other people, it might only be with me.

'No.' I am the unluckiest human being in this country, if not the unluckiest person in the world. And that goes back to a few years ago when I was in my second year of high school. During PE, I was sitting in the stands taking a break from playing sports with a group of friends, but a basketball came out of nowhere and hit me. Just like that basketball had already aimed at me.

And the latest is the episode! this! Yourself!

When I was about to return to the dormitory, the rain suddenly poured down even though before there was no sign of it pouring down. Like I said, people are going to be unlucky, there's no omens. :(

“I really am so fucked!”

I shouted out loud because of the situation that I had encountered. If I knew that, just bringing an umbrella would be the end of the matter. However, I cannot know in advance whether it will rain and because I am also unlucky.

I walked back to my dorm in the rain without thinking of finding a place to shelter from the rain. Since it was this wet, it was extremely wet. The people walking across from me looked at me with expressions that didn't make sense. Which I don't care about. If you're not going to lend me an umbrella, why are you looking at it?

"I have two umbrellas. Do you want them?"

Suddenly, someone's voice sounded beside my ear, causing me to turn around and look at the source of the sound. A man who was about the same height as me, or maybe a little taller. From the words he said to me just now, he must have been my junior. Maybe a first year student, maybe a second year student?

“Don't you want an umbrella?” the person in front of me said again when he saw me still standing there without answering anything. Who was this guy and why was he suddenly lending me an umbrella and smiling like a crazy child like that even though it was raining? It was so frustrating that I didn't say anything, just stretched out my hand and picked up an umbrella to shelter from the rain even though I was already soaked in the rain.

"thank"

"It's okay. I saw you walking in the rain so I brought you an umbrella."

“Ah,” was all I answered and let the conversation between me and the stranger quiet down until I could only hear the sound of the rain falling, probably tired of the heavy pounding earlier.

“My name is Changkyun. Im Changkyun is in my second year.” I nodded my head in acknowledgment without paying much attention before quickly walking away from him some distance away. I didn't even want to know his last name, so why did I tell him?

“Wait a minute, won't you introduce yourself to me?” I frowned in response to the boy in front of me instead of asking why I had to introduce myself to him.

“W-Well, I introduced myself and then I let you borrow my umbrella. You can consider it an exchange for the umbrella I lent you.” I didn't understand, I really didn't understand the person in front of me. Right now I feel like I want to go back to the dorm as quickly as possible because this wet body doesn't put me in a good mood and I still have to meet someone from nowhere to talk to and waste my time going back to the dorm.

"Then take it back. I didn't ask for it."

“I won't take it back.” I don't know what expression I made after this kid said he wouldn't take it back, but what I do know is that my eyebrows are now clearly tying themselves into a bow.

"need what"

"What's your name?"

“Just a name, right?”

"yes"

“Kihyun.” The wide smile of the person in front of me didn't make me feel good at all, but it only made me doubly annoyed. This kid must be really crazy.

'Rain' just thinking about it makes me feel fresh and cool. I like the rainy season. I like when it rains, I like listening to the sound of thunder, and I like when the sky is bright because of lightning. All these natural phenomena are unpredictable. I find it interesting and I don't know when I started liking the rainy season. I realized that I have never once been annoyed when it rains, maybe since I met someone in the rainy season last year.

Today is another day where the rain pours down continuously, even though before it didn't seem like it was going to fall. I walk along the footpath to return to the dormitory, which is not too far from the university. I choose to Walking around in the rain continuously. Instead of being in a hurry like everyone else

'I'm really fucked!'

Someone's voice rang out, which caught my attention quite a bit. It didn't take long before I found the owner of the voice who was now making a bunch of noises and kicking the air. As for the cause, it couldn't be avoided by the rain. That person is 'Yoo Kihyun'. Yes, I know him, but he doesn't know me, which is not strange at all because I've never once gone to talk or get to know him. But just this time, I feel like it might be time. ..

Kihyun hyung stood there with no signs of moving on. His white school shirt and dark brown hair were already wet from the rain. I guess Kihyun hyung was probably cursing the rain in his heart. Maybe To stand there with clenched fists like that, Kihyun hyung is an easy-going person. From what I've observed, he's usually in a good mood when there's a gentle breeze blowing past in spring. And gets irritated when summer comes, but Kihyun hyung gets really irritated during the rainy season.

“I have two umbrellas. Do you want them?” You didn't misunderstand me when I realized that I was carrying two umbrellas. I actually carry two umbrellas. One is mine and the other is just for emergencies like right now. The little person whom I accidentally called oppa turned to look at me with an expression that indicated he didn't understand what I was saying before he furrowed his brows, clearly showing that he was probably a bit annoyed.

“Don't you want an umbrella?” I asked again.

"thank"

"It's okay. I saw you walking in the rain so I brought you an umbrella."

"Ahhh"

“My name is Changkyun, Im Changkyun, I'm a second year.” Because of my firm determination that today should be the day that Kihyun hyung got to know me, I blurted out introducing myself. The little one didn't say anything, but instead gave me an expression that indicated he didn't understand.

Kihyun hyung didn't say anything, just nodded at me before walking away immediately.

“Wait a minute, won't you introduce yourself to me? A--Well, I already introduced myself. After all, I already lent you an umbrella. You can consider it an exchange for the umbrella I lent you.” I'm not a stubborn person, to be honest, but this time I don't know why I'm like this. Maybe it was the rain or maybe it was the faces of the people in front of me that made me such a stubborn person.

"Then take it back. I didn't ask for it."

"I won't take it back," I refused almost immediately.

"need what"

"What's your name?" I asked, even though I already knew.

“Just a name, right?”

"yes"

“Kihyun,” I immediately smiled widely. I don't know if it was because of Kihyun hyung or because of the rain. Before I could say anything else Kihyun hyung was able to leave today. I must thank the rain and the umbrella I brought with me for making my heart beat faster than the sound of thunder.

'The thunder I used to like and the bright flashes of lightning are no longer as interesting as the person I've been watching for two years.'

"Kihyun hyung, don't forget to bring your umbrella tomorrow!"

"Do you think it will rain tomorrow?" After returning to the dormitory, I finished taking care of my personal business. Before coming to sit next to my roommate Minhyuk, who was now intent on playing the game so seriously that he didn't pay attention to me sitting next to him.

“I don't know, I'm not a weather forecaster,” Minhyuk replied, his eyes glued to the computer screen.

"What's the possibility? Do you think it will fall?"

“What is this? Normally you're interested in the weather and rain, but you hate the rain."

"Be quiet again. There's nothing else. I'm going to play a game."

'If it rains tomorrow, will I get to see that crazy kid again?'

“What the fuck did it rain when I was leaving to study?!” Minhyuk who spewed out a dissatisfied sentence as soon as the damn rain poured down seemed like he knew the time.

“I told you it was going to rain.” Without saying anything, I picked up the umbrella that that boy Changkyun had given me yesterday and opened it up.

"When will you tell me? And why do you have Kihyun's umbrella?"

"Why can't I have an umbrella? And it's rainy season. Do you want me to carry a long-sleeved shirt?"

"Liar. Hundreds of days and thousands of years. No matter how many rainy seasons you've been through, you've never had an umbrella." Minhyuk said, narrowing his eyes at me to catch the mistake. Everything Minhyuk said was the truth. I've never had an umbrella, never carried one, and never thought about carrying one.

"Well, don't I want to have an umbrella? Why don't I just go study?" I answered, avoiding Minhyuk's question, then hurriedly ran away before being strangled by Minhyuk.

I held up Changkyun's umbrella and walked along the rain-soaked sidewalk. This makes many people choose to speed up rather than take a stroll like me, but when I'm not in a hurry like this, it's fun to just take a stroll and see what's going on around me.

"I don't want to walk in the rain today." Someone's voice made me come out of my thoughts. Someone who owned a new feeling. Who owns the umbrella I'm holding?

"If you have an umbrella, why are you out in the rain?"

"But that's my umbrella."

"I know! Why don't you borrow it first?" I pretended to make a dark face as soon as the other person brought my face closer to me, the other person nodded in understanding before smiling broadly in response. I don't understand why it's raining and it suddenly gets hot..

"Umbrella, you don't have to give it back to me."

"Why?"

"I want you to keep it. In case the day you miss me, how about you sit and look at my umbrella?” I didn't answer Changkyun and didn't know where to focus my eyes. Everything around me seemed distorted and there was nowhere I could focus.

"You don't like the rain, right?"

"yes"

"But I like the rain."

"??" Tell me why.

"But now I don't like the rain that much."

"What's your matter? Do you like it or not?"

"I like it, but now I like you more than Fon."

"-0-" I gasped at what I heard just now. No, I might be deaf. How could anyone like each other after just meeting for one day?

"Don't you believe it?" Changkyun asked me when he saw my silence.

"I like you, Kihyun hyung."

"Don't need to say anything. You and I met for the first time yesterday."

"Who told you? I see you every day, but you never notice it yourself."

"Why would I carry two umbrellas if it's not for you?"

"Then why did you have to act like you didn't know me yesterday?"

"Well, you don't know me."

"Wait.."

"But now you know me."

"Ahhh"

"I want to flirt with you." Hot. The weather is too hot.

"How can you be sweating? It's raining here."

"I don't know. How can I suddenly flirt?"

"Okay, consider that as repayment for lending me an umbrella."

"I just borrowed the umbrella and told you my name yesterday."

"I've known your name for a long time. I just pretended not to know."

"Is this the plan?"

"About that"

“What the fuck? Please scold me!”

"Let me flirt first. Then I'll scold you, and I'll beat you too."

“You crazy kid!!” I quickly walked out before I could stand the sound of my heart beating so hard that it could penetrate outside of myself. Why does Changkyun have such influence? Why don't you ever know?

Even now, I'm still the unluckiest person in the world. And this misfortune was that I didn't know in advance that my heart had been stolen and the person who stole it was the crazy kid who said he liked me more than Fon..

 TBC 

It's raining often these days. Don't forget to carry an umbrella.