Ok, so this is the REWRITE of chapter one! It's much better if i do say so myself. Special thanks to my Beta KandHforever!
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She liked the rain.
No, don't get her wrong, thunder still made her hide in the bathroom cabinet.
But rain by itself was nice.
It washed away everything, the silence, the heat, and when it was over, the earth emerged anew.
It was raining now, actually. Haruhi sat under the roof of her back porch, watching as the rain pounded down, like the thumping of an impatient heart. Each drop having it's own journey.
Life was like that, she thought. They all started somewhere, and then they fell quicker and quicker down. Who knew where they would end up? Running off the steep slope of a concrete hill, dripping off the leaf of a plant, soaked into the ground, or becoming part of a vast ocean of other droplets.
Yes, life was like a raindrop, controlled by fate the same way gravity affected a drop of water.
She sighed, her eyes wandering around her narrow backyard, completely still except for the falling rain.
She was just about to go in, when hey eye caught something moving through the bushes of her backyard. Something big.
She exhaled when she realized it was just a dog. A big dog, but a dog nevertheless. It limped into the open, standing right in front of Haruhi, looking at her expectantly.
Odd, she thought. It wagged it's tail and growled once, but not in a hostile way.
She tentatively stepped forward. It moved closer as well. She noticed it was bleeding from a deep gash on it's side.
She shouldn't be doing this, she thought. It was a wild animal. It might have rabies or something. But even she couldn't deny the huge attraction she felt to it. Like it was meant to be there. Like two raindrops falling next to eachother into the same river. Besides, it was injured and it needed help.
Animal magnetism?
She led it into the bathroom, washing it down with lukewarm water. The bleeding nearly stopped.
As she went to get bandages to wrap up it's wounds, it shook itself dry. Haruhi smiled, amused by the strange creature as she wrapped it in bandages and gave it leftovers from the fridge she wasn't going to eat anyways.
It immediatley dove in, and Haruhi sat beside it, examining it more closely.
It's fur was whiter than moonlight on a dark night, and it had a patch of dark hair over it's head and on it's feet. She looked at it's crystalline grey eyes, and realized it wasn't a dog.
It was more like a wolf.
In any case, it was tame, and adorable. She stroked it softly as it curled on her floor, it's thick fur practically oozing warmth.
She smiled to herself. It's quiet manner, silent brooding, and vigilant watchfullness reminded her of a man she knew.
As it slipped out and she fell asleep, that person would invade her dreams.
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Woot! I really like this rewrite. Special thanks again to my beta KandHforever as well as all my readers/reviewers! Cannot have done this without you. Now read more & review more!