Eternal Embrace
Chapter 1- The Introduction
The warm pastel blue sky and the radiating warmth of the sun never fail to make Rain Antoinette smile in the morning. It always seemed like it would greet her with a warm caressing hi to start her day. The wonderful colour of blue and the squishy fluffiness of the clouds complimented the sun enough to make Rain so high on happy upon going to school. She'd usually take her time strolling on her bike to take it all in, greet friends along the way and simply take time to start her morning right.
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The last day of November morning felt different as the skies were darker than the day before and the sun was not allowed to shine to make the breeze warmer. The forsaken chill in the air has finally arrived to forewarn people of the upcoming winter in a few days. Eighteen year old Rain felt like walking for some reason. Clad in her school uniform of blue, Rain walked along with other students while covered with a black knee-length coat to cover her from the vicious cold of December. Her pale complexion and sapphire orbs stand out along with her white hair of winter cold which danced along as the cold breeze ran through her entire body.
"Yo, Rain!" A familiar voice called out.
She stopped on her tracks before she stepped into Seien Girl's High School's territory. She turned her head to the side to look at who it was calling her. Locks of her hair cascaded beautifully down her back as she tucked some at the back of her ear. She faintly smiled when she saw the approaching figure quickly passing other students of her own alma mater to greet and say his hello.
"Yo." She greeted, raising a brief two-finger salute to her friend.
Her icy orbs greeted the warm purple eyes in front of her. Rain faced him properly, bowed briefly and warmly smiled at her best friend standing right there.
"My, my, Lexis Xanders is here in front of my school to come and see me. Something's up. What is it?" She started.
Lexis Xanders— same age and best friend of Rain from Yamoto Boy's High School, an outstanding athlete and a very good looking boy in his own right. Their complexions were the same in terms of pale. He had this radiant amethyst orbs that Rain loves so much. His short silver hair always looked great with his outstanding features, be it messy or crappy neat. The rose-like tattoo on his neck always gave the impression that he looked meaner than he is when he's really trying to do well.
They met four years ago when she moved from Paris, France to Tokyo, Japan at the age of fourteen. Lexis was the one who taught her about what she needed to know considering the country's language, traditions, norms and other details about the Rising Sun. Though she finds it unfortunate that this guy lives next door because of the unwanted surprise picture taking, she loves having him around even though they're usually seen fighting louder than a herd of cattle going berserk.
Lexis placed an arm over the girl's shoulder and smiled, "Na, Rain. Are you busy after class?"
"Yes." She quickly responded.
"Meet me later at the train station, okay?"
Her eye twitched briefly, "Oi. I said I was busy. Didn't you hear me?" She said as she poked his cheek.
"Oh. At 7PM. I'll be waiting, okay?"
Rain sighed, faintly smiled and said, "Okay. Sure."
"Great!" He said with the warmest smile he could possibly portray.
She blinked and waved goodbye, "Sure. No problem."
Lexis smiled and dashed off, "I'm going to be late! Later!" He shouted as he waved goodbye to his friend.
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The day ended quickly on Rain's page. The classes, club meetings and other extracurricular activities in school passed by smoothly and felt like it was just an hour of pure fun and no work. Well, Rain did have the tendency of setting her mind in euphoria to make her day well. She didn't like being a meteoric person since the day was still dark and cold like a night of a lonely sky.
She was about to leave campus when Rain received a message from Lexis concerning the set date later. It seemed like Lexis wanted to meet elsewhere. He moved the meeting place to the small area of the huge fountain at the centre of the biggest mall in Tokyo. She was uneasy since the sent message looked plain and dull. Usually it would be full of smiley of different emote to irritate her or even insult her no matter what kind of message it was, be it a simple hi or hello. For some reason, it felt a bit off for her.
It did scare her but she didn't know why.
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She arrived fifteen minutes early. Her skin was cold as she moved past the people on her way. She was surprised to see so many people of all ages and even pairs of the same sex around the area. Needless to say, they all looked like lovers that swelled up to gather for an event. She asked herself what was going on but brushed it off when she got closer to their meeting place. She tried to avoid looking at people flirting with each other and even letting her skin feel the emitting aura of sexy that scared her shitless.
Is that--?
Her eyes widened, those blue orbs were locked on one figure among the sea of people. Time slowed down. She could hear her own heart beating crazy as her right hand briefly twitched while her left went numb. Rain's clock of total happiness seemed to have stopped ticking when she saw Lexis briefly kiss this unknown girl on her lips. They were chatting with each other like they're so close and familiar with the other.
Who is she...?
Her lips parted when her glance met with Lexis'. She looked away and walked over to approach the two. Rain briefly bowed as the two rose to greet her with a warm smile. She raised her head up and tried to smile her sincerest at what seemed like an American girl. Her right hand was secretly clenched into a fist as the other regained its senses. Rain looked at Lexis gesturing for him to introduce this girl.
"Oh. Gomen, Gomen." Lexis started. "This is Rianelle Simmons, Rain." Lexis placed a hand on the American girl's shoulder, "Ria-chan, this is Rain Antoinette, the one I was mentioning to you a while ago."
Ria...chan? Since when did Lexis start calling a girl's name so casually--?
"It's a pleasure to meet you, Miss Rain." Rianelle said with that American accent that's hard to take away once you're new in the language of Japan.
Rain stared at the girl for a while before even actually reaching out her hand for a hand shake. She couldn't talk; it was all she can offer for an unwanted being.
"Rain, I met Ria a month ago in one of my leagues. She was supporting her brother but ended up cheering for my team." Lexis said, laughing. "And she finally said yes today."
Her hand twitched yet again, "Said yes to what?" She softly responded.
Lexis cleared his throat and whispered to Rain's ear softly, "She said yes, Rain. She's finally my lover..."
Silence—