Title: Star-Crossed
Original Published: April 3, 2011
Word Count: 100
Prompt: Mythology
Notes: Inspired by the Japanese Tanabata Festival and the Chinese Qixi Festival. And by the legend of the Princess and the Cowherd that both festivals celebrate.
As a child, he never cared about the legend behind the Star Festival. He was far more interested in the booths and the food and deciding what he was going to wish for.
This year, however, he knows what he's writing on that small scrap of paper and he can't stop thinking about the two lovers who are only allowed to meet once every year when the sun was shining.
But the weather wasn't cooperating. Everyone was lamenting that the lovers would be unable to meet until next year.
"It doesn't matter," he muttered to himself. "She likes the rain."