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Chapter 7: Stop the Rain
The very next morning Raine woke up extreamly early. She wanted to get a good start on the day, it was afterall, a long ride to her fathers estate. Raine began to pack up the last of her things, a small blanket and pillow in which she slept upon. She checked around the house, again and again, searching for anything she could have missed. Thanks to Ayame's help she had gotten everything packed quite quickly. She had told her father that she would not be arriving at his house for another 7 hours. She sighed looking at her watch. What to do for the next two hours? Slowly she stood up from the couch, in which she had sat down to think, and walked out the door and down the hallway to a small payphone which hung on the wall.
She slowly inserted her money and dialed a number.
"Carl's Travel, how can I help you." A deep voice ran on the other line.
Raine voice was small and meek compared to the mans. "Yes, I called last night. For a ride, I need to bump it up and leave as soon as possible. Sohma, Raine is the name."
She could hear the man shuffling through his papers, soon he spoke. "Ah yes, Raine Sohma. You are in luck, your ride is just dropping someone off a few blocks from you, I will give him a call and have you ready and waiting for him!" He said cheerfully into the phone.
Raine thanked the man and hung up the receiver. Quickly she rushed into her apartment and began pulling her boxes into the hallway. After a few moments a short chubby man walked through the door and up the stairs. "Miss Sohma?" He said glancing at the woman with the boxes.
She smiled and nodded. "Yes, that would be me sir." She said bowing a little.
He slowly bent down and picked up one of her six boxes. "Let's get this stuff packed up and on the road!"
The two of them carried the boxes down the stairs and out to a small yellow cab parked on the street. Raine slid into the back of the seat as the driver locked the trunk and began to walk around to his side of the car. No sooner had he opened the door, that an alluring black car pulled into the spot behind them. The driver nodded to the man driving the black car and got into the cab ready to drive away. Raine leaned her head back on the seat of the cab and watched the driver as he started the engine and slowly pulled away from the curve.
The driver side door to the black car opened and a young man stepped out, he watched as the cab pulled away and shook his head. "It wasn't her, she isn't supposed to leave yet." He said as he began to climb the stairs to apartment 2-B, Raine Sohma's old home. After knocking and receiving no answer he rushed down the stairs and stood on the sidewalk, staring the way that the cab had left. Raine was supposed to have left yet, he was going to stop her. He had come tell her the truth. That he, Hatori Sohma, loved her and wanted to be with her. He wanted to explain to her that it didn't matter what Akito said anymore because he wasn't going to let him control his every move anymore. He wanted to say the words that he longed to say for so long, but couldn't because of Akito Sohma. His dark eyes stared down the road as a drop of water hit his shoe. He closed his eyes and got back into the car, another drop of water slowly fell into his lap. It wasn't raining this time, atleast…not from the sky. Hatori Sohma slowly started the car and took off down the road, back to the Sohma Estate. He had missed her, he wasn't able to tell her the truth, he wasn't able to tell her she belonged with him, and now…he couldn't stop the raindrops.