Rain
Rain
She knew there was no one there
Rain
No one to care for her
Rain
No one there for her
When she was feeling like this
Rain
She had waited
And waited
And waited
Rain
She had waited for him
Rain
But he had not come
Rain
He had not come in all these years
Six years she had waited
Rain
She had waited
And waited
And waited
Rain
But he had not come
Rain
She doubted if he would ever come
Rain
She sat in front of her window, watching the rain beat against the glass and the roof of her little blue home.
Rain
Her tears fell like the rain.
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She thought back to how she had come here.
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Her mother had died in a car crash when she was thirteen. Her father had gotten two full-time jobs after that, one in the day, one at night.
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It was probably to occupy his mind so much that he did not have to think about anything else.
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To not think about his wife.
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But unfortunately for Chihiro, that also meant that he did not think of her.
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Chihiro did not see her father alive ever again.
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He had also died in a car crash, two days ago.
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She knew because she had seen it on the news.
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She suspected he had been drunk.
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Drunk on alcohol and his own despair.
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She knew that she was alone.
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At least, alone in this world.
Rain
She knew that Haku would not, maybe could not, come to her.
Rain
She would go to him.
Rain
She knew there was no one there
Rain
No one to care for her
Rain
No one there for her
When she was feeling like this
Rain
She had waited
And waited
And waited
Rain
She had waited for him
Rain
But he had not come
Rain
He had not come in all these years
Six years she had waited
Rain
She had waited
And waited
And waited
Rain
But he had not come
Rain
She doubted if he would ever come
Rain
She stood up from the window of her bedroom and dried her tears.
Rain
Her tears that fell like the rain.
Rain
She started to pick up all that she would need and want and put it all into all the bags she could find.
Rain
She would go to the Spirit World, the only place she felt truly free.
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It was the place where people actually cared about her.
Rain
Where she had friends.
Rain
She unlocked the front door and stepped out into the cold rain.
Rain
The rain that fell like her tears.
Rain
She took one last look at the little blue house she had lived in since she had been to the Spirit World, and ran.
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She ran as fast as she could.
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Away from the memories of being alone.
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She ran down the old path that her father had drove down when they were trying to get to their new home.
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She passed the little stone shrines and the frog statue in the trees.
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Soon she could see the two faced guardian of the Gateway.
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She passed through the red gate and into the waiting area.
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She did not look behind her, or to either side. Only straight ahead.
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She came through the other side of the gateway.
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The meadow she so loved was as sopping wet as it would be in her world.
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She ran across the riverbed as fast as she could so that she would not drown.
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She ran up the steps to Aburaya and across the bridge.
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She burst through the curtains separating the bathhouse from the outside world.
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There, talking, were Lin and Haku.
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They turned their heads towards her, surprised that anyone was coming in before opening time.
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"Chihiro?" Lin asked.
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Chihiro did not respond.
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Chihiro dropped her bags as she ran towards Haku.
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She flung herself onto him in a desperate embrace.
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Her tears fell freely as the rain did outside.
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"Shhh, Chihiro. Everything will be better soon." soothed Haku.
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She looked up into his eyes with her sorrow-filled ones.
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She tilted her head up to his and covered his lips with hers.
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Now they were together again
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Safely by each other's side
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No one knew the love they shared
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Could extend so far
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Now back with her true family
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She could live her life in happiness
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Now they were together again
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Safely by each other's side
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No one knew the love they shared
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Was the only thing that had kept her alive
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