Sena kicked dejectedly at a stray lump of grass protruding from the worn and cracked sidewalk bordering the street. The scenic sakura blossom trees and historical buildings did nothing to improve his mood. He found his tired feet were carrying him towards home, a place he did definitely not want to be at the moment. Instead, he changed direction and headed across the street, jumping and flushing when a driver honked angrily at him while speeding over the hill.
Sena's feet touched down on the other sidewalk and he heaved a sigh, tilting back his head to watch the sky. Noticing the storm clouds beginning to permeate the previously ocean blue skies, the teen pulled his hood over his spiky chocolate and caramel hair and slowed his pace, slipping his headphones through his sweatshirt pocket and underneath the hood of said sweatshirt to cover his ears.
Just as Sena was about to push the play button, a crack a lightning caused him to jump. He winced guiltily at the bulge in his sweatshirt where his cd and all its angst music was hidden, deciding instead to enjoy the rare storm that was building.
Ever since he was small, Sena could remember stopping whatever he was doing to watch the rain and lightning, shivering in excitement whenever a loud boom of lightning shook the earth. His father would hold him up to the window in the living room, rivulets of cool rainwater trailing down the window as their lawn dampening and began to turn an almost luminescent green. The cracked sidewalks turned a darker grey, and people outside with their umbrellas seemed darker yet their colors more pronounced. Everything seemed more alive and new and it was almost like, a younger Sena thought, a kinda of shower that cleaned the world of all the dirt and sadness, bringing on a new freshness afterwards.
His mother never let him go outside, fearing her little boy would be struck by lightning or catch a cold. Even when Sena was younger, he could remember the frequent doctor trips he had to attend because his body was slightly underdeveloped and his immune system seemed to be weaker than normal.
Caught in his musings, the brunette gasped in surprise when a large gob of water landed on the end of his exposed nose. Wide hazel eyes peered up at the weeping sky, cold water caressing his pale face and hands as he stretched them skyward and opened his mouth, pink tongue lolling out to catch the stray drops of water as he giggled childishly.
Already, bikers were pedaling as fast as their legs could take them past the prone boy, trying to make it home before the real rain started. Sena hugged himself and sighed contentedly, twitching slightly at every whirl of a bike's wheels as they flew past him at seemingly impossible speeds and rainwater splatted on his clothes before soaking into the cloth.
His mother's warm voice reverberated through his head and amber eyes slid shut lazily, twitching in tune with the raindrops that tapped out a rhythm on his lids."Rain rain, go away, come again another day."
Chanting along with the imagined voice, the boy pushed back his hood, shaking his head with a smile as wet hair flopped about his face. Sena started off back towards the park, walking across a bridge where cars edged past, and below children wrapped themselves in towels and ran from the swelling river towards their parents waiting in cars.
A young girl sat huddled and crying on the riverbank, leg bent as she examined her bleeding foot.
The
other children yelled at her to hurry before leaving her behind for
the safety and warmth of their parents arms. Sena paused and smiled
sadly at the girl who's face was red as she sobbed angrily at her
friends disregard for her injury.
"Sakura! Come on!"
The blonde girl's head jerked up and she sniffled, wiping dripping bangs from her forehead as she stood shakily, leaning on her older brother as he smiled and they started off together for a dark blue van.
The water began to seep through his pants and stick uncomfortably to his still-healing wounds. Sena shifted restlessly before continuing on, looking around nervously before peeling the soaking heavy pants from his now irritated wounds.
"Should've bandaged them once more before I went out again.." He sighed to himself, trying to look normal as he waddled onward.
"Ah! Sena! Effort-max!" A blurry figure on the other end of the bridge cried out, swiftly closing in on Sena as the said figure ran at full speed, umbrella flapping uselessly at his side.
"Ah, Monta-kun!Erm.."Sena held up his hands, waving them desperately in a signal to stop before oofing on impact, rolling on the wet unforgiving ground and cringing when he heard an ominous crack.
A brown head flopped upwards, shaking wildly and spraying water everywhere. Monta smiled in greeting and got up, offering a hand to his teammate. "Gomen nasai, Sena!" The boy shielded his eyes comically and glanced around,"Is Mamori-san with you?"
Sena sweat dropped and brushed himself off in vain, smiling in return,"No, she's at work I believe. Why are you out in the rain, Monta-kun?"
The other boy waved him off carelessly, swinging his umbrella around," I should ask you the same question! We haven't seen you at practice in awhile and we have a game coming up against those Camelions!"
"H-hai. Didn't Hiruma tell you...?"A nervous twinge started up in Sena's chest, blocking out the sound of the now worsening weather.
"Hm? He just said you were sick. I can see what he meant! And you're standing out in the rain!"
"Ah, I went for a quick walk and neglected to bring my umbrella.."Sena replied, smiling sheepishly.
Monta grinned and shoved his umbrella into his equally short friend's hands,"Here! Take mine! I brought three with me!"
Sena blinked in bewilderment before opening his mouth to thank his friend but Monta was already running off, another umbrella, this time with pink polka dots and yellow stripes, towards McDonald's where Mamori worked," See ya later, Sena! I have to go bring Mamori an umbrella so she doesn't get wet when she has to walk home!"
Sena shook his head, smile still present on his face as he patted his broken cd player and started off once more.
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WOOOO! I updated! Im sorry if I scared you..Im definitely not gonna leave this story unfinished, if thats what you're wondering. Im just a very ADHD type of person in real life and ...yeah. This chapter sucked ass!-sweatdrops with a sheepish grin- but at least I updated! Of course next Sena will end up in the park and be sitting on the swings and Hiruma makes an appearence! But whats this! He's with someone else! Sena investigates! Why am I talking this way!
Find out in the next chapter!
