A/N: Umm…this chapter is a little short, I know, but that's just how I wanna end it.

Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam SEED.

Chapter One

We Meet In The Rain

School was to start tomorrow. I had hardly noticed the time go by. Six weeks suddenly seemed so little time. I sit in the park, the park I spend so much time in. I still vaguely wonder why I stayed here for a whole night. Today is rainy. Just like yesterday was. The weather seems to have become day after day of cloudy, wet weather like this. Not that I mind. I like the rain.

The raindrops fell on my face, clinging to my exposed eyelashes. I hadn't bothered to bring an umbrella. I saw no point. I don't mind getting wet.

I moved towards the deserted swing set. Usually you have to fight for a turn at them with one of the small children that live around here, but the playground was unusually quiet, though that is to be expected with all the rain. Today the rain would be my companion. I liked the idea. I sat on one of the two swing seats and started swinging.

The rain had always been something I liked, I had never minded getting soaked to the bone and catching a cold. To me, it was a way of life. I suppose that would never change. Some things never do. The rain could comfort me in a way no-one else ever could. It was my friend, in a way. Weird as that may sound.

Though, today, the clouds were crying. The heavens were sad. I could feel it in the air. I wondered at that. It was odd.

I heard running footsteps. They clattered down the pathway, the sound of the water splashing against the bottom of someone's shoes. I watched, still and silent, as two teenagers ran past where I sat, trying to get out of the rain as fast as possible. They hadn't seen me, and they ran onto a porch and into a house, grateful to get somewhere dry.

Faintly, I wondered if I had ever seen them before. They didn't seem familiar, as they didn't go to my school, though no-one in this area did, I went to a school quite far away, as my dad worked near it, it was easier for him to pick me up from there. Long story. I didn't know many people around here, even though I had lived here all my life, the only people I knew were my neighbours, and I didn't even see them all too often.

I was kinda looking forward to school tomorrow. I don't get to see my friends outside of school too often. The whole distance thing really gets in the way.

Of course, I was dreading the classes. I had never really enjoyed them. I don't usually do much work; I'm always reading or writing about something else. I just can't be bothered. I see school not so much as something I have to go to for my education and the road to my future, more, a bad habit. I could never picture the future very well.

The sound of someone walking through the rain puddles reached my ears again, though, this time, they weren't running. I looked up, to see a guy walking calmly through the rain. He didn't seem to mind that his clothes were wet through and his midnight-blue hair was clinging to his head, dripping with water. He was watching his feet, a serene smile playing about his lips. His hands were inside his jacket pockets. I stared at him as he got closer to where I sat on the swings, he didn't seem to have spotted me yet.

His footsteps became louder as he became nearer to where I was. The sound of the water splashing as he kicked slightly at the puddles at his feet, stood out amidst the sound of the rain roaring slightly all around. He reached the path two meters from where I was watching him from. He stopped and turned to look at me.

His eyes connected with mine, and I was entranced by the deep emerald colour for several moments before his voice broke me out of my stupor.

"It's raining." He said.

"Yes, it is." I agreed, smiling slightly.

His smile widened and he walked towards me and sat on the empty swing beside mine. I watched as he began to swing slightly on the swing, a hand on each of the chains.

"So you live around here?" he asked.

"Yeah, not too far away." I answered him, watching his slow movements. He was quite interesting, even if he had only said few words to me. I looked at him. He seemed familiar.

"I just moved here." He told me in his friendly voice, I couldn't help but trust him, even a little.

"Oh, you seem familiar." I said, peering at him closer, it was sort of hard to place his face when he was so wet.

"Well, then maybe you've seen me before." He said with a mysterious smile. Maybe he knew who I was?

"Maybe," I answered, giving up for the time being. I had a feeling I would meet him again.

Thunder rolled in the distance, followed closely by a flash of lightening which illuminated their faces for a moment. They almost made his eyes glow. The rain only fell harder.

"I wonder if it will rain tomorrow." He said offhandedly, glancing at the sky.

I watched as the rain hit his face and rolled down his cheeks, dripping from his hair onto his already wet jacket.

"Does it really matter?" I asked, smiling. I wanted the rain to stay around for another day or two.

He looked at me, his eyes sparkling, making me even more entranced. How could they affect me so?

"I suppose it doesn't." He finally said, his smile still in place, making me think it would never waver. He stood up from his swing. "Well, it was nice meeting you. I have to be going, though, I'll see you around."

He began walking away, waving slightly.

"Bye," I said, waving back. And I watched as he got further and further away, until he disappeared around the corner. I'll look forward to seeing him again.

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