I kept running. Running, running, running. I ran into a maze. I didn't notice this, so I kept running. I finally stopped when I hit a gazebo. I need to rest. I sat down in the gazebo, and panted. I did this until it started to rain.
I always loved the rain. It always had calming properties for me, always had a way to make me forget about everything that made me mad, or sad, and at this point, it was just what I needed. I walked out of the gazebo, and went and stood in the rain. I took my headphones and hat off, I didn't want them to get wet, and I left them underneath.
I stood in the rain, and let it soak through my clothes. I let it soak my hair and let it drench my face. This was relaxing. This was all the therapy I needed these days, and it was worth getting a cold for.
I cherished these moments. Now that I lived with my uncle, I wasn't allowed to do this very often and that saddened me. I was so happy right now. The rain had completely washed away the anger I had for my uncle. I didn't care what he said to me, I felt bad about what I had said to him though.
Of course he meant it when he said he was sorry. It was sister and brother-in-law/best friend, it was also his 9 month old nephew. I stopped looking at the sky, and looked around. I hit my =self in the head a whispered, "You stupid child"
I suddenly felt very uncomfortable. I got myself lost in a maze, in the rain. This is such a cliché.
*Kaoru'S POV*
It took me a while to realise what was happening. I had just met Raven, when her uncle came in and she got all upset. She ran out the door, shouting at her uncle. What was happening?
Suddenly her uncle apologised to us, "I'm sorry boys. You didn't need to hear, or see that. Heck, she didn't need that, not right now"
"Um, sir?" I heard myself say, "What WAS that about?" Raven's uncle suddenly looked really sad, but he sighed at started like he was going to tell a story.
"Six months ago, Raven's mother, father and 9 month old brother died in a house fire. Raven had gone to school like she usually would. She was quite happy to do so. Little did she know, that she had let the gas for the fire on, from where she had used it the previous night. Her father was a smoker you see. He loved his cigars. Anyway, after Raven had gone to school, he obviously lit one of his cigars. This caused an explosion, which then went to cause the fire. You see, Raven was the one who forgot to turn the gas off, so she blames herself. She beats herself up over it, and because of it, she has horrifying nightmares that scare her out of sleep. She spends most of her time avoiding sleep, as she doesn't want to have nightmares about that night. The thing is. I don't think it was an accident. Raven's mother always told me that Raven didn't usually use the fire, as she didn't know how to set it, so if she didn't know how to set it, how was the gas on? I think someone was trying to kill her family purposely. The thing is, Raven refuses to talk to anyone. So she makes herself suffer alone" Raven's uncle finished.
"That's terrible!" I heard Haruhi exclaim. It really was. I felt bad for her. She lost her family in something that could've been a murder, and she blames herself. No one should go through that, especially on their own. "Please don't tell her my suspicions. I don't want her to think about it. I want her to get over it, or at least until I can prove it was a murder" The headmaster added. We all agreed not to tell her. A few minutes later we had all agreed to go look for her, to save her uncle the trouble. Haruhi went to comfort the headmaster in his office whilst we went to look for her. We all split up.
Not long after that, I was racing through the school gardens, in desperate hope of finding Raven. I wanted to find her badly. It was starting to rain, and from what I saw, she didn't have any waterproof clothing.
I was so wrapped up in my head that I didn't notice that I was about to run straight into someone, or at least, I didn't notice until it was too late. 'THWACK!' I ended up on the wet floor. Ew.
*Raven's POV*
Ow. I was rubbing my head for the second time today, and I was on the floor…for the second time today! "Ow! Watch where you're going" I shouted at the boy next to me. I looked up and saw one of the twins. I got the butterflies in my stomach once again, and I knew, it was Kaoru. I didn't feel like this with his brother.
"Oh my god! I'm so sorry! Are you okay?" I asked him, quickly getting to my feet to help him up, just as Haruhi had done to me, only an hour before. "Uh, yeah I'm okay. Are you? You ran away? We were worried about you"
"You were?"
"Of course. Why wouldn't we be?"
"It's just, you guys don't really know me, that's all"
"Oh, well yeah, you're uncle wanted us to look for you"
"Oh okay" My heart dropped slightly. Why was I sad? What was wrong with me? Seriously?
It was still raining. I looked up once again, and this time Kaoru followed my gaze. "Oh yeah, It's raining" He said, as if just realising it for the first time, "Are you not cold?" He asked me as we turned to face each other again. "A little" I replied, "It was my fault, I should've brought a coat"
"Probably" Kaoru grinned at me. Dammit he was cute. Like REALLY cute. I smiled back. We walked and sat in the gazebo, whilst we waited for the rain to stop. I started to shiver slightly, so he took off his blazer and put it around my shoulders, "Next time you want to go running in the rain, bring a coat" He said, cheekily. I laughed as we watched the rain pour down around us.
Hey guys, here is the third chapter, let me know what you think, like if I should carry on at all...
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