The rain kept falling, filling the streets with water and wetting everything in its path. The wind blew along with it, and made the world seem very cold. Everywhere people took shelter from the weather in their umbrellas, or within shops.
But a lone girl continued to walk, her shoulder-length, black hair damp against her skin, her office uniform clinging to her like a second skin. Though her bag was water-resistant, her body wasn't. But she liked it. For her, it felt like the sky was crying with her, particularly after the day she's had.
She looked up before her, not seeing the faces staring at her in confusion, but rather looking at the window displays around her, as if looking for something to comfort her. She saw café's and bookstores and clothing shops, but to her they seemed immaterial, and she didn't want to spend on so much.
The red blinking lights was the thing that drew her to the video shop around the corner. Though it seemed rather small, the lights were very bright and colorful. She stopped by its clear, glass window and looked at the movies they offered… and immediately saw one poster amidst the rest. She opened the door and went inside.
"Welcome!" shouted the clerk immediately, but she didn't pay him mind. Instead she looked around the shelves, looking for the cover of the video she had seen on the window. When she found it, she took it immediately from the rack and to the cashier.
"I'd like to rent this." She said, and opened her purse to get the money.
The clerk looked at her, then to the CD case, and grinned. " 'Limited Edition Lord of the Rings'… tough day, huh?"
She looked up to the clerk, noting the grin on his cheerful face, and the soft, brown curls tucked under his cap. For a moment, the clerk looked familiar, but she couldn't remember where she saw him. "Yeah, I guess you could call it that."
The clerk smiled again and rung up her purchase, then placed the movie into a small, plastic bag, "Hope you'll like it. It's a best seller here."
She shrugged, "Yeah… thanks, I guess."