Another demented AU I've come up with.
.Under The Rain. (Vincent & Chaos.)
There are several other children in our neighbourhood. They always run from me when I try to play with them. I was hoping to show them the new Pokemon cards I'd gotten earlier, but they all ran inside. One of them threw a piece of chalk at me before talking off. It left a dusty pink mark on my black shirt.
It's alright though. I still smile as the last front door slams shut. I know they think I'm too strange, and I know they don't like me. I was told that if everybody else refused to play with me, then I should just make up my own damn friends. I pick up the chalk that fell at my feet and sit on the sidewalk. "I'll draw a picture for you, Chaos. Would you like that?"
He agrees. He's my best friend, Chaos is. Nobody else can see him but me. I've wondered sometimes if he can see himself. I begin to sketch Chaos's outline on the cement.
"You may share your new cards with me," he offers. "You're better off without those ungrateful brats anyway."
"Why are you so cruel towards them?" I ask.
"Why must they be so cruel towards you?" Chaos retorts.
"They aren't cruel. I knew they didn't want me to play, yet I still came over," I explain. "I was the one who acted wrong."
"There is still so much for you to learn...." he sighs. I am fully aware that Chaos is imaginary, but sometimes it feels like he doesn't really come from me. I don't understand what the hell he's talking about. "That is a wonderful portrait, my friend. I only wish the rain would not wash it away."
With that, Chaos is gone and a clap of thunder sounds. The first drops of rain fall sparsely for only a moment, and then heavy and frequently as if a god is overturning buckets of water. I look up at the sky through the rain and think about going back inside so I might avoid being scolded.