Forgetting Me

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- - - -Chapter 6: Rain- - - -

Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby.
~Langston Hughes~

She sat lazily on her chair, observing vigilantly at the sky as the dark clouds roamed around carelessly. The air was thickening and she could feel, by the dark skies and whispers of the strong breeze, there was going to be a storm later this evening. She always liked the rain. As long as she could remember, she had always liked it. It would always give her a peaceful feeling but she never liked storms that would sometimes go with it.

Blocking out the voice of her teacher, she thought it was good of her to remember bringing an umbrella. Even though she loved the rain, she still didn't want to be soaked by it.

She was snapped out of her thoughts when the bell rang, signaling it was the end of her last period.

Putting all the things in her bag, she grabbed it and left the classroom.

The apple tree, she thought, doesn't need to be watered today since it was going to rain later. But she still hoped it would survive the storm tonight, and if it didn't, she would have to start planting all over again.

Rain, as she had arrived just outside the building entrance to get her shoes, had just pelted recently. The patter of water droplets hitting solid ground gave disappointment to her. She puffed her cheeks in annoyance. And she thought she could find some Fushigi Mysteries before she would return home.

With a sigh, she opened her umbrella and reluctantly, she walked towards the direction to her home. All her thoughts were in chaos and she didn't know why… she gave a guess that it might have been about not knowing any mysteries but she could feel it was something else…

…and she didn't know what it was.

She thought hard, furrowing her eyebrows but something stopped her in her tracks. An unknown presence surrounded the air like an unseen mist and she whipped her head around in alarm. But nothing and only she was there in the streets. Odd, the feeling was familiar, like she had felt this before… But she didn't know what it was, no matter how much she tried to remember.

"What a Fushigi Mystery." She stated in a whisper before shrugging and leaves the streets and goes towards the direction of her house.

Brown eyes strongly bore his gaze onto her retreating form, dropping his eyes when he noticed another presence beside him. A presence he strongly knew.

"Thor… no, your Narugami here in the human world now." A voice said, causing Narugami to look at him, before a smile graced his lips.

"This is a surprise to see you come back here." Narugami began. "But you're not in your child form though."

Loki stood there, drenched in rain water just like Narugami, a blank expression clearly shown on his face. Narugami unconsciously flinched at the blank look Loki gave him, knowing what the man wanted from him but under half-lidded eyes, he noticed Loki's change of attire. Instead of his usual red coat, it was replaced by a dark green one with a white cravat around his neck.

"Nice change of clothes." He commented nervously, trying to change the heavy atmosphere around them but failed miserably.

"Narugami, we have to go back to Asgard now." He said, looking at the boy straight in the eyes.

"No way! I have a mission to clear here that Odin gave me."

"Then what is it then?" he asked, leaning his arms on the rail above the building both of them were standing in. Even though he knew about it, he still wanted to hear it from the god of thunder, just trying to get clarification whether or not Odin lied to him or not.

Narugami copied the god of mischief's actions and leaned on the railing beside him, looking up at the sky, not wincing whenever a drop of water splashed into his eyes.

"If you want to know, Odin sent me here to check if everything was back in place, like we were never here," he continued. "Also, since he knew about the part where you erased Mayura's memories, he wanted me to check if she regained back her memories or not."

"Why would he want you to do all those things?"

"I think… Odin was worried about your well-being…"

Loki snorted at Narugami's statement and shook his head in disbelief at him. "Hey… I could see he was clearly worried." Narugami repeated with a point of his finger.

"That's certainly hard to believe since that man tried to kill me in the past." Loki pointed out bluntly, causing Narugami to think thoughtfully before nodding. Well, he couldn't disagree on that.

"But I talked to him yesterday, via magic, and he said the mission is over but I still need to check before I return home, satisfied."

"But there's nothing left to check."

"But there is." Narugami insisted, trying to get through all that wall of stubbornness.

"You just want to stay here and enjoy yourself a little longer." Loki stated bluntly.

The god of thunder gave a sheepish smile and Loki couldn't help but sigh.

"Thor, we have to go back to Asgard." He said finally and Narugami stayed silent.

The only sound were the rain drops splattering everywhere around them. He noticed the atmosphere was turning darker and darker and saw the man beside him in deep thought. Even though Loki didn't notice him scrutinize him, Narugami knew that Loki was struggling with his own feelings and decisions. He could see it in his face that Loki wanted to stay here and probably settle down but he still wanted to continue living in Asgard like the god he was.

It was time to have a chat with a certain butler that would concern Loki. Nobody questioned but it was clear that Yamino also noticed the change in his father but didn't speak up just like what Narugami did; knowing that Loki didn't wanted to be bothered by it.

He looked at the streets below them, his eyes clearly downcast.

"You know…" he spoke up after all the silence they both shared a moment ago. "That girl… she's doing fine."

Thunder boomed loudly just as those words left Narugami's lips. Rain pelted down harder but both gods weren't bothered by it and they stood where they were, unmoved.

"I know…" Loki sighed.

That night, rain was still pouring down from the endless dark clouds that inhabited endless dark skies. Winds howled strongly, blowing away leaves staying perfectly on the branches of the trees. Everything was still and only the loud thunder echoed around the city.

Nightmares clouded her mind and the only thing she could do was try and run away from it. Away from the sadness it brings to her. But those scenes replaying in her mind with closed eyes seemed so real to her. Like she was remembering something that would have brought her happiness instead of the empty and sad feeling she was unknowingly bottling up inside her. And she could do was try and run away from it.

Mayura abruptly sat up, awaking in cold sweat. She was breathing hard, sweat dripped down her forehead. Thunder boomed after awhile and she flinched at how loud the thunder was. She unconsciously replayed again the nightmare she had. She couldn't help but feel how real it was. A boy stood there in the middle of her dreams but she couldn't see his face. Just seeing him felt like she was relieving memories, and she immediately looked up to face the picture positioned on top of her desk.

She didn't know why she had to look at it but it was like her mind was telling her to face it. It was like this rainy night was doing this to her.

She shook her head; asking herself what did the rain had to do with her nightmare.

I'll just sleep and forget about this…

:: End ::

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