Chapter 9: rain is happiness

It was a dark day outside. The sky was veiled entirely in clouds like it was going to rain at any second. I noted that it was raining more often than usual in the shinigami world. I thought nothing of it, however. I sat at my desk; feeling like this was going to be a very boring day. I didn't even have Grell to talk to because he'd gone to the human world again. He'd told me that killings were becoming quite common in the human world. That didn't seem like a good idea. As far as what I've been told, humans are easily influenced by others and their decisions change quickly, making them easy to manipulate. I've also heard they succumb to evil deeds much more often than we death gods do.

I felt like going to visit the cemetery, but it looked like it was going to rain, so I stayed inside for a few hours. The sky still looked dark and cloudy, but it didn't look like it was about to rain any time soon, so I took the red Harley over to the hillside.

I sat on the grass overlooking the hillside. I always had that same bleak feeling every time I visited the family cemetery. It felt so lonely, knowing that I was the last living member of my family.

I looked over to see the familiar figure still standing on the hillside. William visited that particular family cemetery quite a lot. If I wasn't mistaken, he probably went every day at the same time. I went whenever I had time. I hated schedules so I never went at a specific time. I stood up and walked towards him. I knew that it was probably not a good idea, but he looked so sad and lonely that I just had to talk to him.

"Hey"

"Hello Leah. May I ask what you're doing here?"

"My family is here too, you know." I said. "I was looking for you earlier. I wanted to give you the finished documents you asked for on Tuesday."

A tiny drip of rain splashed down on the ground. We looked up.

"It looks like it's going to rain. Shall we get going?"

"Why not?"

Both of us left the cemetery quickly. I got the documents out of the small black bag which I always carry with me and gave it to him. He blinked twice at the huge stack of paper.

"This is nearly twice as much information than what I asked you for."

"There was a lot of stuff I'd like you to look at." I said, tapping the front of the huge paper.

"Thank you… now-" He didn't get to finish his sentence. The rain started so fast that I thought someone had dumped a bucket of water on us. It was pouring buckets, the rain making splashing noises on the paved road.

"Ah hell! I can't drive in this weather!" I said as I pulled my coat over my head. Now I was really sorry I didn't bring a waterproof jacket. I was getting soaked and I had nowhere to go.

"My house isn't too far from here. Would you like to stay until the rain stops?"

"Sure"

Both of us practically ran down the street until we got to a faded blue house. William shut the door quickly behind us. Both of us were soaking wet. We took off our coats and put them on the coat hanger. William's hair had been plastered to his face. Normally, it was neatly combed, but now his wet bangs hung limply in his eyes. He brushed them away with annoyance.

We sat down on the couch. I spied a bunch of towels nearby. I grabbed one and threw it over William's head.

"You are soaking wet." I said. I was smiling because he looked so different. I pulled the towel over his eyes and dried his hair. He didn't seem to mind.

"I haven't seen it rain this much since a long time ago." He noted as the rain pounded on the windows. He looked so cute with his wet hair. He took his glasses off and dried the lenses, and then put them back on his face. I laughed when he nearly poked himself in the eye.

The rain lasted roughly about two hours. It was strange, but I felt comfortable. I got to know William as a person and not as my shinigami superior. We talked quite a bit, and after a few hours, a small smile was beginning to form on William's face. He looked nice when he smiled. I took myself as lucky because no one had ever seen William smile before.

The last of the rain pattered on the windows. I looked up and stood up from the couch.

"I should probably get going." I said.

"Stay... I mean… I'd like it if you stayed. I could use the company." William said, looking away. I smiled and sat back down.

We talked for a while. Looking back, I probably spent roughly five hours at his place. I didn't regret a single minute of it. It was nice, getting to know him. I found myself liking his personality more and more. I found that every time I thought about him, my face would grow hot. Did I seriously like this guy? If I did, was it okay? William was something like my boss. I was just a lowly grim reaper. But then again, many things were different here. Job related problems aside, it would be a huge problem just figuring out if he liked me or not.

If he didn't like me and I let it slip that I liked him… well I'd be in a lot of trouble. I'd probably not come out of my house for like three months. I couldn't help myself; I just had to think about him all the time. It wasn't something that I could control.

When people saw William, they didn't see much behind his face. They didn't see the person he really was. He wasn't that much different from the way he was at work, but the difference was significant enough to make me start to like him. I felt really lucky that I could see him for who he was.

And now what?

I couldn't wait for my training.