Only You

Chapter 2- The Storm God

"Over the years, I helped bring the rains & fortune to your lands. & you brought me... So much happiness.

You learned to love me over time, once you came to trust & understand me. We spent many hours together, when you weren't tending your fields. I never asked anything of you, nor you of me. Only that we spend what time we could with each other for as long as we could.

Your father began to beg that you find yourself a wife, & that was when I realized our time together wouldn't last. You needed to have descendents... & how could you explain that you were already with the god of the rains?

I knew I would have to leave soon then, but you urged me to stay, & came up with an arrangement that would work. You would get married to a woman, a kind one, whom your father had arranged. But I wouldn't leave your side.

After you had taken her as your wife, & she bore a son, your father left you alone, not caring what came next as that was all the expectation that became you during that time.

After some time, I introduced myself to her, & she was not cruel to me, as I had been expecting. She understood that I loved you, & she was respectful of your boundaries. She was required to bear you no more children, & as such let us share the room together. She stayed in the house, but didn't overstep.

She was kind & we soon became friends. & my love for you continued. We raised your son as our own, with your wife's help, & we were happy for a time.

But too soon, you fell. For a short time, I had forgotten how mortal you were & I was there for you in your last moments. Holding your hand as you took your last breath... Your dying wish was that I would see you again, & I granted it unquestioningly.

There were only so many times we were allowed to do this, but I touched your soul, altered it, minimally. So that it would never die. It would keep going. You would keep going. On & on & on, reincarnated until some day, I hoped, you would choose to be mine forever & become a god like me."

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"You never did end up wanting to become one. Over all the times I've seen you, in all the lives. I had begun to lose hope. So much so that during a particularly complicated earth occurrence, another war... I lost you...

I had thought it was the end... That I would never see you again... Until now... Do you... Remember me? At all? Is there any kind of hope for us?"

I look at him now, lying in his hospital bed, eyes closed, unconscious, & know he may not have much time left. That I have found him again, only to lose him once more. I hope for the best, but there is only so much I can do.

I could ask some of the other gods if they could save him, but... There is only so much interference we could have in the human world... To prevent someone from dying... may interfere with the balance of things...

So I can only hope... That I won't lose him again...

So the Storm God was talking to 1 of the incarnations of the human he fell in love with... Who's knocked out in the hospital... Which, is an oof, for sure... I promise it gets less sad, but hold in there, guys...

Btw we're gonna get a flashback for the next chapter from the human's POV, who lives in modern times now. The first incarnation was from, like, early civilization, like Mesopotamia, or something, but the current incarnation is from, like, today. Well, not today specifically, but you know what I'm saying, modern times. So yeah... Just prepare for that...