Satzu - reliable

#10

The rain drops clashed onto the already wet cobblestones and created along with Sana's clattering heels on the surface a soughing, watery and incredibly uncomfortable symphony.

She tried to not step onto the gouges between the individual stones like a child. A nearly ridiculous try to distract from the feelings inside of her that were anything but childlike and playful.

Truly, visits at her grandma's were nearly never overly pleasant but this one had been particularly awful. Sana didn't only feel a sudden hate towards her grandma but also Mark, just because he had been there and made everything so confusing and uncomfortable.

Oh, and besides all of that she hated herself for what had happened. And now that she thought about the situation, she realized that Mina must still be sitting there with the other birthday guests and had no possibility to get home.

A frustrated groan escaped her throat while the first tears started running down her face. They flew down in little rivers along with the rain which had started pouring harder in the meantime.

Her fingers clenched tightly around the little piece of paper in her right hand. It would have been easier to just drop it. To drop it in one of the puddles where the ink would fade and the paper would be washed away. But she couldn't. The feeling of holding it felt awful and somehow comforting at the same time so she just decided to walk faster instead.

The rainwater splashed to the sides with every step and Sana felt weirdly reminded of the children she was taking care of in her project. They would love jumping around in those puddles filled with water. Even Sana herself as a child would have loved it. She wouldn't do that anymore though. She grew up. She had problems of an adult now.

Despite those thoughts, her steps on the sidewalk became less and less of an upsetting step sequence but more of a nearly playful choreography. The water splashed even more with every little skip and when it started pouring even harder, Sana was completely soaked in rain and she looked nearly satisfied with the way jumping like a kid made her feel better than before.

If it wasn't that dark, she could have seen the grey and black clouds that darkened the sky even more. About one second after, there was a flash, fully illuminating the sky for a short moment. A few seconds after, the thunder followed and Sana flinched, clearly terrified by the weather conditions.

Her right foot slipped in a particularly deep puddle and kind of turned in it, while she fell down. There was a sharp pain in her heel immediately. So there she was, sitting in the dark, in the rain, in a puddle with her foot hurting and freezing because of her wet clothes.

If the tears had stopped before, they continued running again. Sana felt alone. And hurt. She even felt stupid for having insisted on having a dramatic leaving.

That's when one of the few passing cars started getting slower and finally stopped at around the same level as Sana was sitting. The driver's door was opened and a woman's figure walked up to her.

"Jeongyeon" Sana whispered so quietly that not even herself could hear it.

"Sana? Is that you? What are you doing here?" Jeongyeon kneeled down to her and helped Sana standing up. "are you alright?"

Sana just nodded. She also just kept quiet while Jeongyeon helped her getting onto the passenger seat of her car. It was a nice car with pretty new leather seats and it all in all looked so fancy and tidy that Sana started feeling bad sitting in it, completely wet and probably damaging the material of the seat.

"After you drove me home last time, I think it's now time to return the favour". Jeongyeon smiled at her and started the engine. She didn't ask any questions. She was just polite and friendly, asking Sana for directions to her home from time to time.