The Sound of Rain

1 - When We Meet

Chapter song recommendation: Baekhyun Like Rain Like Music (cover)

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Rain hit the gazebo rooftop as the roaring of thunder could be heard in the distance. The smell of earth was around, the dirt, flowers, trees, all of them combining to create the scent he's grown to love. His pencil softly stroked the white sheet of paper shaping out the scenery in front of him. Baekhyun always tried his best to add detail to his work, even though he wasn't good enough at times.
He still tried.

The stranger sat down.

He grinned in anticipation never taking his eyes off the paper while the man beside him sighed, shaking off the water from his hair. The stranger took off his jacket slinging it across his shoulder.. He was always here when it rained, both of them were. They didn't talk much though, Baekhyun would focus on his own thing and the other on his. Two of them in an unspoken mutual understanding that they were there to enjoy the weather. A stroke of lightning suddenly pierced through the clouds in front of them and he gasped. Quickly he drew the pattern and shape of the lightning before his memory betrayed him.

The man was oblivious to his actions, he had brought a guitar case today. Quietly undoing the latches he took out the instrument, eyes roaming over its beauty, the dark reflective surface of the mahogany catching the next stroke of lightning.

Is he really going to play now? Baekhyun thought looking over at him. Rain was what inspired his work. If he played... he might get distracted.

"Don't worry." The guy spoke. Baekhyun felt his jaw drop a bit, his voice was deeper than he had thought. A lot deeper than his that's for sure. "I won't ruin the sound of rain" He offered him a half smile. The guy pointed towards the strings, showing Baekhyun that there were only five. "I'm just going to fix it. I can concentrate better here though."

They were alike. He came here to concentrate too. Baekhyun looked down at his drawing feeling half proud of it. "We see each-other here a lot don't we? What's your name?"

"Chanyeol." A clipped tone indicating he wasn't here for small talk. Fine well me either. Baekhyun thought feeling annoyed. Chanyeol placed the guitar on his lap, taking out a pack of steel strings from the case. He quietly went to work wrapping the material around the last knob at the end of the guitar.

Thirty minutes passed and they didn't say a word. Baekhyun looked down at his drawing, it had gotten nowhere. It had stopped raining and the sun was peeking out from behind the clouds. Chanyeol put his now six stringed guitar back in its case and stood up. "Have a good day."

"You....too." HE answered feeling shocked, he hadn't expected that.

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C of course a C

Baekhyun looked at the grading paper bitterly, it wasn't his fault he wasn't good. Drawing took not only took dedication but also natural talent. He walked out of the building looking up at the sky, it was sunny today. No need to go to the park.

"Ya! Baekhyun!"

He turned and smiled looking at Chen waving at him. "Jongdaeee! Let's go have a drink?!" He yelled back. Chen gave him a thumbs up, running towards him. "I told you to call me Chen when we're at school what are you doing?" He slapped him on the chest and Baekhyun shrugged. Jongdae had been his friend since high school -they had both decided to go to the same university. While Chen had decided to pursue his music studies, Baekhyun had strayed from that path and gone towards a different type of arts.