𝐖𝐇𝐄𝐍 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄 𝐑𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐒 𝐎𝐍 𝐔𝐒 | 𝐌𝐄𝐆𝐔𝐌𝐈 𝐅𝐔𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐆𝐔𝐑𝐎

𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐌

ʚ𝐘/𝐍'𝐒 𝐏𝐎𝐕ɞ

I never imagined that I would find myself with someone. I always assumed I'd walk through life alone, I didn't mind that thought. The concept of solitude was oddly welcoming, a comfort blanket within the safety of your own presence. I wouldn't get hurt that way. People hurt people, so loneliness seemed a perfect way to avoid that.

I was wrong.

I didn't realise how truly miserable I was, stuck in a constant loop of the same shit, different day, until someone showed me a new way to experience life.

A life with someone by my side proved better than a life alone. At one point in my life I wasn't alone, I was surrounded by people who loved me. That all changed quicker than I could comprehend it. So I spent years truly understanding the fact that I had no one. And the moment I accepted that, it all changed and I met him.

I met Megumi.

It was painfully obvious that he was alone too. So we clung to each other, two people once basked in their own loneliness, suddenly not so lonely anymore. And so we became a beautiful storm of inevitable self destruction. We just didn't know it yet.

He drew me in with his eyes. It wasn't their colour that captured me, but the story behind them that I was desperate to uncover. And I did just that. I uncovered his truths like he did mine. We didn't just get to know each other, we got to understand each other, and that understanding made us vulnerable. But we were vulnerable together so it didn't matter. Not to us, not to anyone.

He never dug deeper than I allowed, scratching at the surface until I was ready for him to delve into my secrets. I admired that. He was patient with me, giving me the time to grasp the foreign idea that I had someone who was there for me. Someone who was there to listen, not because he was curious, simply because he cared.

Our relationship was never fully established. We didn't put a label on us. We are us and our feelings are ours, so why should we put a label on whatever we are just to please other people? We shouldn't have to. So we didn't.

We were just us.

Just Megumi and Y/n. And I loved that.

ʚ𝐌𝐄𝐆𝐔𝐌𝐈'𝐒 𝐏𝐎𝐕ɞ

Meeting her was my salvation. She saved me from myself, but as much as I was thankful for that, I was terrified that I would drag her down with me. I'm sure she was aware of the possibility of drowning. The moment when water replaces air, and you can't even scream. All you can do is accept it. She accepted my waves the second she dipped her foot into my waters. I just prayed she knew how to swim.

Floating wouldn't be enough to withstand the storm. And two people like us thrown together, was the beginnings of a beautifully destructive hurricane. Her beauty was undeniable, she rendered me speechless and breathless every time I saw her. I'd never get tired of that feeling.

That beauty was reflected beneath the surface. Every ounce of that girl was pure and true, not a bad bone in her body, and I found myself falling for her because of it.

Falling, it's a funny concept when you think about it. I don't feel like I'm falling when I'm with Y/n, on the contrary actually. I feel like I'm flying. She is the kind of person that you only got to experience once in your life, the kind of person that leaves a permanent mark on your soul, even if you only experienced her for a second.

I could only pray that I'd be lucky enough to experience her for a lifetime. And if I wasn't, I'd be happy with just that second.

"Thank you for coming with me today Megumi, I think my grandma really liked you"

Doubtful.

"Yeah I'm not so sure about that, but I'm glad I came along." She looks up at me, confusion evident on her features,

"What are you talking about? She obviously liked you." I just chuckle as I think back to what her grandma told me

"She told me that if I hurt you, she would haunt me. She groans in embarrassment and buries her head into her hands as she falls into my side.

"She was always protective over me."

"It was cute, in a morbid kind of way," I
cringe at my own words.

She just chuckles but they eventually dwindle down into silence as we just look at each other.

She's so fucking pretty.

"Have I ever told you how beautiful you are?" I say, tucking a stray piece of hair behind her ear.

"Yes how could I forget the moment you told me that I was, and I quote

"mindfuckingly beautiful'" she teases and I just roll my eyes.

"I stand by that statement."

"Megumi?"

"Yeah?"

"Do you believe in soulmates?"

"That was random."

"Yeah, but do you?"

"I didn't use to."

"You do now?"

"Yes."

"What changed?"

"You."

"You think I'm your soulmate?"

"No. I know you are."

"That's cute. I don't believe in them, but I think that might be starting to change."

"Oh yeah?"

"Yeah."

We fall into a comfortable silence after that and before we know it, it's 11 pm.

"I'm gonna head out Y/n." She furrows her eyebrows, "you're not staying over?"

"I can't, I have something I've got to do tomorrow. It's super important."

"Okay. Will I see you after?"

"Probably not, uh it's kind of an all day thing."

"Are you going to tell me what this thing
is or what?"

I wish I could.

"I can't right now, but I'll see you the day after tomorrow, okay?"

ʚ𝐘/𝐍'𝐒 𝐏𝐎𝐕ɞ

I never saw him the day after tomorrow.

雨