Sayonara Rainy Town

ɢᴏᴏᴅʙʏᴇ, ᴍʏ sᴜᴍᴍᴇʀ.

She turned around to show herself to them, wearing a white wedding ball gown with silver and gold flower embroideries on the hem. Instead of a smile, they found tears falling down on her cheeks. A faint smile formed on his lips and he picked up the wedding bouquet from the table to give it to her. Every step he was taking was heavy. Until now, his heart was shattered into a million pieces.

"Congratulations on your wedding." His words were enough to completely give up on him. She slowly nodded as she accepted the wedding bouquet from him. He walked back to his spot and the staff fixed the wedding veil on her.

Finally, her groom arrived. Wearing a black tuxedo, Yuuhi smiled at her but he later found out that she cried after trying on her wedding gown. The last one to leave the dressing room was Natsuki. The younger one lifted up the wedding veil and wiped her tears. She rested her head on his chest and he hugged her. She can already breathe in relief.

She gripped on the umbrella handle tightly while staring at him. He was wearing the same clothes he wore during their last date as a couple. Plain white shirt, black jeans and a pair of white sneakers. They were back to the rainy town they left after their hearts left each other's love. She was the first one to take a step towards him. He followed until they lips met. They kissed under the rain as it was washing away the remaining feelings they had for each other.

"Let's.. move on and move forward." Those were his words when they went back to their old place. It was almost empty. He already brought most of the furniture to the store nearby. He also decided to sell the place since he has no more reason to stay there.

"We will and we should. This will be the last, right? The next time we will see each other, it will be my wedding or yours." She was holding back her tears and his back was facing her to hide the pain from her words.

"I bet you will be the one to marry first between us." He faked a laugh and she turned her back on him since she was about to leave soon. She would not come back anymore there. She would leave everything behind there, even their memories together.

"I think so. Look for a woman who will truly love you, someone who will love you no matter what happens." She almost choked with her words. Everything was hard to swallow. She walked out and opened her umbrella.

"Goodbye, my summer." She muttered to herself while walking away from the man she used to love the most. He used to be her sunshine. He used to be her safe haven. He used to be the person who would give the warmth of love.

"It's always raining." He whispered to himself while standing outside the wedding boutique. He stretched his hand to feel the raindrops on his palm. It was cold. It was as cold as her goodbye to him.

"Will you attend her wedding?" One of their closest friends, Sota, asked. He forced a smile and shook his head. He was not that martyr. He would not hurt himself more. He used to dream of seeing her in a wedding gown but now, he doesn't want to think about it anymore.

Her tears continued to fall from her eyes as she was walking down in the aisle. It was not tears of sadness and pain anymore. It was tears of joy. She finally freed herself from the past and decided to move forward since that was his words before. She gladly accepted Yuuhi's second chance when she thought she didn't really deserve it. He offered his hand and she placed hers on it. She finally reached the end and he left a kiss on the back of her hand before guiding her in front of the altar.

"You are the reason why there are sunny days. It was no longer raining. It's already full of sunshine and happiness." Those were her words when they exchanged wedding vows. There were words that she couldn't tell him during the ceremony but would tell him once they were alone.

"It wasn't easy to give up on you but it would be more painful for me if we would not try to work it out again." Yuuhi whispered to her when they were already alone in their small yet new home. She rested her head on his shoulder and smiled softly.

"It is worth it." She answered and he kissed her forehead while holding her hand gently. It was their first night as husband and wife and it was peaceful. No one dared to disturb their wedding night. He carried her to their bedroom and they spent their whole wedding night with intimacy and passion.

"Love." It was her first time to call him with that endearment and it was like music to his ears. It was ecstatic. He tucked her hair behind her ear before caressing her cheeks with his thumb. He watched her drift to sleep and he gently pulled her closer to his arms.

"I'm so happy, Julia. I hope I can make you the happiest." He whispered to her lips before kissing it softly. She hummed in her sleep but she knew that it was him, so she moved closer and buried her face on his bare chest.

"I'm happy, Yuuhi." She said, half-asleep. He let out a soft laugh and showered her face with tiny pecks, resulting in her to completely wake up from her dreamland. She closed her eyes once again and accepted the kisses he was giving her until they decided to spend the rest of the night doing naughty things.

On the other hand, Natsuki was busy looking for his passport from his luggage. He remembered putting it inside his hand-carry bag together with his plane ticket but now, it seemed like he lost it. He took his phone from his pocket and dialed Yusei's number to ask if he forgot it in their apartment unit. When the younger one said that it was not there, he was about to give up on leaving the country for good.

"Are these yours?" A woman in mid-twenties asked as she showed his passport and ticket. His face lit up and when he was about to get it from her, she suddenly hid it behind her back. She showed her empty palm instead.

"It costs ten thousand yen." The woman said with a sly smile. He furrowed his brows and decided to snatch it away from her and he succeeded. She started throwing a tantrum and then, he muttered a small thanks before leaving her alone in the middle of the departure area.

"Let's go together. I'm your seatmate." She grabbed his arm and then, she showed him her plane ticket. He wanted to shove her away but she already dragged him to give the tickets to the staff.