Ova Da Rainbow: HAWAII'S STORY (3)

Spring Showers

A/N: So... May's run as a character has finally come to an end. She was beloved by all, and it really was so hard letting her go. After a span of about 32 chapters, we bid aloha oe to one of my greatest joys when writing this series.

Also, if you haven't heard this before, last chapter was the 100th overall chapter in the Hawaii's story series. It was quite a feat, and I'm so happy to have spent this time writing and editing and interacting with all of you. 100 chapters and over a year later, this is still one of my greatest joys. Mahalo.

The days were long and irritable after that. Nothing seemed right, nothing was in its proper place. It was bitter and humid, and nothing seemed to be okay.

May's funeral would have been odd to go to in country form, yet she was worried someone from May's family would recognise her as Emma, and as such, she kept her head low and spoke to no one the whole time.

But this one, like Kahahawai's and Lili'uokalani's, was one that Hawaii felt obligated to attend

The entire time, Hawaii refused to let herself think about May's death. She couldn't bring herself to cry, or mourn. May would be back, eventually, she was just gone for a little while.

For weeks afterward, Alab and the others kept calling her, trying to see if she was okay. But call after call was ignored, in favour of letting them all go to messages.

Hey Lani, wondering if you wanted to come see a movie with us later today? Haven't seen you for a while. Hope you're okay.

Lani, it's Joyce. We're really starting to get worried about you. Love you. Please call us back.

Emma... we heard about Aunty May. Please call us back, okay? We're really worried about you.

This continued for about three weeks, until Hawaii finally felt the courage to answer the phone. Alab's voice came excitedly from the other end. "Lani, we were so worried about you. Are you alright?"

"I'm fine." Hawaii said softly, kicking a shirt she had always said she was going to wash 'later'. She would do it later. "I'm just... Not at my best right now."

"I heard about Aunty May. I am so sorry Lani." Alab said, sighing. "I know you loved her a lot."

"It's okay. But... I don't think I'm going to be okay enough to hang out anymore. For a long while. Thanks for checking in on me, but I really can't right now." Hawaii said, trying to keep her voice from breaking. "Alab... I don't want to hurt you or any of the others, but..."

"I understand, Lani. You take care of yourself, you hear me?" Alab said, and Hawaii could almost see the slight smile he was giving. "We had a good run together, and you deserve to have your time to grieve. Know I'm only a call away, okay?"

"Yessir." Hawaii said, not feeling the playfulness she tried to show in her voice. "We're still friends, just... not like that."

"Love you, Lani. You better take care of yourself."

"I will. Okay?"

Hawaii could hear a chorus of other voices, saying good things and sympathetic remarks. But it landed on deaf ears. "Goodbye everybody, okay?"

Hawaii put down the phone and sighed. With shaking hands, she unplugged the cord, and left the house. It hurt too much to be here.

The familiar pop of pressure, and she was back in the world for countries. She was back where the people would stay for hundreds of years, whether she liked it or not.

She was home.

Bird's singing on the islands had lost their sweetness quickly, the rains that had come with spring were humid and hot and unbearable. It was so hard to even look at the beauty when something so horrible happened.