Rainy Weather (Kazurei)

Falling in Love is Like the Rain

August 25th 2019

Kazuki pov

I recently moved into the apartment of a mob boss's son. A very strange turn of events, but it was convenient to live here instead of alone at my old place. Way too many memories I need to forget from there. Kyu-chan told me some details about and he's had a rough life according to what he said. You'd think the child of a very rich guy would be living an amazing life of luxury, but it was anything but amazing or luxurious. Even then, he's seen a lot of money and is used to having very expensive items. But strangely enough, he seems to prefer cheap stuff. Rei likes sweets and instant food rather than to eat things of good quality. We're complete opposites in a lot of ways, maybe that's why Kyu-chan thought we'd come be good partners? Currently, Rei is asleep on the couch cuddled up with a stuffed cat. It's midday and he still hasn't woken up. Makes sense considering he stays up all night long playing video games. He's a weird guy. Never met anyone like him before. Rei has a lot of issues doing normal tasks like using the microwave or when I ask him to start the washer. Mundane, everyday stuff like that. He doesn't know how which is shocking to me. Who raised Rei without ever teaching him the basics? I assume he had everything catered to him growing up so it was never necessary for him to learn. Rei is basically the equivalent of a six year old child. The only knowledge he seems to know a lot about is in, firearms, combat, video games, and weirdly specific facts about  crayons of all things. I sit down on the couch next to Rei's feet and and take a peak at his face. I'm am so extremely curious about Rei, there has to be a lot that I don't know. I keep trying to learn more about by asking questions, but he doesn't give me any real answers. Rei hasn't come to fully trust me yet, I can understand that. He probably had no one close to him before. For now, I'm content that he at least has enough trust to fall asleep around me. Take a look at this man. A hardened killer cuddling with a stuffed animal. Everyone has a weird quirk. It's somewhat endearing to see that Rei has an innocent side to him. I feel an unnatural softening in my heart while gazing at him. It's a familiar feeling that I got when...No, this isn't at all the same.

February 14th 2020

"Why is there so much pink and red everywhere?" Rei asked dumbfounded by the decor. I made him come along with me to the store for groceries despite his protests. "It's valentine's day. A lot of places get all these decorations like this up this time of year." I explain. "What is that? Valentine's day... I think I head that word before somewhere, but I don't know anything about it." "On this day, women gift the men in their lives chocolate as a representation of their love. Here, honmei-choco." I hand him some chocolate from a display. "You're giving this to me?" Rei cocks his head in confusion. "That's correct." "But you said that women give it to men. You're not a woman." I couldn't help but chuckle at his comment. "It's just an example, you don't have to read so much into it. Go ahead and put it in the basket so we can buy it. You can repay the favour to me next month." "Next month?" "Yup, a month after valentine's is white day. It's then that the men take their turn to give chocolate to their woman." I like teaching Rei stuff about the world. His various reactions and thoughts are amusing. "If you ever find yourself a girlfriend, you'll be prepared for this holiday!" I give him a cheesy grin. "I see..." Rei's interest immediately faded at that last part and he went back to browsing the shelves grabbing at random candies to put in the basket. I've never seen Rei talk to a girl before. There's been plenty of times that I have a girl go to talk to him and be flirty to try to get something going, but he doesn't reciprocate. Does he not like girls? Now that I think about it, I couldn't really imagine Rei dating a woman. What woman would wanna put up with a man who's incapable of doing just about everything? On the flip side, I don't think he has much of an interest in the idea of dating in the first place. I picture Rei and a woman being in love and immediately I feel a tinge of anger my heart. What was that? Why did I feel angry over an imaginary scenario?