SHORT STORIES COMPILATION

Chapter 12: The Rain And You

a/n: this is the song chenle and jisung played on the festival incase you wanna listen to it >> https://youtu.be/j-Z4Evkp_vo

Everyone was so happy to see Lorraine playing at the festival again. Gracie and Luck also came to watch and support their friend, they are so happy to see Jay playing the violin he loves.

Mrs. Park bursts in tears throughout their performance, but it's all because of too much happiness while seeing her daughter playing the piano happily. She waited for 2 years to see that smile on Lorraine's face again. She waited for 2 years to hear the melody of the piano that Lorraine makes. She finally heard it, and it's because of Jay. He helps her a lot to bring her daughter back to her. She will be forever thankful for him.

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After the festival, Lorraine asked Jay to come with her to visit someone.

Jay was still clueless as to who Lorraine will visit... But all the questions on his mind find its answers when Lorraine brought him to a cemetery.

"Hi, Jia! It's me, Lorraine..." The girl said after putting a flower on Jia's tomb.

"I'm sorry if I visited you late. I should've visited you to greet you a happy birthday last month, but I don't have the courage to do it. I don't even know if you would like to hear me greeting you a happy birthday when there's nothing to be happy about... But today, I'm here because I want to deliver you a good news. I played a piano at the festival earlier. Did you watch me up there?" Lorraine asked. She bit her lower lip to prevent herself from crying.

"If you did, I hope I made you proud..." She added.

Jay is just standing beside her, ready to comfort the girl incase she'll cry. But Lorraine won't cry today. She already forgave herself and she promised that she won't cry because of Jia anymore.

"I'm actually with my new partner today," Lorraine stated after a few minutes.

Jay get that chance to finally speak up and talk to Jia.

"Hi, Jia. I'm Lorraine's new partner, Jay. Right now, I'm her one and only friend but don't get jealous... I will protect her on your behalf so you don't need to worry about her."

Hearing those words made Lorraine smiled. He doesn't need to protect her because she's the one who's going to protect him. He already had done so much for her so she wants to repay it by taking care of him and not the otherwise.

After a few minutes, it started drizzling until the rain finally falls.

Jay forgot to bring an umbrella, but he didn't worry about it.

"Hey, Raine.. Do you still hate rain?" he asked.

Lorraine looks at him before she answered.

"With you by my side, would I dare?"

Jay got speechless so he blinked and stayed looking at the girl.

"I hated the rain before because it reminds me of how stupid I was for letting my friend to play in the rain alone.

But now, hearing the sound of the rain made me feel that Jia is still alive... that she's just, somewhere... doing what she likes the most." and it's playing in the rain.

Lorraine looks at Jia's tomb and smiled before looking up at Jay who's also smiling at her.

"I like the rain and you..." She confessed.

The smile on Jay's face was changed into a confused look and he was about to ask Lorraine what does she mean by that, but Lorraine already bid a goodbye to Jia and told her that she'll visit her again next time before she walked fast, not minding the rain and leaving Jay alone for the guy not to see her cheeks that's staring to get red.

"Hey wait! You're going to get drenched!" Jay shouted.

He also started to walk fast to follow Lorraine.

Lorraine is still blushing so she started to run, but Jay also runs to chase her.

They just run and run, not minding the rain that's falling down to their faces.

Because Jay have long legs, he immediately caught Lorraine in his arms and the girl didn't mind the redness of her cheeks anymore.

They looked at each other for a couple of seconds before smiling.

Jay gently held Lorraine's face and showed her his sweetest smile.

"I also like the rain... and you," he said.

After that, he plant a soft kiss on Lorraine's forehead before pulling her closer for a warm hug.

The rain is cold, but Jay's warmth is enough to melt Lorraine's heart... for a million little times.

THE END