Laurmau OneShot

That Rainy Christmas

Dat_AnimeFanatic

8 years ago

I stood next to one of those bus-stops. Staring down. I blinked every time a raindrop hit my head. A shiver went down my spine as my water went down my back. I heard the bus come up. I imagine its black with some sort of perfume advertisement. 

I don't actually know. I never can tell. 

The rain began to pick up and it began down-pouring as I heard the bus start up. It took off, spraying murky water onto my pants and shoes. My sister -Cadenza- told me its December. So all this rain makes sense. The world is getting ready for snow. I let out a shivery breath. 

My sister recently left. She just told me one day a week ago that she was gonna get some pizza. This excited me. We never get pizza. Since I cant work, she does and she works her ass off as a seamstress. She makes just enough to get us food. 

We don't have a home or bills. So when she saves enough, we get pizza. So I heard her get up. I heard her shoes on the pavement as she walked away. And I sat there, in the alley waiting. I dont know how long I waited. Maybe 2 days. But she didn't com back. 

And so I figured out, I needed food. So I went through the maze of alleys, when my nose caught something delicious. I breathed it in and began following my nose. This cause me to trip over garbage cans a many times. 

Eventually, I figured out I was near the back of a McDonalds. So I filled my pockets and left, remembering my steps. And now exactly 132 steps behind me is the McDonalds. 

I don't know exactly why I come to this bus stop everyday now. I guess its hope. Hope that Cadenza will come back. Hope that I'm not destined to eat out of a trash bin. Hope that my father -Hayden- will come for me. That hes not dead. Hope that things will go back to the way they were. 

You see, back, 10 years ago, my life was perfect. Hayden, Cadenza, and I lived in a nice apartment. Hayden owned a big company. Cadenza and I went to school together. Then our world crumbled when we found out Hayden's company had gone bankrupt. But it only got worse.

A few years later, we were just getting by. Just barely. Cadenza was now in 7th grade, me in 6th. And we found out I had Retinitis Pigmentosa. Its a disease that caused me to have trouble seeing in the dark at first. But now, its full blown and I cant see anything. Not like "I need glasses". Like, I'm actually blind. All I see is gray. 

Anyway, about three years later, Hayden was murdered. He was at the bank during a bank-robbery. He stood in front of a teen boy who smart-mouthed the robber and was shot. The orphanages couldn't take us. They were full. 

Can you blame them? Do you know how many orphans there must be in this city - New York City? 

So Cadenza and I dropped out. With my vision now everything was blurry. And for five years we were getting by on Cadenzas talent. But now? 

Now I'm alone in this hell on earth. Blind. Poor. Homeless. Just peachy....!

Back to the present, thunder cracked in the distance, making me jump. The rain picked up and my teeth were chattering. My jacket was getting soaked. My ripped up tee pressed flat against my chest and thin stomach. 

"Sir?" A feminine voice called. I looked in the direction of the noise. "Me?" I asked with a shaky breath. "Yes... Its raining, take my umbrella," She ordered. I felt the rain stop hitting me. It sounded like it was hitting a sheet of plastic now. I outstretched my hand slightly.