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It was a busy day.
Even the streets were spilling with people and busy vehicles that day.
There were people walking crowdedly on the sidewalks, the cars and the buses creating traffic on the roads, and then there were people standing on both sides of the crosswalk, impatiently waiting for the lights to turn green so they could cross the road.
Among the crowd were two, each standing and waiting on either side of the crosswalk, oblivious to their surroundings and lost in their own world. The moment the lights turned green, people rushed past each other to cross the road. And then there were those two.
Where Rigel was busy fidgeting with his tech watch, Dawn had her headphones on, looking down at her cell phone. As they neared the middle of the crosswalk, a static friction seemed to build around them, and only them. It was pulling at them, an attempt to bring them closer. When they were almost an arm's breadth away, the air around them seemed to crackle with a new found energy.
But each paid no heed to any of it and quickly passed by each other, walking to the other side of the street.
When Rigel was almost at the end of the crosswalk, something occurred to him. He whirled around, scanning the people on the crosswalk. But nothing seemed different to him. Or familiar.
She wasn't here.
Rain started pouring down, as everyone scrambled for cover. But he stood there, his eyes still on the other side of the crosswalk. His hand subconsciously went up to the lock pendant around his neck, clutching it tightly.
When he was sure nothing was going to pop out of nowhere, he turned his eyes skywards, letting the rain drench his tear shed face.
Why would fate play this cruel game with them? Why?
Slowly throwing one last look across the crosswalk, he hesitantly turned around and started towards his destination.
Raindrops continued to softly pour down on him, and even though his life was nowhere at a stable point right now, he still looked skyward and sadly smiled.
Because after every rainfall, comes a ray of sunshine.
And he loved sunshine.
• ☆ • ☆ •
The day was as sunny as it could get.
But Dawn didn't dare to draw back the dark grey curtains enclosing the windows of her apartment. Because doing so would cause the sun rays to filter throughout the room.
And she hated sunshine.
Instead, she sat staring at a blank canvas in front of her, which stared back at her, unamused.
Her hand subconsciously went up to touch the key pendant dangling off her neck, waiting for inspiration to hit her.
She'd stepped inside the art studio after a long time, to (finally) paint something. But she came up blank. Her mind was starting to wander off, and she knew she had to stop.
