Continued Silence

Twenty-one : I don't love shallow like others

Few seconds later:

Sometimes, only one person can take all your pain away and wipe your wounds clean, even if they do nothing but just be with you. Just their existence can fade away the loss.
It felt same to me. I was wounded for a long time but just by hugging her, taking in her scent, the sadness flew away like a flock of birds rushing for water. I didn't want to unwrap my arms around her. I could smell her perfectly and it was my favourite.

If I had a scent like burnt-wood and sour apples, she had a scent like tulips and sweetest blueberry.

Both of our hearts were beating damn fast.
That's how I knew we were truly alive.
I swear,at that moment, the universe was flawless.
Endless rain pouring down on us even we had umbrellas, the wind making trees sway and the road was almost empty, even now green-lights showed.

The rain didn't stop forever. She pulled away after a long kiss and  raised her face and I lowered my face so our faces were inches away. Then she again kissed me, as if not getting enough, and her lips still felt the same.
We kissed while crying and I could taste her tears and her pain and my tears and my pain. We were two bodies in a one complete soul.
She whispered in a voice I had fallen for,
"I....can't....believe it Daniel."
The pleasant voice of the falling  rain mixed with her soft voice recently became my favourite melody in the whole wide world.
The way she said my name, it felt more complete.
"Me neither and I'm so sorry it took me so long. I'm sorry. I have crossed oceans of time to find you." I whispered back.
She moved her cold hand around my warm neck and replied,
"No, I'm sorry. It was my fault."
"No, it's no one's fault", I said and then added, "It's just this life."
I didn't want her to blame herself. I didn't care whose fault it was. All I cared was that I needed her, there, at the moment, in the perfect rain.

After kissing her endlessly, I said,
"Hey, let's dance."
With tears in her eyes, she laughed off, while little lines appeared on her face that I'd seen the moment I had laid eyes on her. I still perfectly remembered which little soft line belonged where.
She replied,
"Are you serious? It's raining. Daniel, I have so much to say, let's go at my place now. Wait, let me touch you again first, are you real?"
That was my time to laugh with tears still in my eyes.
I said,
"Grace, yes I'm real, in front of you. And thanks for coming back for me. I swear, for a moment, I thought I had lost you."
She frowned and said,
"Yeah, sorry for--."
She was about to say something, but I said,
"Yeah Grace I understand, it's too much for now. I'm also getting insane from happiness. But we'll discuss it all after some time. Right now, I just want to dance with you in the rain."
She bit her lips and nodded. I told her,
"Stop biting your lips, I'm losing my mind."
Her smile appeared, that was as bright as the sun, and for a moment I thought even the rain would stop to let her smile shine.
I took her cold hand and we both were on the wet road.
She asked,
"Wait, on the road?"
I nodded lightly and said,
"Yes, just like in those films our parents used to watch of 90's."
She rolled her eyes, and even with that small gesture, my heart rolled up like an unwanted sleeping bag.

We both made our way towards the empty road and slow danced in the rain. We didn't need any music, as the rain was already the most beautiful melody.
Dancing was amazing, but dancing in the rain, in a city built by the dead, was more like magical.

Few years before, how I'd just survived everyday, losing hope bit by bit. Hope was just like an evergreen tree in the start, with all its leaves, until you start losing those leaves day by day.
Until nothing remains.
Yet, even with all of what had happened, I still had a little leaf left on the tree of hope, and only because of that, I was in front of her, watching her sway in the rain.