I Love You As Much As I Hate You

9. No Chance At All

On Tuesday at breakfast, Cloud told Rain about his plan to reenact the past as he did not want to confuse her feelings. However, he hid the fact that it was only for fifteen days. Although Rain felt a pang in her heart after learning the previous day was planned, she managed to keep a straight face and nodded slightly.

After Cloud went to work, Rain sat on the sofa with her broken heart. She knew he had a ultimate reason to approach her and she accepted it. But now, it was role-playing! Probably he was super cute before the heartbreak so she was not sure if she could keep it in her mind that everything was planned.

Please be a jerk, she prayed for the hundredth time, please show me that you deserved whatever you went through. Otherwise, she could not deal with him; he was tall, muscular and handsome, especially those hazel eyes... too much temptation!

What did I do to deserve such a life?

***

"Okay, let's get ready," he said enthusiastically.

"Okay," she said unenthusiastically. Apparently Cloud and Sun went for a run in the second day. Running! Something she never did, well, even if she did, she did not remember. Maybe it was time for her to confess that she was anemic so physical activities were no go for her, but she did not want to spoil his plan from the first day.

After they got ready -Rain with her usual cap to hide her face and Cloud with his usual guiltiness to hide the fact- they went to the running parkour in same park as it was the closest match to the hotel's running parkour where Sun and Cloud run. The first four tours were really good, they just run without uttering a word just like in the past, but when they were in the fifth tour, Cloud noticed Rain was no longer with him. He turned around and saw her panting with her hands on her knees.

"Don't tell me you are you already tired," he said disappointed as he stood in front of her.

"I- I can't..." she was gasping and black spots were swimming in her vision. She swayed a little, luckily Cloud grabbed her shoulders, preventing her to fall.

"You are really not fine," he helped her to sit onto the grass, resting her head on his shoulder. Originally, they had to finish ten tours until she pushed him to the grass, claiming she won the stamina battle. However, as Rain was not in the condition even to walk, they had to go back home.

Mission 2: fail!

***

On Wednesday, they were supposed to watch the same horror movie Cloud and Sun watched before, but being too scared, Rain hid her face on Cloud's shoulder almost for the entire movie. As a result, she could not comment on the silly points of the movie like Sun did, and Cloud could not even watch the movie as the close proximity distracted him.

"Did you remember anything?" Cloud asked with suspicion at the end of the movie.

Rain shook her head, "sorry," she said although she was inwardly quite happy to be that close to Cloud, using her scare as an excuse.

Still, she was too scared that she slept with the lights on, bothering Cloud's conscience.

Mission 3: fail!

***

On Thursday, Cloud told Rain not to cook. According to the past happenings, on the fourth day, Cloud cooked for Sun for the first and the last time. As it was not related to any kind of physical activity, Rain was beyond happy. Tuesday was a disaster and she hoped not to experience something like that ever again although she was very pleased to learn that Cloud was not that indifferent towards her. She saw genuine worry on his eyes, and he even held her hand all the way back home in case she loses her balance again.