Stormy Summer

A Summer Storm

I woke up to the sound of something crashing to the ground, followed by a loud rumbling somewhere outside.

In an instant, I was sitting upright, looking around.

Rose wasn't here. She was probably downstairs already. She normally got up before me when I didn't have to wake up for school.

It's been almost a week since Bokuto and the others came over that one evening. Bokuto said they didn't get into too much trouble, but I wasn't so sure whether that was true or not.

Especially after Kuro joked about Akaashi threatening to rip Bokuto's head off... And the two first-years, Hinata and Kageyama, seemed to have gotten in trouble with their captain, as well.

A loud rumbling and sizzling sound from outside had me nearly jumping out of my skin as I lost my train of thought.

What the-?

I stood up, walking over to the window, hearing the raindrops forcing themselves against the window. Upon pushing the curtains to the side, I was startled by lightning striking the ground further down the road, the loud crash following close after.

Startled, I stood at the window a bit longer, trying to see whether it'd happen again, but all I could see was lightning making its way across the sky, followed by the low rumble of thunder.

Downstairs, I was met with Rose, who was frantically trying to pick up a broken bowl, as Charlie stood behind her, shaking slightly.

She had a bandage over her palm, and Anna was talking to her soothingly.

"What happened?" Rose jumped as I knelt down beside her, helping her pick up the pieces carefully.

"We... The lightning startled us, and we dropped a bowl... Charlie cut her hand trying to pick up a piece," she sounded upset, and I let out a sigh.

"I'll get a broom, wait here," I said as I made my way out of the kitchen and toward the closet under the stairs.

After throwing the broken bowl away, I turned to Charlie, frowning slightly, "Are you okay?" she nodded slightly, but didn't seem too convincing over-all.

I was about to say something else but was startled when the electricity cut short, and we were left in the dark. Only a dim light came from the window in the kitchen behind us.

My heart sped up slightly as I frantically moved to a darker area in the house to get the candles.

"Here," Rose startled me as she spoke up from beside me, holding up her phone, flashlight turned on.

I nodded a quick thanks, searching through the cupboard, "There should be candles and a lighter in here..." I mumbled, pushing things to the side.

Rose hummed in thought before reaching over my shoulder, pulling out the candles. Once they were lifted, I spotted some matches that had been behind the candles.

As I stood back up, Rose and I made our way toward the table in the middle of the living room, where Anna and Charlie were already sitting around a phone's flashlight, "We found candles," Rose spoke up as she set them down on the table.

Anna awwed at that, "How romantic," she chimed, making Charlie snort beside her. She had thankfully calmed down a little.

For a while, we just sat around the table, not saying anything. Charlie and Anna were on their phones, while Rose and I mostly just stared off into space.

I had trouble keeping my eyes open as the rumbling of thunder and the dripping of the rain became a soothing background noise inside.

I was startled out of my light slumber by a loud thumping outside.

I scrambled to sit upright again, and next to me, Rose jumped up and cautiously made her way to the door.

As I glanced at Anna and Charlie, their eyes pleaded with me to go, too. Or, Charlie's eyes did, anyway.

Reluctantly, I got up, and quickly caught up to Rose, "You think someone knocked?" I asked but before Rose could answer there was another loud knock on the door in front of us.

That answers my question, at least.

Who in their right mind would be outside in this weather?

I didn't have time to ponder the question, as Rose pushed me forward slightly, "You're older. You open the door," she muttered in my ear as I protested against her, trying to step back again.

I glared at her over my shoulder, "Why don't-"

"Please," she gave me puppy-dog eyes, and I could feel my resolve falter.

This is pointless.

I let out a long sigh as I turned to the door.

What has my life come to?

As soon as I opened the door, I was completely soaked. I was filled with a feeling of deja-vu as I stumbled back against Rose, the two of us crashing to the ground.

"Bokuto, what the hell?!" I heard a faint yell, as I suddenly felt winded at the lack of air I was getting.

A weight was pulled off us, bickering ensuing in the background as I slowly sat up in the pool of water that accumulated around Rose and me.

The door shutting pulled me out of my daze as I looked up to meet the eyes of Kuro, as he crouched in front of me, "You okay?" I blinked at him a few times before I realized what just happened.

I was about to ask him what he's doing here when he was yanked back by his collar, "Careful, you'll get them all wet!" Bokuto's voice scolded and, for a moment, I wanted to snap at him, since I, for a fact, already got soaked because someone was leaning on the door.

I stood up and cleared my throat to get the bickering couple's attention, "What were you doing out in the rain?" they both turned toward me. Without answering, their jaws dropped slightly, as Kuro paled, and Bokuto blushed.

I was about to ask them what's wrong but my view of them was blocked when Rose suddenly stepped out in front of me, pushing against my shoulders slightly.

"Let's go change, first," she had a forced smile on her face as we went past a confused Anna and Charlie.

Note: Yeah... It's not Sunday.

I don't really have an appropriate excuse. I always thought 'writer's block' was just people running completely out of ideas, or people trying to justify not updating, which is why I've had these deadlines I set for myself ('Updates every Sunday').

But now, I feel like that might have been a mistake. There have been so many filler-chapters lately because I just didn't know how to get to the situation I actually wanted to write about... This only frustrates me further, since I also just started posting these Chapters here.

I think I've managed to write myself into a corner and I'm not sure as to how to get out of it just yet...

I think I'll put this story on hiatus for a few weeks but I'll be back by the end of June, if not earlier.

I'll try to write several chapters during the 'time off' so that I can post regularly again by the end of this hiatus...

I hope you understand.

This story will not be dead by the end of June.