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under the rain.

12/08/19

It was a cold and dark day. The kind that gives you chills just to look at it from the window. But Kim Seungmin liked it. The rain air fascinated him, especially when he could enjoy it sitting on the porch with a steaming cup of tea in his hand. And also, let’s say it, the sweet smell of rain that hits the windows in the evening. What could be better? Practically nothing. Stars maybe, yes. Stars and rain were the two things that Seungmin liked to watch for hours and hours.

All his friends knew, and on his birthday he had been given an astronomical telescope. He would never admit to anyone that he hardly ever used it, infused it was a gift from his friends, but the stars were more beautiful seen from afar.

Seungmin was looking fascinated out the window. In that moment he was taking chemistry class, which would usually follow even interested, but the raindrops that slipped down the window were a magnet for his eyes. He couldn’t look away.

He was a bit sad that it rained actually, that night he should have looked at the stars. The weather had predicted a perfect evening, no clouds to cover the view. But it was fine even so. He could have watch the rain till he fell asleep. The mother would bring him a blanket, it would get cold if he was on the porch, and she would stay a bit there with him. In silence, both watching the raindrops descend light from the sky. Then she’d get up and go make dinner, leave him alone again.

But it was in those moments that he could appreciate the rain better, or the stars when it wasn’t raining or there wasn’t bad weather. Being in the company of someone, even if in silence, made the atmosphere even more comfortable.

The bell rang and Seungmin looked away from the window. That day his best friend, Lee Felix, was sick -or so he said, Seungmin believed he had skipped school once more to stay at home with his boyfriend, Seo Changbin- and then went alone towards the exit of the school. In his ears the unmistakable sound of the songs of Day6, his favorite band. In short, until that moment a very quiet morning right? The sound of rain accompanied by his favorite music. But no, because Seungmin had forgotten his umbrella. Again. It happened often, but he could usually use Felix’s spare umbrella.

He loudly puffed off his earbuds, trying to think about a solution. He looked around, hoping that some other students had forgotten an umbrella to use. He would return it the next day, of course. Unfortunately for him, no one had left him at the entrance. And in fact, most of the students had already left the school, he had lingered too much to watch the rain that he had not realized that he was practically alone.

He decided that he would wait for the rain to decrease a little before he ran to get home. He easily got the flu and didn’t want to go home soaked. He sat on the steps of the entrance and pulled out the phone from the back pocket of the backpack. He wanted to get back listening to music, but he noticed that the phone’s battery was running out quickly, so he listened to the sound of rain that broke to the ground humming softly.

He did not realize that another boy had left the school until the latter stopped next to him, an umbrella open in his hand. He did not seem to have noticed the presence of Seungmin and so much better, he was enjoying his beloved rain. Then he seemed to notice him, maybe he had even noticed as soon as he arrived and Seungmin believed it was so, and he spoke to him.

"The smell of rain is even more intense today, right?"

The mysterious boy turned to look at Seungmin and gave him a little smile. Then he turned his eyes back to the road and closed his eyes. He deeply breathed in the fresh rain air and opened his eyes smiling slightly.

"I love the smell of rain."

Now, whether it was the fact that he too loved the rain as much as Seungmin or whether it was because he gave him the umbrella and then disappeared in the rain, Seungmin found himself suddenly falling in love with him.