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_i like to walk in the rain. so nobody'll know i'm cryingthe heavens cried their eyes out, sending all the pedestrians scurrying for shelter like hamsters in water. there i was. alone. my umbrella doing nothing to protect me from the rain. across the road i saw a couple dashing for shelter. the guy holding tightly to the girl, as if beckoning her to quicken her pace, to get to someplace safe, someplace dry. just the 2 of them.
i hold out my umbrella. it's useless now. the raindrops just keep coming down. i hear my name and i turn expectantly, only to see emptiness and air. i thought i heard you but i didn't. and the realisation of it just hits me harder. i give up. standing there in the middle of the street. the pearly salty drops mix coalasce with the raindrops, blurring my vision until i can't make out where i am. i don't care. i don't want to care.
i just want you.

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