Whispers In the Rain (Short Story)
Who would even notice me??
Ares sat on the edge of the bed staring at the letter and slurping his noodles in the pale yellow light of his ceiling bulb…
He couldn't eat more, his stomach twisted every time he thought about the note.
Ares (MC)
How can a stranger write something so.... Kind to me?? *mutters under his breath*
Ares (MC)
How does he know my name??
Ares (MC)
Who it might be??
Ares put the noodle bowl on the table beside the bed...... He took the note reading it again and again
"I will keep watching from afar"
This part was stuck in his mind.... He didn't know if the sentence was romantic.... Or creepy... Maybe both
Ares (MC)
I don't know what to feel about this... I am not used to being noticed by others
Ares (MC)
*he sighs and drops onto the bed, pulling the blanket over his face*
He lay there in silence, letting the words loop in his mind like a lullaby or a whisper... Which are just meant for him
The next morning. he trudged through another rainy walk to work, still thinking about it. The city felt louder today. Or maybe he just felt smaller than usual.
Every reflective surface caught his eye-shop windows, train doors, puddles. He kept wondering: Is someone watching me now?
The shift at the convenience store was painfully normal. He restocked the bento boxes, cleaned the coffee machine, and listened to two coworkers gossip in the back room about someone getting dumped.
store manager
Ares... Clean up aisle three before you go
He cleaned the aisle quietly as always... Until he noticed something strange
Near the shelf of instant curry bowls, half-hidden behind a cup of soup, was a second envelope.
His name again. The same messy handwriting. The same clear plastic wrap to protect it.
Ares (MC)
*he looked around with curious eyes, but no one was near*
Ares (MC)
*he opened the letter on the spot*
"I saw the way you offered your umbrella to that woman last week.
She didn't thank you, but I will.
You're better than this world gives you credit for"
•by S
Ares (MC)
What!! *remembers the same day but a week ago*
Ares (MC)
💭 it's true... I was walking in the rain when I saw a woman was holding a tiny baby in her arms but stuck in the rain
Ares (MC)
💭 I moved quickly to that women offering the umbrella, she felt uncomfortable because of my looks, so she left in a hurry holding the umbrella in her hand
Ares (MC)
*sat on the chair his shoulders slumber as he is holding back his tears*
Ares heart throbbed, his fingers gripping the note tightly
Nobody had thanked him... Nobody had even looked at him...but someone had noticed... Someone was watching..
Ares (MC)
*for the first time after a long time a small smile tugged on his lips*
He felt weird...maybe he should be scared that he was being watched by the stranger... But now he wasn't
Right now he just wanted to know
Ares (MC)
Who are you, S??
Comments
addie😄
curious 😌, who is he? 😄
2025-04-17
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addie😄
romantic sounds good 😄
2025-04-17
1