Whispers In the Rain (Short Story)
A voice without a face
Saturday came like a breath of silence. No work. Just the steady rhythm of rain outside and the distant honk of traffic echoing through cracked apartment walls.
Ares didn't leave the bed all morning…
He kept staring at the door.
The little note-"Who are you?" was gone.
He didn't know when it disappeared. Maybe last night while he was sleeping. Maybe during the quick five-minute trip to the vending machine this morning. But it was gone.
And in its place was nothing. No envelope. No new note. No answer.
Still, someone had seen it.
Ares (MC)
*He curled deeper into the blanket, hugging it tightly around his thin frame.* I can wait...
He couldn't stop the doubts now. Maybe S was just a bored stranger. Maybe it was all a prank after all. Maybe kindness was always temporary-just a gust of wind through a locked window.
Ares (MC)
But yesterday he said he got stuck with some work... Gotta stop my thoughts
He spent most of the afternoon like that. Staring. Waiting. Thinking too much and too hard.
At 5:17 PM, there was a knock on his door.
Not loud. Just... soft. Three taps.
His body shot up like someone had pulled a string through his spine. He hesitated, breath caught in his throat, then stumbled barefoot to the door.
No one stood in the hallway. The fluorescent lights above flickered, as usual. The old neighbor's dog barked two floors down. That was it
Ares (MC)
*his eyes dropped to the floor* another envelope!
His heart stuttered. He knelt down, slowly, like if he moved too fast the moment might disappear.
He picked it up and opened it with trembling fingers.
"You asked who I am.
I'm no one. Not really.
But I see you.
And I think you're something.
That's enough for now"
•by S
No name. No answer. But Ares didn't feel disappointed this time.
Instead, his lips curved into the tiniest smile.
That was enough. He went back inside and opened his notebook. He wrote one word beneath the letter.
And for the first time in years, Kaito opened the window. Just a crack. Just enough to let the sound of rain come in.
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