Raindrops: Flashback self-para
An-Wei sat on the strps of his step-stepmother's home. His fingers tangled in his shaggy black hair, He lent back, Stepmom. How quick could you move on from your own wife going missing?
He pulls at his hair before groaning. They drop to rest on the wooden steps as he slumped back looking up at the sky. His wife had gone Missing, Mom. missing she'd disappeared. His nails dig into the varnished wood. How could his dad expect this of him?
The woman, wouldn’t ever be his mother, She didn’t even look the same. He looks up when he hears a familiar. looking out the street, beyond the porch. It was raining.. the sky a pale grey and darker clouds hung over head.
From his earliest memories, Anwei remembered. That he’d always water had always fascinated him. River, lake, sea or just rain. its many forms had always interested him. How he’d always been told to get out the rain but then Be allowed in to the sea when at the beach. it found that confusing,
He found him on his feet, in a grey t-shirt and blue shorts. Sandals weren’t exactly the best footwear for rain but he didn’t care. He swore he could hear her laughing. Not That woman. No. His mom.
“Ma?” He turns around looking for her, The pelting raindrops had already soaked his hair. His bangs stuck flat to his forehead. The shaggy mop he called down. hung down; heavy with water.
His shirt clung around his shoulders and over his stomach. Flat anf firmed after a couple years training. His short hung sodden from the down pour.
He gasped like something had just grabbed him. His stomach twisted and his throat felt tight. “Ma, Y-You can’t be...” He said, speaking MIddle Chinese, his lips tugged at the cornerrs. “Why? You’re st-still there...” he said wheezing through.
“I k-know, Ma, you can’t be....you’re still there... Yo-yo-you gotta b-be,” He mats his fingers in to his hair again, coughing . “Pl-please Dad...Let h-him kn-know-” he coughs again wheezing harshly. “Le-let him. Let him kn-. you’re the-” he starts wheezing.
Rain, was many things, light, heavy, dizzle storm. But when it rained Anwei could hide, Could hide his tears from his brother and father. Just like the rain; tears were water,