After The Rain Novels & Stories

My mind is full of negative thoughts like darkness embossed with fear and do I find peace in it, I will say yes because this is what I have become; a perfect yours in an utterly peaceful existence. -Rain Rain POV I looked ahead of me to see an ocean of trees. It was beautiful. But I also knew that beauty comes with a cost. I looked around of me and realized I had never been here before. I looked up at the sky to see the sun was setting.

More drops splattered down, covering Damien’s face and shoulders. He looked up at the sky, horror dawning in his eyes. Thunder rolled across the heavens, and then the skies opened up. Blood rained down on the town of Orilon.

Just the way his thumb strokes the inside of her wrist, grounding her, changing the meaning of everything that comes after. Applause is tentative, then sincere. The families remain separate, but respectful. No lines crossed. No wounds reopened. As the gathering disperses, the sky finally gives in. Rain begins to fall—soft at first, then steadier, washing the air clean. Julia steps under the awning, watching the drops streak the ground. Brandon joins her, slipping his jacket around her shoulders without comment. She looks up at the darkening sky, feeling oddly complete. “Funny,” she says. “The rain always used to mean something was about to fall apart.”

After the scorching heat earlier, the heavy pouring rain took place in the afternoon. Everyone was headed to the hut while waiting for the rain to pour down. Georgia took a peek on the window and saw everyone in there, including her mother who brought them warm coffees. Georgia breathed out, as if to indicate that she was determined about doing something. At the same time she brushed her gaze off, another gaze from one of those farmers laid on the window where she was just at.

The moment I reached the edge of the set, I saw something that stabbed straight into my eyes. They had just finished filming a rain scene. Victoria did not even wipe the water from her own body. Instead, she rushed over with a dry towel and gently dried Noah's hair, her eyes full of tenderness. Afraid he might catch a chill, she even took off her private custom shawl and wrapped it tightly around his shoulders. "Thank you, Victoria. You're so good to me," Noah said, lifting his head with a bright smile. The crew members around them whispered that the two of them looked like a perfect golden couple.

There wasn't a lot of money in it, but there was enough to buy a small toy for my sister. I fell asleep again. When they find me and see these things, surely they won't be angry at me anymore, right? This time, I slept soundly, without any dreams. I heard my own heartbeat. Thud. Thud. Thud. Then slowly, slowly, it faded away. The storage room became completely quiet. No one realized. No one came to check. The boy waiting for death could finally stop waiting.

After I had cleared all the traces of food on my plate , I paid my bills and left . Walking through the marble walkway towards the left curve to my home , it began to rain . I quickly run to get shelter over my head . As the rain began to pour with all it's might I studied how it poured . First with tiny droplets then a drizzle then before I knew thunderous noises could be heard . Pouring from the roof tops making loud noises as they hit the ground .

12th September 2027, It’s raining outside. That’s the first thing that I realize after finally leaving the building. This whole time, my mind had been void of any emotions or feelings, just an eternity of darkness. It took the pitter patter of the rain to finally bring me back in my senses.