Childhood Dreams part 7 May 1, 2008

Rin raced out of the cafe, struggling to open up her umbrella, she wiped her eyes of the rain and looked for the best direction to head.

 

“you still think that you can out run me don’t you?” the sound of Wee’s voice came as the raindrops stopped hitting her face. Rin looked up to find that Wee was standing beside her with his umbrella over the two of them. facing forward, he peered out of the corner of his eye and when he saw Rin was staring at him, he smirked and said “even after all these years you’re still slow.”

 

Rin was fuming at how much fun Wee was having making her feel uncomfortable, she turned away from him still struggling to get her umbrella open.  the rain was falling harder now and the crowded street was now practically deserted.  The wind started to howl as Rin was finally able to open up her umbrella.  She took a step back and covered herself with her own umbrella and turned to face Wee.

 

Brushing her hair aside she told Wee “look if you have nothing better to say than to make fun of me, then i guess there is nothing left to say. i’ve said everything i’ve wanted to say and now i really have to go.” Rin felt confident with herself as she took a step back before turning around to walk away when a strong gust of wind took hold of her umbrella and she struggled to hold on to it with both hands.

 

But before she could get a good grip she felt Wee’s hand take hold of her arm and before she knew it she was standing face to face with him. He looked down into her eyes and she had never seen such a serious look in his eyes before. Wee had let go of his umbrella and it wasn’t long before Rin lost a hold of hers.

 

The two of them stood in the rain looking into each other’s eyes for what seemed to be an enternity before Wee pulled Rin close to him. He wrapped his arms around her and she could hear his heart racing. Wee whispered into her ear “theres something else that i have to say to you, that i want to say to you.”

 

Rin backed away from Wee enough so that she could look at him “Rin, i’m sorr..”

 

“Wee you don’t..” Wee put two of his fingers to her lips and Rin stopped midsentence.

 

“Rin, i’m sorry for everything, for the kid i turned into, for all the things that happened because of me, i’m sorry for all the pain i caused you and your family, but there is something i’m sorry about more than anything. i’m sorry that for the last ten year when we were apart, i’m sorry i couldn’t live up to my promise to protect you, to be there for you when ever you needed me, i’m sorry to have made you think that i might somehow hate you because i don’t. it’s far from that, it’s anything but that…” Wee had pulled Rin in close to him and their faces were only inches apart.

 

Rin closed her eyes, she couldn’t believe this was happening.  her mind was racing thinking “am i really going to hear the words i’ve been longing to hear for all these years?”

 

Wee leaned forward and kissed Rin’s forehead before he whispered…

 

“Rin, i love you, i’ve always have and always will.”

(1/10/09)