CHAPTER ONE `RAINING ENCOUNTERS`
~ARON~
As I put the remainder of my books into my locker I shuffled around to see if I can get my mesh bag with my keys in it, don’t ask why they were in my bag they just were ok. After spending a few minutes messing with my stuff making sure it was how I liked it I got my bag and headed towards the school doors. The school was almost silent and somewhat tranquil when no students were present I was only here because I had to attend my 4th detention for the week for being “rude” psh...yeah right.
Walking isn’t much of a pain to me actually to be honest I kinda enjoy it gives me a little time to think about the excuses to make when im caught skipping class or something. Today however kinda was a little out of the norm. What was usually a 20 min walk turned into a duck and cover field army maneuver as it started pouring down raining out of nowhere! I mean really it was just sunny like a good 2 seconds ago now the clouds were thicker than an old woman’s Sunday wig. Conveniently the park I normally passed that now had a slightly dim glow to it as the rain pounded viciously against anything that wasn’t covered had a patio/veranda type windowed shelter, I quickly dashed under and leaned back against the glass window to catch my breath and rest for a bit. Now I was under this veranda for quite a while and the rain didn’t seem like it was gonna be letting up I sighed heavily knowing I might as well take my chances with the rain if I plan to get home.
I take off and shuffle through my bag for my cell phone to check the time. While I was shuffling I noticed all my papers got wet and the lines were smearing into each other, “fuck…there goes another detention in the waiting...” I look at my cell phone for the time, “4:47pm...ugh...” I leant my head back to feel it press against the now warm glass of the veranda windows. I looked around to see if I can find a clear path so when I actually do run I can make it quick, but as I scanned the area my eyes ran past a figure that didn’t seem too far away matter fact he was sitting on the park bench and the rain was pouring down on him causing the same dim glow to come over him.
“Hmm…” I mutter as I blinked in confusion I began rummaging in my bag once again and came across my hoodie, “you gotta be shittin’ me…” I groaned before I pulled it out and pulled it on and then pulled the hood on as well. I readjusted myself, got up, and began walking towards the person sitting on the bench.
It turned out to be a kid sitting in the rain with a skullie with a Jack Skellington skull on it. No jacket or hoodie just a thin shirt and loose pants that both were clinging to him from being sopping wet.
“Yo, Kid...” I said loudly but it seems the rain did its job by covering the sound because he didn’t react at all.
So me being the impulsive guy I am I grabbed his shoulder lightly and it caused him to jump in turn causing me to jerk my hand back thinking I had hurt him or something. He stared at me with a blank look on his face I did notice he had blood red eyes. Wait…isn’t that biologically impossible? What the hell..?
We sat there for a while even though the rain was pouring down on us it didn’t seem to bother us much less him the one without a hoodie or anything I remind you. We just sat there…staring at each other I didn’t notice until I started feeling a bit lightheaded that I was holding my breath. I exhaled heavily and looked back him and he looked unfazed.
“Um why you sittin’ in the pouring rain without a jacket or anything, kid?” I asked airily. He continued to stare at me raised an eyebrow and lowered his eyelids giving him some sort of a dazed look. ‘What’s with this kid, why isn’t he saying anything?’ I thought as a scratched the back of my head nervously.
“Hel-“
“I wanted to..” he interrupted quietly his gaze remaining constant on me it was kinda freaky it was like he was analyzing me or something I don’t know it just felt weird.
“Why? You can get sick that way, you know that right?”
“Should I care?”
“Uh, Yeah I don’t think you would handle the flu well considering your size, Kid”
He looked away at the ground and sighed quietly. I kinda felt a little guilty like I upset him or something I didn’t mean it that way I was just telling him what I thought. “Um…”
“You don’t know what I can handle or what my body can go through”, He responded with an icy glare. His face remain unfazed so I don’t know if it was a glare or not but it gave me some chills, but that might be for the fact that we’re sitting in the rain and it’s not letting up god why did I have to live so close, shit man.
He looked at me with those Red eyes I swear it was getting a little creepy cause I don’t know who this kid is or if he's a serial killer or whatever I could end up in a body bag for all I know.
“Why are you so paranoid?” he said quietly
“Huh?” I answered dully snapping me from my thoughts. “You look really Paranoid, like something is gonna creep up on you or something” he replied blinking a little bit. I tilted my head in confusion and all I could think about was his eyes. I don’t know what the fuck it is about them but I could not take my own eyes off them even though they were looking rather creepy and suspect from my view.
“I...uhm...” I replied in a lost tone I was seriously having a malfunction or some shit because I really could not think straight and this is a little kid were talking about and were in the pouring rain standing and chatting like nothing is going on around us the rain was pounding hard against the pavement and the playground set equipment making it really hard to think clearly cause of his goddamn EYES! What the hell man!
“well?” he asked as he was waiting for a reply from me which he wasn’t really gonna get cause his fucking eyes, the loud ass noise of the rain of the rain on that goddamn equipment, and I think im hearing thunder and that was my queue that I needed to get into a warm house cause this was not going anywhere.
“Um my house isn’t that far from here, you wanna come over to get out the rain until it at least calms down?” I offered cause this conversation was not over he didn’t give me much of an answer as to why he was sitting in the pouring rain with basically summer clothes on…mind you it’s still the summer season but that still no excuse. He blinked a few times and looked at me skeptically and narrowed his eyes confusedly. “So...your gonna let a complete stranger you’ve never met go to your house?” he asked blunt. He kinda had a point I didn’t know him but if we were to stand here in the rain and continue to get soaked to our underwear we would both get sick and I have no intentions of getting a cold...not now at least.
“Well think of it like this we can stay here and get soaked and catch something or you can come to a place where you can dry off and prevent getting really sick, your choice”.
He looked at me with the same skeptical look and then looked down to the side and stood up, he was really short like im only 5’11’’ he looked like he was at 5’3’’ maybe even 5’4’’ at most, this kid was short like how old is he anyway? “…are we going?” he muttered quietly as he glanced at me from the corner of his eyes as he faced towards the pavement still. That was kinda…cute…note to self: never speak of this again…hmm. “Oh uhm ok, hold up.” I started as I toke my hoodie off, the cold drops of rain that bashed against my once warm skin sent a shitload of chills down spine.  “Here, put this on.” I said handing him the black and red checkered hoodie. He looked at me and then at the hoodie and toke it and pulled it on it looked really loose on him giving him more of a child-like appearance. After he made sure it was fully on and it wouldn’t slip off, he nodded and we began sprinting towards my house.

_{Hmm, I haven’t written a story in quite a while this seems to be going good XD my other stories were good but to me they looked really shitty and stuff eh idk but critics is greatly appreciated I kinda need it as to this is my only story that I have that’s not written in a book I gotta start writing and drawing again owo hmm.. ~N3K0}