"W-what?" the girl stuttered with confusion. "I just saw you talking to someon-" The girl stop talking because she realize something...
She didn't see who he was talking to. She only heard voices talking.
She didn't see anyone, except him.
She only remember things, like how the rain is so loud and heavy, yet she can still hear what they are talking about.
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"You shouldn't stay here". As R' slowly approach to him.
"Why? This is a public place, everyone has the authority to be here" The boy argue back. Because this place is a public playground anyone should be welcome to stay.
"I know, but didn't you have some business to do?". R' ask.
"Like what? Im just a kid, I can play whenever I want, right?" The boy irritatedly answer as for his thought that the man he was talking to, are too much friendly. "Why are you even talking to me? I don't even know you" The boy hissed R' away.
"Why indeed?" R' puts his right hand under his chin as he pretending to be thinking. "hhmmm..." Then he gave a sudden movement as if he thought of an answer.
"I know why! I wanted to help you". R' exclaimed with a smile.
The boy stared R' for a moment and suddenly some memories pop up to his mind. He turned pale, and began to cry.
"Why are you crying?" R' ask with worries.
"I don't know, I don't even know why". And continues to cry.
"Well that's a huge problem, if you don't know why, I might think you are crazy". R' teased.
"But I'm not crazy, I'm just sad, so miserable and angry, a-and... and..." The boy stutters, he didn't know what to say.
"And grieving?". R' continued and the boy cried more louder, as he really was in a great pain.
"Grieving? Maybe, b-but I don't know who I am grieving for". The boy confusedly think, while wiping his tears with his hands.
"Don't you mourns to yourself?". R' ask with worry.
The boy was struck by the word 'mourns'. His body stop, his eyes became blank and he also stop crying. He thinks that something's off.
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Is he dead?
No, he should not be dead. He need to do something, but what is it? He started crying again. He remember, his not just grieving, he was mourning because his mother died. His emotions became clearer.
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He was blaming himself. If only he didn't get distracted by his desires, his mother should have been alive right now. He began to cry again, then the rain falls down heavily up above to the ground. He look to R' who at the same time was looking down to him.
"What should I do?" The boy ask in despair.
But there is no response from R'.
"Help me, please!" The boy begs.
R' closed his eyes hearing the raindrops sound, after a moment he opened his eyes slowly and then smile happily.
"Okay... I will". R' answer calmly. The boy stop crying while wiping his tears and then he look up to R' smiling back with relief.
R' reaches his left hand, the boy accept his offer and they both stand up. They both walk away from the playground under the heavy rain, while disappearing slowly between the raindrops. Like it was they were feeding themselves from the heavy and loud rain.
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And after a while, R' popped up again in the middle of the road beside the playground, where he and the boy disappeared completely. The girl saw it, but she forgotten how R' disappear and reappear again. She can't remember it, slowly she forgotten all of it. How she saw R' talk to that boy, the disappearance and reappearance of R' and lastly why she was asking R' who is he talking to.
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"You just saw me talking with....?". R' ask while waiting for the girl to continue what she was about to say.
"What? What is that?" The girl snapped with undeniably ignorance of what is happening.
"You are asking me, remember? Who I was talking to?". R' ask confirming what he heard from her.
"Who are you talking to? Wait... What? I didn't ask for anything" The girl hissed to him. Like she was telling him, that he is the one who's at fault.
R' sighed. "Right, you're not asking me anything or anywho. I just hearing things that I shouldn't have". R' surrenders.
"But I didn't really say or ask anything or anywho!" The girl argued as they walking back at home.
"Yes, I know. I already say it. I just hearing something. Its not your fault". R' annoyingly argued back. There voices faded as they walk away through that heavy and loud rainfall, but the felt of their argument still continues.