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SgtStrangelove

[Fraise] Catharsis

Aug 8th, 2013
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  1. >Anon sat on the porch
  2. >Rain was falling down from the clouds above
  3. >The side door opened up quietly
  4. >Fraise wedge himself out of the half opened doorway and closed it behind him
  5. "What are you doing?" he asked pensively after a moment
  6. "Listening to the rain, I suppose."
  7. "Why?"
  8. "I don't know, really. I like it guess."
  9. "The rain?"
  10. >Fraise sat down on the chair close by and gazed off to the distance for a while
  11. >The gentle rhythm of the falling droplets offered an ambient soundtrack
  12. "Why do you like the rain?"
  13. "Why? Well I... I don't really know. I just do. Maybe I like the water. Or atleast I used to, anyway."
  14. "Used to?"
  15. "Yeah. When I was your age, I was practically a fish! Every time I went swimming I could just be there for hours and hours, diving and the like."
  16. "So you don't like water anymore, then?"
  17. "It's not that I don't like it, I just... well, I don't particularly enjoy it either. I mean, I shower every day but I haven't swam or played in it for what, ten, twelve years now?"
  18. "Yeah, not like mom, you always stay in the shower for like a couple of minutes. I haven't seen you ever taking a bath either."
  19. "I just don't see the point of lulling on and on in lukewarm soap water, is all."
  20. >a gentle stream was streaming down the gutter and into the ground below
  21. "So why do you like the rain then? If you don't really like the water, that is?"
  22. "Maybe it's the sound? Or the look of it? Hundreds of thousands of small droplets, falling down in a hazy curtain and splashing to the ground and roof, creating a single toned symphony? Yeah, I think I like the sound the most."
  23. >Fraise closed his eyes and took a puzzled look upon his face and focused
  24. >he listened to splashing echoes against the brick roof and the soiled ground for half-a-minute before opening his eyes
  25. "I don't get it. I don't hear a symphony."
  26. "Yeah. Not many do" Anon said with a small smile on his face
  27. >the rain was getting ever so slight heavier by the minute
  28.  
  29. "Or maybe it's... maybe it's that I don't feel so... alone when I'm here in the rain."
  30. "But you're not alone dad!"
  31. "Yeah, that I'm not. I got you, your brothers and sisters, your mom my beautiful wife and so many wonderful friends!"
  32. >his smile grew, but quickly withered before becoming barely noticeable
  33. "But... it's just... different."
  34. >Anon stood up from his chair and took a couple of steps
  35. >he stepped out into the rain, out from the dry protection of the porch
  36. "Dad! You'll get wet if you stand there!"
  37. "Ah? It's cool. I like this kind of rain. Not warm, but not cold either. A soothing coolness. I like it."
  38. >he dug into his pockets, and pulled out a pack of cigarettes
  39. >he lifted one to his mouth and light it, and took a deep breath
  40. "You haven't smoked in months."
  41. >Anon lifted his face up, letting the droplets stream down on his face
  42. "Yeah, that I haven't. And with good reason, these aren't exactly easy to come by and not cheap either."
  43. "Why do you even have those? You don't need them."
  44. "Haha, yeah. Maybe I don't."
  45. >the ever increasing downpour quickly wet the thin roll of paper
  46. "How does it even burn? It's all wet and everything."
  47. "I don't know. But it really tastes smooth now. It's pretty nice, really."
  48. >another suck on the tip and a long exhale
  49. >the smoke quickly dissipated into the moist air
  50. "Fraise, why don't you go inside? You don't want to catch a cold."
  51. "But you're the one standing in the rain with your clothes all soggy."
  52. "I was going to change them anyway. Just go now. Don't worry, I'll come too in a minute."
  53. >Fraise quietly shuffled back inside
  54. >the rain had escalated into a downpour by now
  55. >Anon stood there for a while longer
  56. >In the rain
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