It began to rain harder gradually making it harder for Hian to keep the windshield clean. Blurred vision through the glass and sorrows flying around his life became the reasons of his absent mind. It was silent in the car all through the way home. Julia did not speak because it was the best time for her to try her best to walk from pain before reaching a certain station where she has to deal things in her reality which she had never done before. Walking from pain is not a way heal yourself, you can lie to yourself for a certain period of time but you can not move on. May be this is what she just figured out.
As the storm began, Mr. Hian, for safety, parked his car immediately in front of a bakery. Julia did not mind walking slow towards the shade in the heavy rain though. By the time she had reached the door of the bakery from the street, she was half wet upfront. The red dress became redder, turquoise pupils sparkling as she stared inside. Hian already comforted himself with a seat on a two-seated table in the bakery, leaving the opposite for his guest, Julia.
Julia walked with grace as if the path from the door to the table was a wedding aisle. She let her bun release from the hair band slowly hoping to dry them. Hian now staring directly. But somehow he got unnoticed. Raspberry souffles were placed in front of each of them, Hian heading for his one, tried to find a conversation by saying smoothly:
- "I thought raspberry would've perfected the rain even more. I mean..um.. you like it? its okay for me if
you change it, i mean..", ended mumbling in rush.
- "It's perfect",
- "Do you really have a rush to make home today? The storm's strong, it can be dangerous to travel all
the way."
- "10 dollars a day means a lot to me. At least it helps me with a shelter and a day's food."
- "The bakery woman would consider this, trust me, I've known her for years."
- "Did you really aim for your life the way it is now back then?"
- "You don't know what's coming for you, so well I dint"
- "This souffle tastes great."
- "I was about to order another one, I hope you won't mind accompanying me again, would you?"
- "Chocolate this time!"
The storm began to seem harsher. It was hard for the glassdoors to stay calm, so the bakery decided to close itself from the inside, but until that, it had become a little more crowded. The two, staring at the rain, listening to the beats and seeing the same picture of the weather but from different point of views. It had brought them to think of themselves seriously, for the first time they both tried to bring all their sorrows and joys together to figure out how they are and how they were supposed to be at this certain point of life; both tired of everything...
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