Chapter 14: Raining

 
I put flour on her cheek because we had already played with the ingredients here in our pastry shop. It's closed because my mom has important things to do. And it was a very lucky day, because we still planned to go.
 
Everything we needed is here, and we would have asked my mom what her recipe was for her best-selling cookies, but she wasn't here. I noticed he was quiet, so I looked at the reason. He was holding his cellphone and was typing. 
 
"I have to go now." He said and started fixing himself. "Where are you going?" I confusedly asked. 
 
"I will go to Celestine. He needs me right now. I will just call Kacey to pick you up. "
 
Oh, yeah! It's Celestine! I knew it! 
 
"No need, I'm just going home alone because I still have work to do." He nodded. I want to ask him, how about me? I need you also, but I know he will not choose me over Celestine. 
 
I will only hurt myself when I ask him who he will choose between me and Celestine, even though I already know the answer.
 
My heart was slowly breaking as I watched him walking out of our pastry shop. I smiled bitterly. It's already done. My time was up already. Right now, I feel like I am Cinderella because I just have a limited time to see and be with my prince charming. And it's really hurt that much! 
 
I wish I had a fairy godmother to help with my situation right now. The fairy godmother can help me extend the time I have to be with the man I love the most. But, it's true! There were no Fairy Godmothers. They will never be! 
 
I wiped my tears, but it only got worse. I left here. He left me without a formal farewell. It makes me really sad because I thought we were okay. I thought before this day ended, I would finally have a memorable memory with him. But it was always thought It has always been! 
 
While fixing the things we used at the same time, my tears flowed incessantly. The pain is just too much; it seems like I've been having fun for a while. But now, I have almost shed a bucket of tears from my eyes. 
 
My knees were dying, so I didn't continue to fix and clean. I just sat on the floor and leaned my back on the counter table and then cried and cried. 
 
"Hey, dad, where are you? I need you right now. You said before you died, I will just call your name and you will quickly be by my side. But.. but I need you right now. I also tried to call your name a few times, but you didn't show up. Dad, I need you right now. I need your hug right now. " I sobbed. 
 
Why do I still hope for him? It was already a few months ago, Denice! Why can't you still move in? Can you just accept it already? that he doesn't really like you. He will never be there, Denice! 
 
You heard! He already said it in front of you. That's enough hope, Denice! Please stop it already! You're just making a fool of yourself. I cried and cried again. 
 
I heard someone call my name, so I immediately wiped away my tears because I didn't want them to see me cry. I also hoped that it might be Kaisel and that he came back after he picked up Celestine, but I was wrong. It wasn't him. 
 
"Hey, where are you going here?" I stood up and tried to act like there was nothing happening, even though it's obvious around me because it's messy. 
 
"I just want to taste your best-selling cookies, but I guess you are closed." I nodded. 
 
"Yeah, we're closed because my mum left. Sit there first." He declined my offer. I just didn't force him. I just went back to cleaning because it was embarrassing for him to see our shop messy. He's one of our customers, so it was really very embarrassing. 
 
"Wait, did you cry?" I pointed my fingers at me. "Me?" He nodded. 
 
"Of course not, it's just something that came into my eyes. Theirs is a lot like that,
scattered as flour. Sorry if you see our store like this. I hope you don't think differently of us. " He messed with my hair. 
 
"Never!" He chuckled. When he's laughing, he is really contagious. I also laughed because of him. He is so handsome. The woman he will love is so lucky.
 
"What just happened here?" He asked a few minutes later. "Nothing. I just felt the flour on the floor. That's why it spread. " He nodded. He offered to help me clean, but I said no thanks because it's too embarrassing. But I knew he was naughty and he would really insist on what he wanted, so in the end, I just agreed.
 
"Thank you, Sean." I thanked him for
 
"You are always welcome!" He winked at me. I just laughed at what he did and then continued wiping on the counter table in the kitchen. I looked outside as the rain suddenly poured down. 
 
"Why did it suddenly rain? The weather was nice earlier, huh? I don't have an umbrella with me. " I sadly closed my eyes.
 
"I don't have either. Why not let's just bathe in the rain? " I smiled widely. It makes me extremely excited. Oh my gosh! I will experience that again. I can't remember the last time I took a shower in the rain. 
 
The last thing I knew, my last shower in the rain came when my Dad was still alive, and it never followed again. But now, I can take a bath again in the rain. That's why I'm so excited.
 
"I will finally have that experience again. It's been a while since I last bathed in the rain." I pouted. But he messed up my hair for the second time. 
 
"Don't worry, kid, you can finally bathe again in the rain. Finish what you are doing first, kid! " I slapped his hand.
 
"I'm not a kid anymore!" I said, "Angered," and went back to what I was doing. I heard him laugh at what I did, so I was even more annoyed, but I just didn't scold him. I'm excited to experience it again. 
 
After cleaning, I immediately went out to our shop so that I could take a shower in the rain. Oh my gosh, I can't believe that I was bathing again in the rain.
 
"Hey, Sean! Come here!" I called to him, waving my two hands. He immediately walked towards me with his two hands in both his pockets. I can't say how much I'm happy right now. I feel that the things I asked for earlier have been fulfilled. I feel like my father is hugging me by dripping rain on my skin. 
 
"Hey, dad! Look at me, I'm taking another rain bath. I took a bath in the rain when you were still alive. I miss you, Dad! " I said and circled in the middle of the road at the same time as the heavy pouring rain. 
 
In the meantime, I forgot what Kaisel did to me earlier. I forgot how he left me without saying a formal goodbye. We haven't even finished baking cookies yet. But I'm really the one baking then, so I'll just repeat it the next day. I don't want to be in debt to him again. And I will just forget what happened earlier. I will just enjoy this night while bathing in the rain.
 
"Oh, I forgot to lock our shop." Sean chuckled like an insane man. I just glared at him before running to our shop to lock it. When I approached him, I sprinkled his face with water from the rain.
 
"Hey, what are you doing?" I just sprayed him with water again. This time, he sprayed me too, so I ran away from him. We just sprayed water on each other. And we both laughed after that. 
 
"Let me take you home now! Your parents may be looking for you. " I didn't want to go home yet, but I remembered that I had promised Kaisel's mom that I would never come home late again. So I just nodded. While we're on our way to my home, I still enjoy every drop of rain hitting my skin. 
 
"Hey, Sean!" I turned my gaze to him. He was just behind me because he was following me because he was going to take me to our house. 
 
"Hmmm?"
 
"Thank you so much for making me happy tonight." I thanked him and smiled at him. He messed up my hair for the third time. And it makes me frustrated. Why did he always mess up my hair?
 
"It's my honor to make you happy, kid!" he's teasing. I rolled my eyes. 
 
"Hey, I told you, I'm not a kid anymore. You are just two years older than me." I said in disgust. 
 
"Still, I'm older than you." I fell silent. I just didn't speak and just walked again. When we arrived at Kaisel's house, I thanked him again and said goodbye.
 
"Goodbye!" I said before going inside. 
 
"Hello, Celestine!" I greeted her when I saw her coming out of Kaisel's room. She's here again. Of course, she's very close to Kaisel. Until now, I still don’t know what their relationship is. But, I just think that they are just close friends with each other because he also calls their mother Kaisel Tita.
 
"Hello, Denice! I'm going to sleep here tonight. If you haven't known that yet, " I nodded."
 
"You can sleep in my room if you want." She rejected my offer. 
 
"I will sleep with Unnie Kacey. Thanks. " Then she walked downstairs. I just nodded again before entering my room. I take a bath first, because if I don't take a bath, I might get sick because I took a bath in the rain. My father told me that after I take a bath in the rain, I should immediately take another bath so that I don't get sick.
 
 
 

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    Such a nice story ❣️ Keep it up author 💪

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