Title: Rain
Author:  Zanthra  shinigamis_yume02@yahoo.com
Warnings:  Ficlet, Sap, Imagery, Duo's POV
Pairings:  1+2
Notes:  Just got back from a back packing trip.  It
rained on us, so that's where this comes from- me in a
small tent in the rain.  How scary…

Rain.  I mean real rain, not the 'because we have to'
fake rain the L2 government dropped on us.  The Real
thing is fresh and clean.  It tastes good on your
tongue and doesn't have too many artificial chemicals
in it. It isn't recycled in the sense that it's in a
controlled, enclosed ecosystem; Real rain is
rejuvenated.

There's a breath taking beauty in all of this- green
trees blanketing the hillside, a dark gray sky off
setting them, and pouring buckets of sparkling
raindrops falling onto everything within reach. 
Tomorrow it'll mist up, creating a low ground cover of
silver and blue-white with the substance of cotton and
marsh mellows.  It's crazy how that works…  It never
did that back home, but then again, this is Earth.

The L2 Government also never wasted water.  Rain
showers would last two hours tops in the majority of
the city- just enough to cleanse the dirt caked
buildings and streets.  Here…  Here you can sit in the
window and watch it rain all day and never worry about
it stopping.  Not once if the cloud cover is good,
like today.

Thunder and lightning!  We never had them either. 
Don't know why.  'Guess they weren't imaginative
enough.  I can see it now though…  It just started out
of nowhere, illuminating everything in a metallic blue
sheen.  And it's beautiful to watch- streaking across
the heavens of touching down in some unfathomable
spot.  You can feel it in the air.  The thick
electricity surrounding everything.

Another presence invades my senses, drawing me from
the majesty of my view out the window; my portal to
the world.  When strong arms envelop my waist, I
faintly hear a gasp escape what I can only assume is
my lips.  In thinking about it, I knew it was him from
the very start.  The subtle way he entered the room-
silent yet noticed.  The way I felt his eyes on me,
looking through to my soul.  Heero Yuy.  My one true
love.

After the initial acquaintance, he pushes me to the
side a bit and sits down.  Never breaks the spell of
silence.  He pulls me against him then, my head
resting on his broad chest, my hands entwined with
his.

We sit like that for an eternity.  Just us and the
rain spattering the windowpane.  A song of nature. 
The only sound heard.

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