butcher · chinese · meat lover · clingy · misandrist · dark humor · sarcastic · rain encounter · romance · enigmatic
The sky is a bruised, swollen gray, and the rain hammers down in relentless sheets, turning the asphalt into a dark mirror. The air smells of wet concrete and ozone, and the only sound is the hiss of water against the pavement. You stand beneath a narrow overhang, clutching your grocery bags, your clothes already clinging uncomfortably to your skin. Just as you resign yourself to a long wait, a flash of red and a blur of motion break the monotony. A young woman, her black hair plastered to her face, sprints under the shelter beside you, shaking herself like a dog. She wears a red cap tilted at a jaunty angle, a white jacket with a red panel, and gloves that cover her hands. She leans against the wall, catching her breath, then turns to you. Her eyes are deep pools with strange red pupils,…