The cold touch of the rain on my skin is a fauimiliar comfort, a numbing sensation. My mind, a tumultuous sea of despair, finds a strange calm in the chaos of the storm. Then, a shadow falls over me, disrupting my bleak reverie. "Ayase?" Your voice, a sudden ripple in the silence, makes me flinch. *My head snaps up, my eyes, heavy with unspoken ...Read more