Cursed Rain

She was sitting near the window. She was watching everything silently. She observed flowers were enjoying the rain. Suddenly a tear fell down on her cheeks. She felt as if rain had touched her after so many long years. Suddenly she smiled. And then cried continuously and cursed rain.

She used to be a chirpy girl. And rain, it was her first love. From childhood days, she never missed a chance of dancing in rain. She can be in the rain even if she got caught cold. Still, she couldn't miss it. As she was growing, she got busy with her work, she got a very little time to drench in rain. But, whenever she did, she lived it to the fullest. She remembered, once she was dancing and she fell down and got hurt on her elbow. It was paining badly. Her mother even tried to stop her but she didn't pay any heed. And then she told her mother that she got hurt by a bucket in the bathroom. Her mother taunts her for bathing in the rain and she protected saying this could happen anytime with anybody. Don't blame her rain. It's God's blessing. Oh my God, how much she laughed every time she remembered it.

At the tender age of 18, she met her first love ( she used to call him last love). He was two years elder than her. Sometimes, she taunts him for getting old and he got irritated. He said that he is just two years elder, why she always taunts him. She just made a puppy face and he laughed at it. They both were in a serious relationship, yet she remained that chirpy, immature, girl in lots of things. As usual, rain was the topic she could fight with anybody. And she didn't even spare him. He didn't like rains and she loved rains. Once again, she got hurt after slipping in the rain. This time, he also scolded her badly, along with her family. They both knew each other's feelings for rain and respected them too.

She loved rains from childhood. But, he didn't like it because of his OCD (Obsessive compulsive disorder). He behaved as a cleanliness freak. Anything, he felt as if it is dirty, he cleaned it with lots of water and detergent. Even, he had to clean himself. Even his skin got severe burns due to excessive use of soap. Rain was a major obstacle in his way to cleaning because it could make clean things dirty. (It was his point of view). Sometimes, he got panic attacks.

Things went well. They both had different perspectives about rain but they had stopped arguing regarding it. But, the girl who prayed for rains, stopped praying because she knew he was gonna be in difficulty.

One day, he called her and started crying continuously. He didn't speak anything and cut the call. Then, he texted her, it's a panic attack. He won't be able to attend her call. She tried his number but it was switched off. When She tried to speak about it, he cut the call. Then after he calmed down, he called her and narrated her whole story. That attack was due to lack of water due to which he couldn't clean his house. He didn't even have anymore sanitizers. So he just informed her, if that night rain took place, his home is gonna be dirty and he didn't have any more capacity to clean each and everything. So a simple solution is just to suicide. She couldn't believe her ears. But she said nothing. After a minute or two, she called him and said thank you, atleast for informing her that it might be their last talk. And, she checked the weather, and as if God was taking revenge, it showed rain at 2 a.m. She couldn't do anything. She tried calling him and it was out of reach. And it rained that night. One from clouds, one from her eyes. And he did as he said. She got the news that he had killed himself. She cried inconsolably. But, she couldn't even show her tears to anybody, not to friends, not to her family, not to his family. She couldn't even attend his funeral. That day, she cursed rain and till today, it's the same. After so many years, she still couldn't overcome it. Every time it rains, her eyes got wet remembering her first and last love. She took his photo and kept it close to her heart. She closed the window so that, that cursed rain couldn't touch her.