Daily Write - In the Rain

Icy sheets of heavy rain poured noisily outside; the large droplets pelting against the windows like tiny fists hammering against the glass, trying to get in. There was nothing else aside from the sound of the constant rain. Time melted into the rainy darkness of the night. Nyla had just laid there, on her couch, listening to the harsh rain falling from the sky above. That and the rhythmic heart beat coming from Valnon's chest, right under her ear. A steady metronomic beat amidst that clattering noise outside.

Rain in the Eastern Kingdom was something that everyone here was used to. It fell in buckets from the grey skies relentlessly, drenching the landscape. It fell like greyish white curtains, so heavy you could barely see in front of you. Most nights, Nyla would sit up in her bed and stare out of her dark window, wondering how rain could be so loud. It was much different than the snows she had grown up with in the North. As her thoughts continued about the rain, Nyla's sinewy head rest rose as she felt fingers tracing through her hair.

"You let me fall asleep."

"You looked tired," Nyla responded, turning her head to see the clear blue eyes that were looking back at her. Blue eyes that she was certain would never look into her's again.

There were few words that passed between them. There really wasn't a need for them. It would have been a list of wishes and wants which neither had the luxury of being able to grant the other. Instead, they settled for silence and these few fleeting moments with each other. Moments that neither had believed were possible until tonight.

"You have done well for yourself, Nyla. I never thought I could be more impressed by you."

"I think you are just a bit biased."

Small attempts at normal conversation, as if normal was something that they could have one day. It was a pointless endeavor. They both knew it. And yet they pretended anyway. They made themselves forget the guards, the sentencing, the punishment if Valnon were to ever show his face again in the Eastern Kingdom's capitol city. In the noise of the rain, they both drowned out the reality that was around them.

Nyla sat up and pulled a few of the silvery strands of hair away from Valnon's face. She lightly pressed her lips against the deep craggy scar that traversed the length of Valnon's cheek. There were no words. None needed to be said. This was goodbye. Goodbye until the one of them found a way to change reality.