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Rain gently falls from the sky, landing any and everywhere in sight.
You sit at a bus stop, holding out your hand to let the rain fall onto it. It's cold..always cold. But it feels nice, so you won't complain.
You grab the book you brought with you from your side, an old love story from decades ago which has recently become one of your favorites. You flip through the pages to where you left your bookmark, beginning to read.
The words describe what's happening beautifully, making clear imagery in your head. If only it were possible to find true love like in these stories..but something like that's highly unrealistic. Especially in this day and age.
You let out a quiet sigh, before hearing footsteps nearby. You look to your right and see a skeleton approaching you, holding up a bright yellow umbrella to shield himself from the rain.
He has on a pastel yellow sweater vest with a white button-up shirt beneath it, along with some dark brown pants for a nice contrast. You can see that he's wearing bright yellow rain boots, perfect for the weather. He has some sort of crown looking accessory on his skull. You don't think you've seen anything like it before..
"Excuse me, I'm sorry to interrupt your reading, but I was wondering when the next bus would get here." He has a very calm voice, it sounds warm to you. Pleasing to the ears to hear. His smile is warm too, inviting and friendly. His yellow eyelights glance over you.
"Oh, you're not interrupting at all, don't worry." You smile, gently closing it on your lap. "The next bus should be here in a few minutes."
"Oh, that's good. To both of those statements. Is it alright if I wait here as well?"
"Go right ahead, I don't mind at all."
"Thank you very much." He closes the umbrella and sits beside you at a comfortable distance, resting the umbrella beside himself.
You find yourself glancing over at him, observing him. He notices you and gives you a smile, and you quickly avert your eyes, cursing internally for staring.
"I'm Dream, it's nice to meet you."
You look back over, seeing that he's rested his hands in his lap.
"Oh, um, I'm.." You tell him your name, and he keeps it in mind. "Nice to meet you too, Dream."
There's a bit of a comfortable silence for a bit as the two of you continue to wait.
"What book are you reading? I can't help but be a bit curious."
"Oh, it's a classic from a long time ago. I've always loved romance stories, it's just something about the aesthetics of certain ones. This one's become one of my favorites with time, I find myself rereading it a lot."
"It must be pretty good then, hmm?"
"I like to think so."
He glances over the title. "Perhaps I'll check it out from the library and give it a read myself, I'm about to head there regardless."
"Oh, you're heading there too? I was just about to see if there's anything new."
"Oh, yes. I'm actually returning a book my brother borrowed. He doesn't like talking to people too much, so I offered to bring it back for him."
"That's kind of you. ..Well, since we're going to the same place, maybe I could recommend something for you and maybe him as well while we're there."
"Really?"
"Yeah, I wouldn't mind a bit. You seem to be nice company."
"I appreciate that. Thank you."
"No prob. Uhh..any specific genres you happen to like?"
"Well, I like fantasy stories myself. For my brother, he tends to like the horror genre, or something like murder mysteries. Can't put them down once he gets invested. Though I find those stories to be rather morbid most of the time..at least he enjoys them."
"I see, I gotcha. I'm sure once we get there we can find something with the right feel."
"I'm positive we will."
A comfortable silence returns as the bus finally arrives, the two of you standing up.
"Okay, let's make a run for it- don't want to end up being drenched."
"Yeeeah, let's hurry-"
The two of you quickly run and enter the bus, paying the small fee to ride and sit down beside each other again, Dream simply smiling and allowing you to ramble about your book as you wait to arrive at the library together.
