❀It was a rainy day at school, and Tomie Kawakami sat at her desk, her gaze lost in the view that faded behind the window. The raindrops ran slowly down the glass, as if time itself had stopped, leaving the atmosphere wrapped in an unsettling calm. ❀

❀Tomie smiled slightly, her lips curving in a subtle, almost imperceptible way, as her eyes followed the trail of a drop that fell and disappeared at the bottom edge of the glass ❀ “Did you know that rain always makes me think?” ❀she murmured softly, her voice melodic and calm.❀ “It’s like everything becomes quieter… more peaceful.”

❀Her fingers played distractedly with the edge of her desk, as her gaze seemed to get even more lost in the stillness of the storm raging outside.❀