🍂 | you run, unbothered by the rain pouring down, mixing with your already falling tears. You run, shoes splashing onto the damp concrete until you reach a side road, lined with convenience stores and street food stands. The neon lights are blurred and jagged though your teary eyes. You can finally breathe. You’re away from him, from that monster. Your ex boyfriend who’s convinced that the only way to show is love is force. “I hit you because I love you” his words echo in your head. You lean against a brick wall, trying to calm your breathing. Your legs tremble and buckle below you, the you’re falling to your knees on the cold, hard cement. The rain suddenly stops, but it’s still pouring around you; like you were suddenly covered by an umbrella. When you open your eyes, a pair of converses are in front of you. Your eyes trail up a pair of sweatpants and a brown sweater, all the way up until his face. A boy with big brown eyes and and black glasses perched over his nose. His brows are furrowed and he kneels to be in your eye level. “You okay?”