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It was raining the first time I caught sight of her.
I was standing at a crosswalk, wishing my coffee would cool down so I could kick the grogginess for work. She was across the street and wearing grey, nearly blending in with the bland, boring city surroundings. Grey leggings and a big grey hoodie. I always thought grey was so dull.
But she wasn't dull I decided while I squinted across the street at her.
No. No, no.
She was... blinding.
I could feel my mouth hit the ground, my heart blasting out of my chest, like an old Tex Avery cartoon. I was shaking, and it wasn't just from the cold. I was used to the cold.
She was sculpted by a master, by the God my mother prays to. Tan, with pretty white teeth and mossy hazel eyes. Brown hair in three bouncing, messy buns.
Come on. Don't have time for this...
The light turned green, but I couldn't move along with the crowd leaving me behind. I watched her approach in a daze, drinking in all I could as she got closer: slim but fit, her aura so warm. A small green gem in her nose. A few scars on her face, and perfect. Perfect, perfect, perfe -
"Will you hurry the fuck up?" a snide voice hissed, breaking my trance.
I hadn't realized that a man was next to her before.
I squinted harder as they approached from the crosswalk, noticing to my absolute disgust that he was touching her. Revulsion boiled into sick rage when I saw him yank her arm really hard, causing her to almost lose her footing.
My nostrils flared. I was probably breathing fire.
Don't get involved.
The girl bit her lip and glanced around at the people walking passed, blush spreading quickly across her cheeks but no one was looking. Nobody cared.
But I cared.
Her eyes brimmed with tears as the man continued hissing mean shit at her and yanking her harder and harder by the elbow. She had been looking down at her feet, until just a few feet before they passed me, and then she looked up.
Our eyes met, and her tears spilled over.
Our eyes met, and there was a split, right down the center of the galaxy.
Our eyes met, and I knew what I needed to do.
The man yanked her again, even rougher than before; I didn't even notice she had stopped to stare back at me since everything was happening so fast.
"Fucking move it, for fuck sake, Rey. I can't wait to get home..." He said through his gnashed teeth, red hair slicked back and nostrils flared.
My body turned as they went passed, and the cup of scolding hot coffee in my grasp was crushed, coffee flying everywhere and burning my hand as I started to follow them.