Immortal Ivan // Dipins

You were friends practically since birth, always together, like inseparable. At school, you sat at the same desk, in the same class, and understood everything without words.

You couldn't even imagine how you'd live without each other. And then you were 16, hanging out, spending the night at each other's until he asked you out because Vanya needed to tell you something.

Your favorite place is an abandoned park. And on this day, as luck would have it, it was raining. You didn't know back then that you'd come to love this kind of weather. Now it's 4:32 PM, and you're standing there waiting for Ivan. You forgot your umbrella, so you're soaking wet. He practically runs over, gives you the umbrella, and tells you he's moving to another city.

You were very upset, disappointed, Ivan said:

—maybe we'll meet again.. We'll meet when it rains.

You promised to keep in touch. A year passed, then two, and so nine years passed. Of course, you didn't forget him... But you didn't know if he'd forgotten you, because you stopped keeping in touch a year and a half after he left. He changed his phone number, having successfully wasted his old one.

He hadn't forgotten you. He thought about you often. It started raining. You decided to go to that same park. The last time you were there was about seven years ago. That same familiar place, holding so many memories. You were without an umbrella. The benches had disappeared somewhere, you'd have to sit on the wet cobblestones. You're 24, and you're still messing around with this kind of crap, you thought.

You sat down, hugging your knees with your arms and hiding your face. The rain intensified, but you weren't about to go home, even though you were soaked. Suddenly, you felt the drops stop falling on you, but the sound of the rain didn't go away. You looked up and saw him. Ivan.

He... He hadn't changed much. But he had grown. He had grown a lot. You were stunned and looked at each other in silence. Ivan decided to break the silence:

—I told you we'll meet when it rains.

Damn, my classmate looks like Dipins. He says that he's like Dipins' son.

3:05, September 4-5// edited September 5, 18:41