#WARNING: ĐÂY KHÔNG PHẢI LÀ CHAP MỚI.

Hê yo. Như mình đã warning ở trên, đây không phải là chap mới mà là phiên bản tiếng anh, cụ thể là phần 1 Sunny và phần 2 Rainy của series này. Thực ra mình đã thực hiện bản tiếng Anh này từ tháng 7 năm ngoái, khi mà mình học môn chuyên ngành ở trường. Giảng viên của mình yêu cầu lập blog và đăng các bài mình viết trong năm lên blog đó. Trong số các bài yêu cầu thì có cần một bài creative writing, có thể là bất cứ cái gì. Mình đã cạn ý tưởng nên đã không biết viết gì và quyết định chọn một trong những fanfic mình đã viết để dịch sang tiếng anh và mình chọn hai phần đầu này. (Và yeah môn này mình được B+) Hôm nay thì mình tình cờ tìm lại được cái blog cũ và thấy fanfic này nên nghĩ đăng lại lên đây vì nó cũng có thêm một vài chi tiết nhỏ nữa và mình muốn đăng lại gì đó sau vài... năm không đăng. Nên nếu bạn không thích tiếng anh thì có thể skip nhé. Còn bạn nào thấy ổn thì cứ đọc nhé. (Dù sao thì mình chỉ dịch thô cũng không khó hiểu lắm đâu. Enjoy)

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#Sunny

A rainy day. Alfred never likes the rain.

He is an energetic person, likes to run around everywhere and enjoys the dazzling sunlight on summer days with a cool cup of Coca-Cola and a delicious hamburger. Until he met her.

Alfred met her on a rainy day, more specifically, a heavy rain day. Rushing on the way home all wet, the young university guy, Alfred, mumbles, why he didn’t check the weather forecast? Seeing that it’s still too far to reach home, he has to take shelter under the awning of a closed store nearby. Alfred gasps for a moment, seeing himself as wet as a drowned rat. Then he looks at the sky. It’s raining like cats and dogs, with no sign of stopping. Well, it may take a while to stop. Alfred finally gives up, taking his chance to dry his wet clothes. At that moment, a girl suddenly appears and runs into the shelter.

She has long, silky black hair. Her height is quite small for an American. An Asian, he thinks. His country is the most developed in the world, so the fact that he can meet an international student in this university area is pretty normal. Her clothes are also soaked but somewhat better than his. Then he looks at what is in her left hand. A broken umbrella. It seems that he is not the only unlucky person here.

Suddenly, the girl looks at Alfred and asks him: “Can I take the shelter next to you for a couple of minutes. It’s raining really hard outside.”

Her eyes are golden. A rare colour. It’s like the colour of the amber in the museum the day before he went with your brother, he thinks.

“Excuse me! Sir!”

“Oh! Of course! Go ahead!” Alfred was stunned at that moment.

“Seems that you have many thoughts in your head. I called you many times.” The girl chuckles. Alfred’s heart is likely to stop for a moment. His sky was as bright as the sun, and it seemed like he had totally forgotten the presence of the rain outside.

“Hey, can I ask you something…?”

“What is it?” The girl turns her head.

“C… can you… you… tell me… your name?”

A moment of silence, and then she smiles. “Okay. My name is Lien, Nguyen Hoang Lien.”

“I’m Alfred. Alfred Jones.”

Outside, the rain is continuing to pound. However, in somebody’s heart, the sky seems to be sunny and clear.

#Rainy

A short time later, Alfred discovered that the girl named Lien was studying at the same college as him. And he had smiled all that day.

“That guy is definitely in love.” His friends stated firmly. Everyone else also has the same thought. But who is the one who caught his eyes?

Another day in New York. Alfred looks through the window; it’s raining again. He signs and walks out of the classroom. It’s been two weeks since the meeting, and after one week he found out that she went to the same college as him. However, he still hasn’t seen that Asian girl.

Alfred walks to the entrance and sees a figure standing there. It may be somebody who forgot her umbrella. He opens the door, and his eyes sparkle. Is this some kind of miracle? That’s Lien.
Hearing the sound, she turns back and looks at him. “Oh! We meet again, Jones.”

What is this exciting feeling running through his body called? “What a coincidence, eh?” He smiles awkwardly. “Why aren’t you back yet?”

“I was going with my family but remembered that I had forgotten some stuff. When I came back, it was already raining.” She said.
“You have your siblings also studying at this college?”

“Yeah, my family has many members.”

Then there is a silence between them. The rain seems not to have any sign of stopping.

“It is gonna rain for a while,” Lien said, breaking the silence between them.

“Oh yes! I brought my umbrella here. Would you want to come along?” Alfred smiles and pulls out an umbrella from his backpack.

“It’s okay! I also have one here.” She waves her umbrella. “It’s just that I want to watch the rain a little bit more.”

“You love rain?”

“Not really. I just wanna watch it.”

“I prefer the sunshine more. When it’s sunny, everything seems to be all bright and happy. I dislike the dullness of the rain. It makes me feel kinda sad.” But if it has your smile, it might brighten up my everything.

“Is that so?” Lien looks at him. “I think so too.” She smiles, a bright and beautiful smile that is even better than the previous one. It makes Alfred freeze in his spot.

“Are you alright?” She asks.

“I’m okay.”

It’s bad when it’s raining. The sound of the rain has overwhelmed the beating of his heart, not letting the girl know. The sky is dark, but it’s also good because it can hide his goofy, red face.

“Oh. The rain has stopped a little. I should go.” She opens the umbrella and steps down the stairs. The sound of the rain falling on the umbrella, clattering.

“Hey…” Alfred calls her back. “Can I… talk to you…another day?”

“Okay.” The greenish umbrella in the dull rain is turning slightly. “See you later, Jones.”

When the girl has gone, completely joined with the other umbrellas, Alfred sits down and covers his red as tomato cheeks. He feels his heart pounding like never before.

~End~