[Angus - Kevin’s colleague. A psychic with extrasensory perception. Had recently joined a security company as a “Calmer”, a specialist in calming spiritual activity in properties.]

They arrived at the property they were to inspect today. The heavy rain outside trickled down the walls of the warehouse.

< That.. sound..!! >

Angus fidgeted, cursing himself for not taking a quick break before he got into the car with Kevin to visit this property their security company managed.

“Angus? Are you alright?”

“..Yeah Kevin, I’m fine.”

Angus gazed out the window and muttered;

“ I like the rain. It quietens things down.”

“You recogn, Angus? The rain’s beating down on the roof, you call that quiet?”

“Well, I suppose it is now. But don’t you think the rain kind of absorbs all the other sounds?”

Kevin gazed up towards the ceiling.

“Yeah, I suppose it sort of kinda does…”

[Anton - main character of Kevin’s novel, based on Angus. Kevin’s character written in first person.]

Anton appeared sexier on rainy days. Granted he already looked scrumptious on sunny days but the moisture in the air seemed to add an extra sheen to his existence.

So I drive every time we visit a property, it’s part of my job description as an office junior for a real estate agency.

But Anton never forgets to thank me. His simple use of words to express gratitude, the way his velvety baritone resonates though the air, soundwaves arriving at my chest with a penetrative thump that digs in deeper than usual, I’m not scientific enough to infer whether it is because of the moisture in the air. All I know is that it always induces difficulty in breathing.

“ I like the rain. It quietens things down.”

“You recogn, Anton? The rain’s beating down on the roof, you call that quiet?”

“Well, I suppose it is now. But don’t you think the rain kind of absorbs all the other sounds?”

I gazed up towards the ceiling.

“Yeah, I suppose it sort of kinda does…”

< I hope it doesn’t too much though. I’d die if Anton heard my heartbeat. >

[Kevin - An office junior at the security company where Angus joined recently as a “Calmer”, a specialist in calming spiritual activity in properties. Has a massive crush on Angus and had recently taken to writing an online novel of a character based on Angus. Anxious around Angus these days as he suspects Angus had found his online novel and worked out it was written by him.]

Oh god, Angus has been so quiet the car. Is he not talking to me because he is really pissed at me for writing an online novel with a main character based on him?

“Were you okay driving in this rain Kevin?”

“Y, yeah, of course.”

Angus smiled.

“Great, thank you, Kevin.”

“Not a problem.”

< Oh. So he’s not pissed at me? >

“Kevin?”

“Y, yeah?”

“Before we start checking the rooms out for spiritual activity, I really need to take a piss. Y’know which way to the bathroom?”