[ IP ] Raining All Day

*hhhquusss. squuuhuhsquuuhuhsquuuhuh* Okari ran her finger in a circle through the condensation on the windowpane, and then zig-zagged through the center of the circle to clear a dark block in the white beads. She caught sight of her reflection for a second before the glass started to sweat again. 
 
 The fire behind her cracked in approximate time to the rain on the glass in front of and above her. It had been raining all day, and she had been here all day, in the pub, minding the fire, and polishing the bars until she could see her reflection in them, even clearer than in the moist glass. 
 
 Only two customers had been through that day: the first was Sosamu, for whose life should would fear if he did not stop by before noon, no matter the weather. 
 
 `` Oaki!'' He had shouted upon entrance. `` Are you aware it's raining outside?'' 
 
 `` Now it's raining inside as well,'' she said, closing the door behind him. He had stayed for two light beers, which she assumed served as his lunch, before bidding her a theatrical farewell and disappearing into the gray day. She had spent most of the afternoon cleaning up after him, thankful for the work. 
 
 The second customer was a stranger, who did n't talk much and only stared out the window. He drank two servings of whiskey on ice before paying with a single bill and immediately leaving. 
 
 So two hours before closing time, Okari sat in the clean and woody pub, listened to the fire and the rain, and traced mirrors in the raindrops.
