"You're Always There" by Tick x Mun

It's raining again...

The sound of water droplets hitting the thin glass of a small roadside cafe made "Vipha," a young woman in her thirties who had just quit her job, decide to take a corner table.

She put a book next to the latte glass before taking out a little sketchbook to draw something for fun.

No one knows...That she's running away from the loneliness of big city life, or from a lost ex-lover with the word "sorry."

"Excuse me, sir...Has someone sat at this table yet? "

A man's soft, tender voice made her look up.

He smiled - not a big smile like a confident man.

It's a gentle little smile that lurks the thoughtfulness, and...Freak warm.

His name is "Eric."

A half-Japanese-English who recently moved to Thailand to oversee an art project.

That day he asked to sit at the table because it was raining and the seats were full.

But who knows...Since then, every Tuesday, he'll sit there again.

As opposed to Viva.

With a cup of black coffee and the same eye every time.

Eyes that seem to ask, "Are you okay today?"

They didn't say much.

Just some laughs. Share some playlists.

Or some day...Just sit quietly together.

It rained so many times that she didn't know she was here for coffee...Or because wanting to see him

Until one day Eric didn't come.

Vibha came to sit and wait like every Tuesday.

It's raining.

Original store

Original table

But without him,

"He would just have a job...Or go back to the country...Or maybe for no reason at all. "

She tried not to expect

But accept that the heart is sad

Because he's the only stranger who makes your heart feel... "not alone anymore."

While she was about to get up.

The sound of the store door ringing with someone's breathing.

"I'm sorry...Very traffic jam. And me...Don't want you to wait... "

He was standing there. Wet of rain. Peach shirt attached to the body.

Viva smiles with tears

Before saying softly,

"I'm not waiting. I'm just waiting for people here..." 💗