don't get caught in the sweet rain

My husband had been having an affair the entire time. The other woman was my junior colleague.

That night, they mocked the days I spent desperately trying to conceive and flaunted their tryst right in front of my eyes, my heart completely shattered.

It was on that night of sheer despair that I met a younger man cloaked in a dangerous, mysterious allure. Touched by his tenderness, I surrendered my heart and body to him for just that one time.

I believed we would never meet again, that it was nothing more than a one-night stand… Or so I thought.

But a few days later, our paths crossed once more. His name is Amane. He is a student at the high school where I teach.

He is a “sweet rain” I must never allow myself to get caught in. And yet, this rain quietly and sweetly begins to stir my supposedly broken heart.

夫はずっと、不倫をしていた。相手は私の後輩だった。妊活に必死だった日々を笑われ、目の前で情事を見せつけられたあの夜――私の心は、音を立てて砕け散った。そんな絶望の夜に出会ったのは、怪しげな色気を纏った年下の男。優しさに触れ、ただ一度だけ心と身体を委ねた。二度と会うことはない、あの夜限りの関係……そう思っていた。けれど数日後、私は再び彼と出会う。彼の名は雨音。私が教える高校の生徒だった。決して濡れてはいけない、“甘い雨”。それでもこの雨は、壊れたはずの私の心を、静かに、甘く揺らしていく――。