It just had to rain!

You hate yourself for choosing to go to a gym so far from your apartment. Sure, hippos like the rain, but *YOU* don't, no when wearing all your clothes anyway. You're soaked from head to toe, and all your clothes cling to your body. You pull them away from you as you walk, wringing your shirt as you go along ... and more than once.

Water drips all over you, and your ears twitch annoyingly as water splashes and runs into them. You wipe your hands across your huge shovel-shaped snout and your eyes and keep on your way.

Finally, your apartment building comes into view, a welcome sight to anyone walking in the rain. As you get into the big overhang in the doorway, you shake yourself off, remembering that the landlord doesn't want any water tracked in. And since he's still a mite peeved about having to get that wall fixed ...

You pull off your coat, shirt, boots and socks and wring them out before tossing them into a pile and going on in.

Right before you go in, though, you could swear you heard a trashcan getting knocked over, the screech of a cat, and then ... nothing. You actually wish that Albert was with you. He was so friendly, and you've been lonely for quite awhile ... not many friends for big 'ol hippos. With a sigh, you go on into the building, hoping the landlord won't see you with so few clothes on, and only wearing your really ripped shorts.

Written by Rakeesh (edited by wanderer)

Of course, the landlord spots you

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