Title: Rain

Character(s): Droite and Kaito, onesided Gauche

Rating: T

A/Ns: I know, I haven't written anything in forever. But I've had some personal stuff I had to deal with. So, here we go.

The rain poured down from the midnight sky, flooding the gutters of the streets and drenching plants with much needed moisture. Most life was hiding with their shelters, out from the ice cold rain, but that was not the case for Tenjo Kaito.

He couldn't sleep at all tonight; ever since the Duel with Black Mist, which ended with Astral disappearing back to his world and taking the Key with him, not one of Yuma's comrades had been normal, not even the stoic Photon Duelist. It was taking a toll on him, his thoughts so jumbled that he was unable to sleep for even a minute. Knowing that their only otherworldly Duelist was gone only just made everyone uneasy.

The blonde trudged through the rain, not minding that his hair and clothes were soaked. He didn't mind, really; he was pretty much used to it. Years of Numbers hunting really made him immune to the elements of nature. With a sigh, he came to a stop just outside the park, the trees dark and looming over him due to the darkness of the night.

When he saw a figure run through the trees, he blinked and thought he recognized the way the person ran. He could identify people simply by the way they moved, or by how their footsteps hit the ground. But for some reason this person was a bit more difficult to decipher.

Kaito went after them; after all, it was unusual to see someone running around outside at this time of night, but he was one to talk. He followed until the figure came to a stop and sat down on the swings, hanging their head down and letting the rain drip from their bangs-

Wait. He knew this person. And knew her well.

He came up beside her, slightly shocked she hadn't noticed him at all. When he tapped her shoulder, she jumped and looked up at him. Dead hazel eyes stared up at him from under the shadow cast by her bangs.

"...Kaito?" She asked weakly, pale face even paler than he remembered it.

"Droite, what are you doing here?" he questioned, narrowing his eyes on her. "I thought you and Gauche were staying in Spartan City. And also, why are you in the rain?"

She looked down, her tears mixing with the rain. She'd been out for a good hour or more to have been drenched like this. "I... got into an argument with Gauche..."

Deciding to not look down at her, he took a seat in the swing next to her. "But something else happened, right."

She sniffed." Yes..." Looking away from him, she continued. "He was in a bad mood, and I had been just minding my own business when all of a sudden he blew up at me about... something that happened when we were children."

"Go on," he stated to her.

"It was about... when I had just come here, and we were barely starting to get to know everyone..." A sob slipped from her lips, her eyes shut tightly. "One of the older boys..."

Instantly Kaito understood. So the poor woman had been through that kind of terror... "How old were you...?"

"I was nine years old, I believe," she said, her voice cracking as she fought to control her emotions. "Anyway... Gauche never knew about it until I told him a few years ago, and he got mad about it..." Shaking her head, which flung some rain droplets in his direction, she shakily continued. "He was mad at me for not telling him, and he blew up about it today again because a young girl had gone through the same thing as I had, according to the news...

"I was just so angry at him for bringing it back up, because I didn't want to relive that experience, and I yelled at him that I hated him more than that older boy that raped me... and I left." At that, she completely broke down, her sobs gutwrenching.

Kaito winced slightly at hearing her in such a state. He couldn't bare anyone sounding like that, such painful sobs and tears. Out of complete instinct he reached out and pulled her to him, letting her sob into his shoulder. He felt how each wail had her entire body straining, as if the force to expel the breath needed was hurting her and consuming all her energy.

This continued for many minutes. Droite slowly came back to reality, while Kaito just held her. She was shivering badly, cold as ice, and so sore she could barely move. She felt him shift slightly, lowering one of his arms. Her defences went up immediately, but this was Kaito. She didn't need to be afraid of him at all.

"Lean back a little," he muttered softly. She blinked, sniffling and doing as he asked. "Now shut your eyes." On instinct she wanted to shake her head, but she did that anyway, too.

A slightly hard, but small, object was pressed to her lips. Parting them slightly, she felt the little cube slip inside her mouth and was met with a sweet taste. It tasted unlike anything else she'd had before...

Caramel.

"There," Kaito said, upon seeing the calmed look on Droite's face as she ate the little candy. "Always works."

She nodded, and then leaned her head back on his shoulder, relaxing against him. The blonde sighed mentally; the both of them weren't going to go anywhere for a while, getting drenched to the bone.

Unless...

Kaito somehow managed to slip his jacket off and lay it over their heads, so they weren't being pelted by the rain. Droite seemed to not mind; she was still calming down, and seemed content with just being there, in this moment, with him.

Ah, hell, never did he think caramel and himself made good comforters in a situation like this...

So, idk wtf happened here, so...

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