Summer rain
Hikaru breathed in deeper, enjoying the last of summer; feeling himself energized.
It was pretty chilly the night before, but the weather this evening was breezy but not humid, perfect for an evening jog. "Especially since Honey-sempai had invited Kaoru over to his place" he mused.
After lacing up his shoes, he upped the volume of his music player, choosing an upbeat song. Thus starting his run.
Half an hour later, he had turned a few lanes, going into what the Ouran students would have called the "commoner district". He smiled, thinking of his own little commoner.
The wind ruffled his copper locks as he savored the grassy breeze, running hard. Just when he was fully enjoying his run, thunder clapped and dark clouds loomed over the twilight sky and almost immediately, rain started pouring heavily.
Hikaru felt cold pellets touch the back of his neck and cursed under his breath. He ran up to the nearest store, hoping to take shelter there till the rain passes by.
As he stood outside, the gentle wind that was once caressing him turned wilder, hitting him hard. He shivered. He was already drenched by his own sweat, when the rain came, what more the cold wind blowing now.
"The shop's closed today, if not I could've took shelter or rang up home there." The rain continued to fall without mercy as Hikaru mentally kicked himself for not bringing his phone out today. He sighed, feeling his temperature drop, hoping that the rain would cease soon.
Constantly fidgeting about, he was desperately trying to generate some heat from his minute activities. When just then, a familiar flash of brown hair was seen under a yellow umbrella. "H-haruhi!" He called out, voice trembling slightly.
"Hikaru!" the girl turned, brown eyes looking at the drenched figure just beside her, "what're you doing here? You'll get a cold, quick, let's go to my place. At least you can get dry there."
He grinned wryly, grateful. Hikaru snuggled with Haruhi under her umbrella, offering to hold it instead. "Thanks. Sorry." He could feel her body heat from their proximity; he felt a tingle creeping onto his cheeks.
"Why apologise?" she asked, passing the taller boy the umbrella.
He held it as firmly as he could, the other arm around his body trying to retain whatever heat he had left. "Because I stopped you. You were rushing back to hide weren't you?" he managed a small laugh, as he quickened his pace so that they could both get to Haruhi's place soon.
"It's okay." She muttered. He was right, she was rushing home to hide, in fact her heart is beating really rapidly now, desperately hoping that there would not be thunder. "We're almost there."
Haruhi dug out her keys and opened the door fast, ushering Hikaru into the small apartment before locking the door shut.
Dripping a puddle in the middle of the room, Hikaru sneezed, visibly uncomfortable.
"Oh yea," Haruhi, remembering the wet and cold Hikaru swiftly walked to her room. Rummaging through her clothes, she dug out a larger sweater and pants for Hikaru. "Here you go," she passed him the clothing and a dry towel.
He took the items appreciatively and hurried to dry himself with the rough towel. "Anyway, shouldn't you be hiding now?" he chuckled. Eyes widened, Haruhi hearing this merely nodded before quickly dashing off to prepare her comfort zone while Hikaru headed to the bathroom.
"How small," he frowned, taking in his surroundings. "But I don't have much of a choice I guess." As he slipped on the top Haruhi had handed him, he sniggered. "Trust her to buy her clothings 3 times larger..."
At the same time, after tidying up her little refuge center, Haruhi was eagerly climbing into the closet, carefully shutting the door behind her. "Just in time" she thought as a crack resonated through the air almost as soon as she had cupped her ears. She trembled a little in the dark.
Suddenly, the door opened and a ray of light snuck into her safe haven. As she hurriedly reached a hand out to close it, a familiar pair of eyes looked at her, "Move over"
Then, not saying a word, the lad climbed in and sat beside her, shutting the door once he was relatively comfortable. "Thought you might want some company," he beamed, copper hair hanging limply due to the rain.
But before she could reply, another crash came and echoed through her ears. She winced; eyes shut tightly together, hands once again on her ears.
Hikaru sighed. He slipped an arm around the fragile looking girl beside him and pulled her closer to him, resting her head on his chest; wishing that his heart would not betray him to her.
"Thank you," she muttered; comforted by his presence.
His chest tightened and his heart skipped a beat. "You're welcome," he murmured, his heart has betrayed him once more.
A/N: My second OHSHC fic. And it's yet another quick HikaHaru fic that I'm writing. There's a next chapter and it should be up soon. I'm taking this as a bit of a warm up for my upcoming Kaoru fic. If you enjoyed/disliked it, do leave a comment! Thanks pumpkins! (: