Rain

Taking a step out of Raizen High's school building, Kurumi's nose was immediately hit by a drop of water. She looked up to notice the sky being enveloped by gray clouds; however, she was only able to notice them for a moment, because her vision of clouds was suddenly replaced by what seemed like the top of an umbrella the second she looked up.

Kurumi carefully turned to look at the person who was holding the umbrella and standing behind her. As always, he was there the moment she needed him.

"Shall we head home?"

Shido Itsuka asked while smiling, which made Kurumi reply with a smile of her own.

"Yes, let's."

While walking side-by-side with Shido underneath an umbrella, Kurumi's excitement could hardly be contained. There was also a tinge of nervousness, but that feeling probably wasn't going to disappear for a while, considering what the two of them were supposed to be. A moderate amount of rain was now falling onto the umbrella that she and Shido were sharing.

Kurumi was currently looking away from Shido, so she wasn't sure if he was as nervous as she was; however, her curiosity eventually got the better of her, and so she decided to glance over to her right.

Shido was also looking away from Kurumi, his cheeks slightly pink. She lowered her sights and noticed that his right sleeve was getting caught in the rain while she herself was completely unexposed. The gesture made her grateful, but she felt as though the situation wasn't as satisfying with Shido getting part of himself wet. Thus she immediately linked her arms around the one that he was holding the umbrella with and pulled him closer inside so that the roof could cover the both of them better.

"H-Hey, Kurumi…"

"You're getting wet, Shido."

"Well, yeah. It's raining."

"Then come closer."

"Uh…"

Shido didn't think that he could actually move closer to Kurumi when she had just pulled him towards herself. Not to mention that she was still clinging firmly to his arm. The umbrella was now being held at a slightly tilted angle.

"It's sort of difficult to hold the umbrella up when you grab onto my arm like that."

Kurumi gave an amused chuckle.

"You have another arm, don't you?"

"Well, I do, but then I wouldn't be able to cover you very well."

"That's alright, I have my own if I need it."

"Then what's the point of using just mine!?"

"So people know that we're a couple?"

"I think everyone at school already knows that we're a couple now though…"

"That's not good enough."

Shido turned his head to look at Kurumi.

"Eh? What makes you say that?"

Kurumi continued to stare into the distance.

"The world is a big place, Shido."

Shido was certain that he saw Kurumi's expression turn a little sinister.

"That's why I have to make sure that no one on Earth will come between us."

As if in response to Kurumi's sudden hostility, the amount of rain suddenly began to pour harder, and thunder roared throughout the sky.

The convenient wrath of Mother Nature made Shido shiver, causing Kurumi to turn her head and look at him.

"What's the matter, Shido?"

"Oh, n-nothing."

"Is that so?"

Kurumi formed a grin and stared into the distance again. She and Shido continued their walk back home in silence, mostly because Shido was now too busy worrying over the fate of the planet.