The twins were out of sight, along with Tamaki, Haruhi and Hani. I didn't pay much attention to them, though I did find it strange that Mori wasn't with them. I looked up at the clouds above me as it began to rain. First lightly, like feathers, but it fell heavier by the second. I pulled my jacket off and held it over my head and school bag, trying to prevent the water from ruining my books. Then suddenly it stopped. Well, around me it kept pouring, but not a single drop landed on me. I pulled the jacket off of my head, and when I looked up I saw a dark blue umbrella, which was being held above my head by… "Mori-senpai!" I exclaimed and took a closer look at him. The rain was starting to drench him, but he didn't seem to care. "Senpai, you're getting all wet, the umbrella is big enough for both of us," I said, as I gestured him to sit down beside me. He did as I had suggested, but we had to sit rather close to each other. This made my body jolt a little almost every time he moved, I just couldn't make it stop! "You're shivering," he said, misunderstanding my sudden moves, and I was quite glad that he didn't suspect anything else. With those words he put one arm around me, hugging me tighter to warm me. "Thank you," I almost whispered, not looking at him since it would cause him to see my blushing cheeks.
A strange sound was heard, which caused me to tilt my head towards the boy sitting beside me, and my eyes widened at the sight. A squirrel, on his lap! He saw that I had noticed, and carefully he let the little animal walk onto his hand, and moved it over to me. "Do you want to hold it?" I looked up to Mori's eyes, not sure if I had heard right, my eyes sparkling with excitement. As he had heard my unspoken question, he nodded and handed it over to me. The squirrel carefully stepped over to my hands, and started to sniff and crawl all over me. I giggled at its behaviour, and took out a pack of nuts from my bag and gave to it. Mori smiled down at me, and patted my head. "So gentle," I thought to yourself. Mori was so gentle, and he made me feel so relaxed, like I didn't have to do anything else than sit close to him. Without thinking, I titled my head to collide carefully with his shoulder. He was kind of soft too…
The rain had stopped. Mori got up and closed the umbrella, and I joined him in standing up with the squirrel still sitting on my shoulder. I had never been so close to a so small and wild animal, and it certainly was something I would remember for the rest of my life, this moment. "Thank you so much for lending me your umbrella," I smiled at him. "And for letting me hold this little fellow," I continued and handed the squirrel back to him. He took it and carefully put it down to the ground. At first it just stood there, looking at us, before running away.
The Ootori car pulled up by the gate, and Kyouya had finally finished his important talk. I smiled a goodbye to my rescuer and got into the car. Kyouya followed. "What was it you had to talk with the teacher about?" I asked, only to hear that it was nothing of importance, as always.