Prompt #29

Umbrella

Hope was an innocent 7 year old when he saw someone drenched in rain. He was coming back from the school his mother and father enrolled him in to higher raise his intelligence. He was walking along the side walk of Palumpolum stomping over random water puddles with his yellow rain boots.

He smiled up at his mom who was holding one of his hands. The other hand was holding his light translucent green umbrella.

Even if the rain in Cocoon was artificial, he knew that having an umbrella could really help.

His mom stopped in front of a small shop. She knelt down in front of him and smiled warmly at his peaceful expression.

"Hope I just need to grab something and I'll be right back. Will you be okay waiting for me out here?" She asked.

He nodded and held onto his umbrella handle.

"I'll be okay." He responded.

He watched as his mom walked inside the shop. He stepped over to the bench and sat down swinging his short legs back and forth. He heard a distant yell and glanced to the right looking beneath his umbrella.

It was two people: a male and female. They looked to be fighting about something judging by their troubled expressions. The girl had short brown hair with light green eyes while the boy had blonde hair and blue eyes.

He looked down and then gave a firm nod to the girl. She looked beyond furious and Hope watched curiously as she slapped the blond. She yanked the umbrella from his hold and stormed off.

Hope knew that people fought because they had something to disagree on, but he didn't know what happened afterward.

He saw the blonde sigh and raise a hand over his head as he looked up at the sky. He was getting soaking wet being exposed to the pouring rain. He had a frown upon his face as he just stood there staring at the cloudy sky.

Hope clenched his umbrella hold and then nodded to himself. He hopped off the bench and walked up to the teenager. He tapped the blonde guy's arm calling for his attention. The blond glanced down at the kid.

He blinked and then spoke:

"What's up kiddo?"

Hope held out his umbrella.

"For you." He simply said.

The tall male was taken aback before he slowly took the umbrella.

Hope smiled and then waved off as soon as he heard his mom call out for him.

The teenager reached out a hand.

"Hey wait!" But Hope had already scurried off. The blonde tightened his grip on the umbrella he was given and then let out a smile.

Hope ran underneath his mother's purple umbrella. She looked a bit surprised.

"What happened to your umbrella?"

Hope shrugged.

"Charity." He murmured and she didn't question anything else further.

"Of course I'd forget my umbrella. It's not like Bodhum can't have rainy days too." Hope muttered to himself as he narrowed his eyes to glance up at the dark sky. The rain poured down on him as he searched for a covered area to keep him somewhat dry.

He came over to Bodhum for a seaside trip. He had just turned 15 and as a gift, his mom gave him a pass to Bodhum for a luxurious time. Turns out his first day had to be ruined by rain. Even so, the place was still beautiful.

"For you." A voice suddenly said to him.

Hope turned to the very tall grinning blonde. His blue eyes sparkled at him.

His eyes slightly widen at the familiar umbrella.

"Are you…?" He whispered.

Snow winked.

Hope smiled warmly and took the umbrella.

Okay…maybe not a ruined first day.