Chapter IV: As It Rains

The rain was even stronger now and the wind colder than before, blowing wilder.

Loud noises were heard from the outside as trees swayed wildly, causing some of its

branches to break off, hitting the ground with a shattering thud. Just yesterday it was

sunny.. What is this all of a sudden?

The two had found an abandoned cabin in the middle of the forest and had

decided to stay there. The cabin was ancient and it looked really wrecked from the

outside but the inside was okay. The outside was completely covered with green vines

that crawled its way up to the cabin's roof. The roof also has a few cracks, which causes

the inside to have puddles of water from the leak. The inside, however, was completely

empty except for the spider webs on the ceiling, weeds infiltrating through the cracks of

the wooden walls and loose floor boards and dust all over. The window's glasses were

cracked, having some pieces missing. Some of the broken glass shards were found on the

floor, its sharpness edges emanating the little light from the outside. Lightning struck

loudly, its flash causing the pieces of glass to glimmer.

Fuuko sat on a corner and Raiha stood beside her, leaning his back calmly against

the wall. Fuuko's shoes was laid upside down, soaking out the water that had gotten into

it, beside her. She had taken her shoes and socks off, revealing her long, slim feet. She

was soaking wet and her skin was paler than usual. It was ice cold and so were her lips

that also turned pale. She started to shake and shiver slightly.

Raiha's eyes shifted down to Fuuko, noticing that she was shivering out of

draftiness. He took off his soaked tunic and twisted it tightly, casing the water to drip on

the floor. He then hanged it on the edge of the window then sat down beside Fuuko.

Without a moment's hesitation, he pulled her against him in an embrace, causing her eyes

to widen in sudden shock of Raiha's startling action.

"W-what are you..."

"Shh... you're cold," he hushed her softly, leaning his warm cheek against hers,

which was icy. His warmth caused her comfort. She pulled him closer as if desiring more

of his warmth, leaning her face against his neck where most of his warmth was coming

from. He winced some, feeling a throb of somewhat, stinging pain from her frozen skin

against his neck. He could feel her lips tightly pressed against his neck as if drinking his

warmth, sharing it with him. His features suddenly filled with a light shade of crimson as

it started to warm up. He held her close against him with his protective arms, rubbing her

back gently.

'He's... hugging me?' Fuuko thought to herself. No one ever had gotten his close

to her because if they even tried, she'd probably send them flying off to space with her

super punch! '...funny thing is... I like it this way...' His neck was so warm... so soft...

he has a certain scent. Incense? Cologne? Fuuko could not make it up but it really did

smelled good. She tried to fight it, she tried to hesitate but ended up rubbing her face

against his neck closer and closer, her lips was already against it too. Is that considered as

a kiss or what? He could feel this. He could feel all her movements and even her

heartbeat. All he could do is close his eyes and let out a small smile that he tried to hard

to keep hidden but failed to do so.