Lavender
10. Storm
It was raining.
It had started almost suddenly, with a strong, hair-tossing wind pushing the thick grey clouds over them. Fat raindrops began to fall slowly, and then quickly, and then even quicker than that.
They (they being Hinata, who was walking home from training, Kiba, who had insisted on walking with her, and Shino, who just came) all quickly ran under the overhang of an old abandoned house. Breathless, they stood half-soaking wet together.
Kiba commented that the house was probably haunted, to which Shino rolled his eyes. Hinata was just glad to be out of the rain. Even so, she lifted her arm, just far enough that it broke the protection of the roof and wetness drummed against her skin.
"It's coming down hard," Shino commented.
Kiba shook his head, all too reminiscent of a dog. "Damn… Mom was right. I wish I'd brought an umbrella."
Hinata shrugged, and whispered, "I don't."