"Hey, Mare, where've you been?" Alya asked.
"I had to talk to Ms. Bustier after class." I lied.
"Oh, well Nino and I were going to hang out to get to know each other better. Do you want to come?" she asked.
"No, you guys go. I don't want to third wheel." I joked.
"Okay, we'll see you tomorrow Mare." Alya said, taking Nino's umbrella and opening it.
"See you, Pigtails." Nino said, joining Alya under the umbrella.
"Bye guys. See you tomorrow." I said, waving as she and Nino walked into the rain, under the cover of his umbrella. I heard the door open and close behind me. Adrien walked past me, and opened his umbrella. He turned back to look at me.
"I just wanted you to know that I was only trying to take the chewing gum off your seat. I swear. I've never been to school before. I've never had friends. It's all sort of new to me." He said, turning to hold his umbrella out to me. I looked down at his hand, and saw sparks flying off his fingertips towards me. I reached out to grab the umbrella and saw that sparks were also flying off of my fingertips. I hesitated for a moment, and then went to grab the umbrella handle. Our fingers brushed, and I pulled my hand back. I looked up, and saw shock written on his face. He grabbed my hand, and placed the umbrella in it.
"Take it. My driver's right there. Besides, I can't let my soulmate catch a cold." He said, a smirk on his face. He grabbed my hand and placed a kiss on it. He gave me a cheesy grin, then ran off to where his driver was waiting. I smiled at him, and then walked the block to my house.