a/n: written for the OTP Week Challenge
stars - rain - 461 words - K - Romance
They sit under the big apple tree with its branches and leaves, listening to the pitter-patter of the rain as it falls from the ash-gray clouds and strikes the ground. Fat drops plop from the leaves, spilling onto the wet grass like handfuls of marbles, shattering upon contact.
Both of them are wearing wool coats, buttoned up all the way to the enormous collars, with knitted scarved pulled around their faces for extra protection against the cold. The bench they sit on is try save for the few raindrops that slip past the tree's canopy and fall onto the wood. Every time one of the drops land onto her leg or hair or neck, she gives a smell yelp in surprise and leans into her boyfriend's embrace, and he smiles and holds her closer.
"Don't like the rain?" he teases.
"Shut up," she murmurs, burrowing into the thick folds of his jacket. "It's just surprising, that's all."
"After every rainfall comes a rainbow-"
"N, don't."
He laughs. "What? It's true, you know. It's a type of meteorological phenomena-"
"Stop. You're spoiling rainbows with science."
"That makes no sense whatsoever."
"You make no sense whatsoever," she retorts, but kisses him on the cheek. N smiles and kisses her back.
The rain clears quickly, leaving the night sky in full focus. The rain seems to have brought a sense of clarity to the world, and Touko breaths in clean, crisp air and lets out a small sigh of pleasure.
"The stars are out tonight," N notes, folding up the umbrella and standing up, stretching his long legs. Touko joins him as he points up at the tiny, twinkling beads of light.
"See, there's Andromeda. And Perseus, too." His fingers trace the constellations for her to view. "Sometimes, I think that there's something quite romantic about their situation."
"Andromeda and Perseus?" Touko scoffs. "She was chained to a rock to be sacrificed to a sea monster just because of her mother's own vanity and pride threatened to bring destruction upon her father's kingdom. What's romantic about that?"
"I was talking about how Perseus swoops in and saves her from her imminent death, slaying the sea monster and restoring peace to the land."
"Ah. Must have overlooked that part."
"You know, you really aren't one for myths, are you?"
She chuckles and grabs his hand, pulling him towards her. "Not with someone who has as weird a sense of romance as you."
Her hands slide around his neck and pull his face close. "Now, this is more romantic."
Her lips draw closer, and, forgetting about the stars, N tosses his umbrella down and leans in for the kiss.