Intermission: Hitomi
"See you later!" Hitomi called cheerfully, waving to Mareike and a few other teammates as they parted ways on their way home. The Karateka hummed as she walked the street, looking up at the clouds which had grown dark.
Luckily she had started carrying her umbrella with her all the time ever since she had gotten caught up in the rain.
Smiling she ran a hand through her hair. It would be a lie that everything was back to the way it was, she still needed to do something about what had happened between Leifang and herself. But instead of driving herself mad about it she decided to be patient and wait for the Chinese to contact her.
And if she didn't do so until her next semester break she would book a flight and confront her herself. She owed it to herself and to Leifang.
But for the most part she was getting used to herself and her feelings, and her father as well as Viktor were very supportive and she only felt this little ache inside her heart at night when she was lying in her bed all alone and wondered what Leifang was doing at that very moment.
She was content. Far from happy, but content.
Hitomi checked her watch and sped up her strides a little. There was something on TV that she really wanted to watch. Just when she crossed the street the first raindrop fell, hitting her on the forehead. She pulled out her umbrella, not a second too early as it soon began to pour.
Hopefully it doesn't rain the whole day she thought and rounded the corner that led to her apartment building...
...and halted in her tracks as she spotted a familiar head of dark hair.
"Leifang?"