It wasn’t a big deal, Kyo tried to convince himself. It probably won’t end up raining.
Thunder boomed and the sky turned darker and darker, clouds looking ominous as a light drizzle began to fall.
How could she be so stupid?! She’s gonna get sick and, hell, we know she ain’t gonna rest! DAMMIT.
Why was he so. damn. worried? He could picture it: her coming home drenched in water. Her clothes soaked through. A sneeze. A cough. And then... Kyo shook his head.
“Where’s Kyo gone off to?” Shigure asked Yuki, not looking up from his book.
He was gone. Out the door, running- sprinting to the grocery store where the girl had left to shop for tonight’s dinner.
It felt like hours to get there, and the rain was getting harder, his eyes blurred by the incessant drops of water hitting his face.
He found the girl, just leaving the market, and stopped just flat of running her over.
“You forgot. You’re. Umbrella.” Heavy breaths between words.
Now was the time to be the hero! He would swing open the umbrella, and place it over her head, the two saved from the rain. He would finally be doing something right, something cool and helpful, to let her know he cared.
“W-where is it? WHERE IS IT DAMMIT?!”
“Where’s what, Kyo-kun?” Tohru asked.
“I was supposed to... save you from the rain...” He ran a hand through his hair, as Tohru took out an old newspaper from her shopping bag. “This will work!” She cheerfully exclaimed.
He sighed. “At least let me hold it, dammit.”
So the two walked in the rain, both soaked to the bone, the now mushy newspaper Kyo held above their heads falling on their shoulders form the weight of the rain. But neither of them minded, really, because they were together, as close as they could be.