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the caught in the rain meme

It started out quietly, and then, quite suddenly, you're caught in a storm with an endless downpour. Time to quickly find cover! Nothing much to do but to wait it out. Where is the rain happening? How are you coping? Why are you out when it hits?

RULES
• Leave a comment with your character's name and fandom.
• RNG for a number between 1-10 to get your scenario. Mix and match!
• Have fun!

SCENARIOS
i WHERE:
001 PLAYGROUND | Well, you can try to hide under the slide or maybe in the jungle gym... at least you're some place fun?
002 PARK | Always happens, caught outside trying to take advantage of the weather... and it ends up pulling a fast one on you.
003 STORE FRONT | Better hope they have an awning you can take advantage of.
004 BEACH | Not exactly the best place to be during a rainstorm, however it is possible to get caught in a sudden storm.
005 FOREST | Mud, bugs and all the rambler's paths are washed away so you don't know how to get out.
006 SKY | On a plane? A pegasus? You were there when the first drop fell.
007 EMPTY CITY | Maybe it was a zombie apocalypse or WW3. It's safer outside when all the nasties take refuge indoors.
008 AT SEA | Nothing is worse than an unexpected freak storm here. Except sea monsters.
009 TEMPLE | It's beautiful, but leaky.
010 WILD CARD | Your call.

ii HOW:
001 TREE | Not the best cover, but it'll have to do, stay close to the roots and you won't get too wet.
002 UMBRELLA | Most conventional... Kinda boring. But it works.
003 NEWSPAPER | Not permanent, but it'll have to do. Good luck.
004 SHIRT | Well... y'gotta do what you gotta do.
005 MAGIC | Wave that wand or chant a spell.
006 CARDBOARD | Out of a dumpster. Nice.
007 LEAVES | Not under a tree: just one really huge leaf.
008 CAVE | Not very deep, but it keeps off the worst.
009 NONE | You don't need cover, screw convention.
010 WILD CARD | Your call.

iii WHY:
001 REJECTED | Welp. Rejection sucks. And no one will see you crying in the rain.
002 WAITING | For the bus? For someone else? For some revelation? What are you waiting for.
003 MELANCHOLY | Sometimes the best place to feel a bit down is out in the rain.
004 HAPPINESS | Is everything going your way? Are you singing a refrain while walking down the lane? Just singin. Singin' in the rain.
005 ANGER | WELL YOU KNOW WHAT. SCREW YOU TOO, RAIN.
006 ACCEPTANCE | You had to be here anyway, it wasn't a choice.
007 SCIENCE | Everyone else is inside but you've got work to do.
008 ACCIDENTAL | Lost track of time? Forgot your coat? Oops. Now you look like a wet rat.
009 KISSING | They kissed you. How are you supposed to leave them alone out here after that?
010 WILD CARD | Your call.

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[ it's a bit of a struggle, at first - accepting that he's not human, that his lapses in memory were a result of becoming someone else. so many things about his own life fall apart entirely (his grandparents, the school he'd transferred from) when yukito is finally confronted with actually thinking about them.

but touya is there, as kind and warm as he's always been, and that's enough. maybe this wasn't the reason he was created for, but he was still allowed to be his own person, wasn't he?

these are the thoughts he's lost in as they're on their way back from the high school, and he's startled out of them by a single cold droplet of rain that hits the back of his neck and is quickly joined by dozens of others. ]

Oh-

[ yukito is startled; he'd barely noticed it was overcast. he glances around, then gestures at the nearby park. ]

There should be shelter there, if you want to wait it out?

[Touya was still recovering. He'd been out for a week, but magic took time to rebuild. There were still times he disappeared to go nap someplace. He barely managed to get his homework done on some days. He was struggling a bit. He didn't want Yuki to be upset though over him in any case so he tried to go back to school. This was the first day back, and go figure it was starting to rain.]

Guess we better. [He gave the sky a slightly annoyed look as if it could actually understand. He starts to head in the direction Yuki pointed out.]

[He got a bit wet on the way over as it started coming down, a hand raking through the dampness of said hair and flicking away the water.] I hate getting wet. [In a previous life he was probably a cat with how picky he could be]

Rain has never really bothered Yuki, but Touya seems to hate it. He wishes he had an umbrella or something, but leading his friend toward a small awning that barely overhangs some already damp benches is the most that he's able to do for now. They make it back against the wall just as the sky cracks open and the rain begins to pour in heavy sheets, hard enough to obscure visibility.

"You'll dry soon," he says, and it's meant to be reassurance, not chastising. "How are you feeling?"

Touya had never been a fan. He wasn't going to crumple and melt away, but he wasn't one to enjoy it either. He'd much rather be inside and be warm and dry than cold and wet. The rain often brought memories he didn't necessarily want to deal with.

"Still standing." He responds to the question of how he was feeling. That was really all he could hope for as they sat down. "Really, I'm fine." He tried to reassure. "You don't have to worry so much. I slept during home room." He admitted with a shrug as he gave him a little nudge. "You're here, that's what matters to me."

"Ah-" That catches him off guard slightly, and Yuki doesn't know why, exactly, it is that he flusters when he turns his eyes from Touya to look out over the rain. "There's nowhere else I'd rather be," he says softly in return. "Do you think Sakura made it home before the storm?"

Touya just looks amused for a moment, and then a bit more serious as he watches him. "Yeah probably." He blew off the question about Sakura. In that moment he was more concerned with Yuki and just how close they had to sit due to the rain around them. He ran through so many scenarios in his head just then, just watching him. "I'm sure she's fine." His little sister not really on his mind, but Yuki was. A hand almost timidly touches one of Yuki's, the one closest to them.

It's a bit strange, feeling Touya's gaze on him so intently. Packed close like this, it's - well, intimate, not unlike the time he'd spent sleeping next to him while he recovered.

He glances over, meeting his eyes, not sure why he himself is flustered. "Everyone seemed really glad to have you back today."

Yuki didn't pull away, so Touya kept his hand there on his and just listened to the rain for a minute. Not everything was bad about it, he didn't mind the sound.

His attention turned back to the other when he spoke. "I was surprised." He didn't think anyone would notice that he was gone. He didn't think he had that much impact, but apparently he had. People were chatting his ear off while he just listened and let them do so. "Didn't think anyone would notice." They all had lives to live. He didn't expect anyone to think much about him.

He was glad to have the comfortable quiet that was just theirs though. He reached up with a free hand to gently move some of Yuki's hair from his eyes in an affectionate sort of way.

The breeze from the rain is sharp but not unpleasant. If anything, it just makes him more grateful for the warmth of Touya's hand near his, for his presence close to his side.

"Don't be silly," he says with a soft smile, and it's hard to resist the urge to lean into that slight touch. "You're one of the most popular boys in school."

This feels bigger than pointless gossip, and Yuki's eyes are sharp, curious.

He knew they had popularity, but always figured it was surface deep. He never thought too much about that stuff. Popular or unpopular, he just existed. He never had a big head about it, apparently he was actually a little oblivious to it. They were liked, sure, but popular? "Hmm." He responds simply enough as he considers the words.

His fingertips gingerly brushed that hair away, then touched his neck a little. As if seeing what touches he could get away with when it came to him. And then finally, he just did it. Bit the bullet and leaned in to kiss him.

The touch is slightly surprising, but not at all unwelcome. Yukito's skin is soft, warm beneath the other boy's fingertips, filled with a life and energy he's been missing for quite some time now. Yuki is happy to indulge the feeling, to savor it, and then-

Well, it's his first kiss, and with a gust of rain causing a pleasantly cool lash of wind against them, he's not entirely sure if he could think of a way to improve it. He returns it in kind, careful, and when he pulls away it's with sheepishness on his face. "Toya-?"

Touya likes that warmth. It reminds him what he did was worth it. It's obviously not his first kiss, but one of his better ones. "I wanted to do that for a while now. Sorry." If it was out of line, or unwanted.

He wouldn't force him into a second, even if he kind of wanted to experience that again. Yuki was warmer than he thought he'd be, comforting to the touch. Touya on the other hand was still a bit cool, like magic had literally provided him warmth. He didn't remove his hand, at least not unless Yuki wanted him to. "Was it bad?"

Yuki will eventually settle back into that pale coolness, but the moon is still growing used to having this magic gifted to it - it's so used to simply reflecting the light around it.

For now, he's simply a bit flustered. There was no question on his part when it came to how he felt about Kinomoto Touya, but at the same time- "I'm not human," he reminds him gently, touching the other boy's cheek in turn. It's raining hard enough that no one is around; this feels as private as Touya's room had been the other night.

Touya was quiet as he leaned into that touch, eyes closing partially. "I don't care. I've never cared. You're you." Whoever that was, Touya was pretty fond of. Be it magical being or human, Touya knew what he wanted.

His resolve stood behind his words, Touya had known for some time that Yuki wasn't human and he still wanted to be with him.

"Toya," he exhales with a surprised sort of laugh. His hand slides gingerly to the back of his neck, just to brace himself as he chases down another kiss - clumsy with inexperience, but firm with resolve of his own. "You knew for a while, didn't you?" About him. About Yue.

Touya was steady, letting Yuki explore as he wished. He would always be that rock, that much he could provide. Stability. He gently returned that kiss, deepening it just a little before he was released again so Yuki could speak. "You could say that." Pretty much since they met, and still there he was. He wasn't going to leave Yuki, in fact he also wanted to know the other. But now he was focused more so on Yuki, shifting some to face him a bit more. One leg hanging off that bench, he drew him in for another kiss. Tongue slipping past his lips this time.

It would be a lie to say he'd never daydreamed about kissing Touya - idle, guilty thoughts that left him strangely embarrassed, as if he were taking advantage of his friendship with these kinds of thoughts alone. It was clear now that it wasn't one-sided, that Touya cared the same way that he did, and that combined with the other boy's mouth on his own has his heart beating in his throat.

He starts to reciprocate in kind, but pulls away instead, face flushed. "We're outside," he says softly. "That's-" Impolite. Improper. He doesn't know the exact word, only that he desperately wants to kiss the boy beside him again already.

His tongue pressed past those lips to brush against the others when he pulled away. Touya could only raise an eyebrow at his protest. "It's only us." Nobody else was crazy enough to be stuck out there. Every direction they looked in, they were alone now.

If Yuki really wanted him to stop of course, he would. But still he tried again. Touya didn't seem to care that they were outside. He never really was concerned with how things looked to anyone else.

It's only us, Touya says, and Yuki couldn't say why, exactly, but that fills him with a happy sort of warmth. "Just one more, then," he concedes, murmuring against the other boy's mouth. He yields to him this time, parting his own lips slightly to hesitantly lick at Touya's lower lip, pleased beyond measure.

"Oh, yeah only one." Touya gives him a smirk. When he opened himself up to one more kiss, Touya contently obliged. This one started off slow, but deepened after a minute. Yuki's lips were soft, inviting even. Touya would take advantage of that until he was actually told to stop. The rain actually made for a nice cover, some actual privacy since nobody else was out but them. Most people had cleared out from school already due to said rain. His family wouldn't expect him back immediately. Rain always took extra time. The hand on Yuki's shoulder, toyed idly with the fabric there.

It's embarrassing, the idea of being caught like this, but the allure of actually having a private moment with Touya is too much to resist right away. Kissing is new and novel and slightly intoxicating, and he can feel the other boy's hand on his shoulder like a comfortable weight. The hand not on Touya's back moves to lightly press against his chest, cautious, like he isn't sure he's allowed yet, but he'll continue to kiss him for a while, even as the worst of the rain begins to ease.

Maybe he should have been more worried about being caught, but he honestly didn't care in that moment. There weren't even people on foot near by. He enjoyed the feeling of Yuki's hand where it was. Pretty much anything he did, any movement he made as long as it wasn't moving away was good. Even as the rain let up a bit, he continued to kiss him. Only parting to breathe a little more. "Maybe we should continue this at your place?" He suggested Yuki's, only because he knew if they went to his place they wouldn't get a single second alone. He wanted more time with him.

Yukito's face is warm when he pulls back, and only grows a little hotter at the suggestion. Sheepishly, he'd like just a little more time with Touya, too. "Fujitaka won't mind? They've been worried about you, too..." Would his family notice if he was a little later home on his first day back to school?

"I mean I'm sure we can listen to the story about the thousandth time Sakura dropped the baton on her head if you really want to go to mine." Touya teased him quietly, lips just above his as he gave him another kiss. This one more gentle. "Or we can do more of this." Another kiss, this one a bit longer.

Touya Kinomoto | CCS | M/M

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