Having been told by Tsuna to go on home without him, Gokudera stepped out the entrance of the school building to find Yamamoto standing outside staring at the rain that was steadily pouring.
Yamamoto spotted him and grinned. “Oi! Gokudera!”
“You haven’t left yet?” Gokudera resisted the urges to run back to his boss and to warn him of the weather.
“Nah, I was supposed to be at baseball practice, but the weather canceled all the plans.”
“Are you waiting out the rain?”
“Maybe, are you?”
“I don’t have an umbrella.” Gokudera reached a hand out to feel the water on his palm.
“Want to walk together? I have an umbrella,” Yamamoto pulled it within sight and shook it open. “It should be big enough to cover the both of us.”
Gokudera forced out a disgusted face, “like I’d share an umbrella with you!”
He scrutinized Yamamoto’s face and was surprised, and faintly guilty at the hurt look behind the taller boy’s face. And then he made a realization. “Wait…the baseball team made an announcement this afternoon that there was no practice.”
Yamamoto gave a fake laugh. “Oh really? I guess they did and I forgot. Since you’re probably waiting for Tsuna, I’ll go home now. Good night,” he stepped out into the rain and pulled the umbrella over his head.
As he began walking, Gokudera quickly followed him, surprising himself when he realized he was getting wet. “O-oi!”
Yamamoto turned around and quickly moved his umbrella over to shield the Italian boy. “Gokudera! Why are you-”
He was interrupted when Gokudera stepped up closer to him, moving the umbrella to shield the both of them. “Idiot,” the dynamite user murmured. “Why would you move the umbrella where you would get wet?”
“Eh…instinct I guess. I didn’t want you to catch a cold.”
Gokudera turned to the side and gave a half-heartened humph. “I changed my mind, let’s go. I want to get home before I do get sick.”
And he turned slightly red as he tried to ignore the cheerful smile that adorned baseball player’s face as they walked home under the same umbrella that was shielding them from the gentle downpour of rain.