Xiao Xiao smiled.
"You didn't bring an umbrella again."
"It's been raining for days. Why didn't you bring an umbrella when you went out?"
The child turned around.
He looked up at the big brother.
"...I'll be home soon."
"You didn't think it would rain, did you?"
Xiao Xiao raised an eyebrow slightly.
"The sky's been overcast since this morning."
"It's been raining off and on."
"It stops for a while."
"Then starts again."
"You were really hoping you'd get lucky."
The child guiltily looked away.
He really had been lazy for a moment and hadn't taken an umbrella.
He'd thought he'd be home soon.
A little rain didn't matter.
He hadn't expected...
It started raining.
And the rain got heavier and heavier.
In his hurry, he'd run around without knowing where to go.
By chance, he'd spotted this alley.
His face brightened, and he ran into it.
There was nothing in the alley.
Except for a trash can.
Without thinking much, he immediately ran to the trash can and curled up beside it, trying to avoid as many raindrops as he could.
"Why didn't you ask someone to take you home this time?"
Xiao Xiao remembered how bold the child had been last time.
The child pressed his lips together.
He didn't say anything.
Xiao Xiao smiled.
"Come on."
"I'll take you home."
The child's eyes widened.
A glimmer of light passed through them.
"Thank you, big brother."
"You're welcome."
Xiao Xiao's lips curved.
"What can I say? We're just fated to meet."
They'd run into each other again in such a short time.
The same weather.
The same predicament.
For the child...
Both times, the rain had trapped him.
Such a coincidence was something to marvel at.