Lin Guang crouched in front of Yoshino and placed the umbrella he held into her hands.
"You look like you're already soaked, but having an umbrella is better than not having one. Remember to go home early."
With that, Lin Guang ruffled Yoshino's hair, then picked up his groceries and dashed straight into the rain as she watched.
Only after Lin Guang had disappeared from Yoshino's sight did things change.
Yoshinon then said to Yoshino, "Well, well! Has that gentle, lucky guy already won Yoshino's heart?"
Yoshino looked at the umbrella in her hands and said softly, "Lin Guang... very gentle... different..."
Hearing Yoshino's words, Yoshinon nodded in agreement.
"That's right. That guy really is different from those people. So, has Yoshino fallen for him?"
At that, Yoshino's little face flushed bright red, and she hid straight in the woods to the sound of Yoshinon's laughter.
On his way home from school, Shido Itsuka, who had not brought an umbrella, rushed into a shrine along his route to take temporary shelter from the rain.
"The weather forecasts have been so inaccurate lately. They clearly said there was only a ten percent chance of rain."
Just then, Shido Itsuka noticed a green figure.
By the time Shido Itsuka turned to look, the green figure was already gone.
Shido Itsuka paid it no mind, however. Instead, he took a deep breath and said, "All right! I'll run all the way home in one go!"
With that, Shido Itsuka dashed straight out.
Behind a tree, a white hand puppet quietly poked her head out, then quietly hid again.
When he returned home, he saw Tohka Yatogami, who had already returned, coming out of the bathroom.
Shido Itsuka was no longer surprised, because Kotori Itsuka and Reine Murasame had already told Lin Guang and