........He really should have brought an umbrella stand. This is what Shirogane thought as he watched the tiny blue speck that was the handle of Akari's umbrella as it was carried away out to sea.

The evening had started out quiet enough. He had retreated to the higher level of his home because electronics and water just didn't get along. He had expected to spend the day quietly, since who in their right mind came to visit at this time? (But that was the Man-Home resident in him thinking, mostly.)

What he hadn't expected was a girl wearing rain boots and a bright smile at his door who had apparently come for no reason at all. That...he was okay with, and they had had dinner together. But now that it was time for her to go home....he's sure that he can't even see the umbrella anymore in this rain.