Chapter 40

After leaving, we walk down the street looking at the local shops when the first drop of rain hits my forehead. A couple of seconds later, it starts pouring. Rega looks around distressed as she tries to cover her posters and signed mangas. I slip off my leather jacket and cover her and her books before leading her under cover of a nearby shop. She’s pressed up against the shop window with me standing right before her. Her hair is a little wet, and I can see the raindrops in her thick curls. I shift my eyes from her hair down to her long lashes and then to her brown eyes as she looks up at me. My love, you’re so nice to look at. She smiles. Lifting her hands, she strokes my face gently, sending my heart fluttering like crazy. She stops suddenly as if realizing what she’s doing, and she pulls her hand away. “The rain has let up. We should get moving before it returns.” “Okay,” I mumble, very annoyed with the rain for stopping so quickly. We walk together in silence for a couple of minut