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The lightning stroke, followed by thunder.

Kyoko started crying.

Ren hesitated. This was unexpected. He didn't know what to do.

But it seemed like his body did.

His arms wrapped around Kyoko. Kyoko buried her face into his chest and hugged him back.

"Are you afraid of the storm?", he asked.

"No.", she said. The thunderstorm wasn't the reason she was crying.

It all just crashed down right now.

She had been thinking over the past few days.

About Sho, about her mother, about her past.

And when she had seen Ren in his flat just now, he seemed so comfortable.

"No, I'm not scared", she muttered, "but it'd be a good excuse."

While she talked, she raised her face, and their lips met.

Later on, none of the two would know which of the two initiated the kiss,

they would have a hard time remembering this night at all.

But they didn't care. Not right now.

When Ren awoke, it was still dark, but the rain had calmed down considerably.

He looked towards his left.

'Shoot', he thought.

How the hell had he ended up in bed with Kyoko?