Two Umbrellas

Renora drabble

Lie Ren looked out his window with relief washing over him. He loved all the time he spent with his partner, but sometimes she was just too much for him. The heavy rain pounding against the plane meant he could relax with tea and a book. He wasn't going to be dragged outside to run around for once in weeks. Picking a his favorite book off the shelf he held it carefully, the pages were falling out and the spine was broken to no return. He curled up on his bed and started to read.

Nora Valkyrie was pacing outside of her dorm, if she stayed there any longer she would make a noticeable mark in the carpet. She couldn't decide what to do, she had far too much energy to stay inside the walls of the school, but it was pouring rain and rain just made her sad. Thoughts of her life before Beacon, in their home village came flooding back and she couldn't handle thinking about it much longer. Nora decided she needed to replace those memories with new ones... with Ren.

The tiny girl burst into the room, pulling Ren from his book and a sigh came from under his breath. "Yes Nora?" His voice came out soft, but stern. He wanted to make sure she was okay, just as much as he wanted to get back to the story he was wrapped up in.

Nora pulled their two umbrellas from under his bed and handed him the rainbow one, keeping the all black one for herself, laughing all the while. "We're going outside!"

Ren raised an eyebrow, holding the umbrella between his long fingers. "Nora...this is your umbrella. I don't want to use it."

"Of course you do!" She swung around his in one hand, not daring to open it in the room. Nora believed in superstitions way more than anyone ever should. Taking one look at Ren's eyes completely melted her. She gave him his and took back the bright, rainbow umbrella. Giving Ren a minute to get ready, Nora rocked on her heels, even starting to bounce with excitement. She grabbed his free hand and yanked him all the way to the front doors of the academy. Nora turned to Ren and held out her closed umbrella. She was about to challenge him in a joust as she always has, but his eyes were already telling her no. Instead she reached up and tapped his nose and the ran outside before him, yelling back at him. "Boop!"

The calm boy opened his dark umbrella and followed her out. He watched her until she did the same and a small smile fdanced on his lips. The odd pair walked down the slippery concrete for a while as the rain continued to pick up. Nora walked along side him as slowly as she could manage. But, she couldn't handle Ren's pace anymore so, she handed him her umbrella and took off skipping in the rain.

Ren kept his eyes on Nora, wanting her to stay safe, he even picked up on her attempt to sing. Of course she chose Singing in the Rain, and got most of the lyrics wrong, but she couldn't care. After her clothes were soaked through and her bright orange hair was matted against her face, she turned to Ren with a goofy grin.

"This could be such a romantic moment to kiss, couldn't it be Renny?" Nora asked with hope laced through her words. Ren shook his head, trying to contain a small smile. He made his way to her and sacrificed his dryness to hold her hands, both umbrellas going to the ground. Nora knew he was okay with it, so she jumped up and pecked his lips.

"Boop," he muttered softly through the rain.