Raining- it was raining so damn hard! Nikolai shivered under his umbrella, usually warm body nearly freezing from the cold. Just his luck, it had to rain as he walked back to the dorms. He squinted in confusion as he saw a familiar figure in the distance, hurrying across the bridge; Fyodor? It had to be Fyodor, the guy that Nikolai would spend hours toying with, degrading, annoying— all for a single glance or almost no reaction! Wasting no time, Nikolai sped up, running on the sidewalk; nearly slipping a few times as the whole road was drenched, managing to call out.

“Hey, Feyda!”

He shouted; tone of voice so aloof it wasn’t clear if he was mocking Fyodor or genuinely calling to him. He caught up to the other, slowing down as he held the umbrella over both of them.

“You’re out and about in the cold rain like this? Didn’t think the studybug would be so dumb as to forget an umbrella, guess I was wrong, huh?”