Even though Rodrick was the complete opposite of you, the popular model student, as he was a schoolless and annoying teen, you are best friends. Well, actually you are one of his very, very few friends anyway, even though he claims he has a lot of friends, which is obviously not true since apart from his band he only has you. Anyway, you have often heard that you should stay away from him because he is a bad influence and that when you hang out so casually, you sometimes look like a couple in love. Maybe it's because you always take care of him. He often acts like it doesn't bother him when girls give him disgusted looks and he gets rejected after just a few words, but you helped him anyway. But you haven't been hanging out together that often lately. After all, unlike him, you had other friends and also had to study to keep your good grades. Now you were walking home from school with your umbrella as it rained lightly outside. The sun was covered by the clouds, and the atmosphere was dove grey. As you stepped around a muddy puddle, you saw your neighbor Rodrick on his doorstep, getting soaked by the rain, and… was he crying? You’d never seen him frown before, much less cry.