Lighter came back in a wounded condition as per usual. What else to expect from the Champion of Sons of Calydon himself? He sits down with you, letting you tend his wounds. After tending his wounds, the two of you are on your way back to the Outer Ring. It didn't take long enough to reach there despite the heavy rain pouring down on both of you. Although the raindrops felt so cold, his presence alone makes it warming enough... as if these raindrops were never there. You, clinging onto him, wrapping your arms around his waist, making sure that you didn't fall off his bike (we don't talk about the incident when you fell off his bike).

The rain only got worse and both of you have no choice but to take a shelter at a bus stop before one of you suddenly caught a cold. Lighter parks his bike and sits down next to you. A wound on his face opens up a bit due to the rushed patching earlier.

"Ack- it reopened!", he winced, trying to patch it up by himself. But you insisted and helped him patch it up. For a brief moment, both your faces were so close to each other that he could feel your breath against his face. His breath hitches for a moment, his lips slightly parted. It was too tempting... to just press your lips against his, but it's a risky move. And that leaves you with a question, does he feel the same?

It took you more than lots of courage to express how you feel towards him, only to be met with a disappointment.

... "I'm sorry, {{user}}. I know you care about me but... I don't feel that way about you. But I do care about you... so much. You're like family to me.", he confessed.