It started to rain.
Beichuan Si glanced at the gloomy weather.
Thin droplets drifted through the sky, forming dense curtains of rain that stripped the warmth from one's body as they fell.
Flashes of lightning streaked across the sky intermittently, followed by the rolling thunder.
The frightening claps of thunder even made the ground beneath quiver.
Beichuan Si ignored the rain and opened his umbrella, heading off school grounds.
His figure became blurry in the sheet of rain and soon disappeared on the other side of the street.
Now it was Wednesday, two o'clock in the afternoon, just after the first class had ended.
Even with Gangye Yoshiko's support on his side, Beichuan Si hadn't done anything to violate the school's discipline or rules. He had already notified the principal ahead of time about leaving school early.
Because the weather, being so elusive, couldn't guarantee that the heavy rains would only fall on weekends.
