#ririthu

"Itto! Would you like to go on a date with me!"

And with that, several flowers popped out from behind you in the grandiose gesture.

Usually, Arataki 'the one and oni' Itto would be the one with the dramatic gesture that included the entirety of the Arataki Gang. Now the roles were switched as you and him stood in the middle of the street within Inazuma City. People watched as you held out your hand, from it a flower of a red rose sits in the palm.

Rain droplets fell onto the petals of the rose. Ah, yes the rain is there too. How could you forget? The forecast wouldn't, couldn't, change the fact you were going to ask Itto on a date that day. Even as the downpour greeted you the second you left the house. Even as those droplets made your skin wet the second you left your home and searched on the streets. And it definitely didn't stop you even as Itto had been standing under the overhang to a shop.

"Well uh- ya know, this might be cute buuut standing in the rain can get you sick," Itto held his hand out for you to take, "c'mon. We should be getting home."

"Ahem! You have yet to accept the invitation and take the ro-"

"Just take my hand, I'll carry you home if I have to."

And with a huff, and a shiver, you took Itto's hand. And despite that not-really-promise, you were still lifted into the air like a sack of potatoes by Itto.

Aaaand he started running. Through the rain. Very fast.

"Was this your plan?" you half-yell to Itto as he continues to run.

"Real men don't use umbrellas!" Itto yells right back as he continues to run.

By the time you arrive at your home you are both very wet and very cold.

"Just sayin' if we both get sick, its your fault," Itto complained as he used several towels to dry his hair.

"Well, Itto, you still have yet to accept or decline my invitation."

The rose was long forgotten, left in the street as Itto picked you up and ran. So were the other flowers. They'd be left to travel across the lands of Inazuma or to fall within the shallow waters near the city. There, they'd travel to wherever the streams lead them.

"I'll accept your invitation," the oni huffed, "but! With all the rain, we're gonna end up being sick for it."

"Unlikely, I'll treat you to dinner if we do."

Itto huffed and you laughed. While you getting rained on yourself was part of the plan, Itto being unwilling to open an umbrella while running was not.